Books

London: Chatto & Windus,, 1940-58-61. First UK editions, first impressions, of the three novels forming Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, first published in the US earlier in 1940, in 1957, and in 1959 respectively. Three vols, octavo. Original yellow and orange cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With dust jackets. Light spotting to edges, otherwise a near-fine set in the very good jackets, some light soiling, minor nicking and creasing at extremities, The Hamlet with slightly more significant chips and short closed tears at extremities but without impinging on lettering or design, The Hamlet and The Mansion price-clipped.

The Town, the second novel in William Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, chronicles the rise of Flem Snopes in Yoknapatawpha County. Continuing the story begun in The Hamlet and culminating in The Mansion, The Town deftly explores and expands on the themes of ambition, power, and corruption in Southern society.