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First editions of each novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, 19 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped signature to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional set, rare and desirable. One of the most celebrated writers in American literature, William Faulkner became widely know upon his acceptance of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, for which he became the only Mississippi-born Nobel winner. Awarded for "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel", Faulkner donated part of his Nobel money "to establish a fund to support and encourage new fiction writers", eventually resulting in the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Approx. 90 pp. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Generally fine. In addition to the four contracts, there are letters and carbon copies, inter-office notes and memos, and various papers clarifying issues; plus additional contracts signed by Faulkner's editor Saxe Cummins, acting on Faulkner's behalf with power of attorney; one contract signed by Estelle Oldham Faulkner; and one signed by Jill Faulkner Summers. The 1959 acclaimed motion picture was directed by Martin Ritt and starred Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, and Albert Dekker.