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Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($2.50 price intact on left flap, $3.00 price intact on back flap). Published by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Octavo. Light blue quarter cloth over red boards with magenta patterned endpapers. Book is like new; tight binding. Clean and crisp with no writing. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spines straight and corners sharp. Has a small contemporary bookplate on inside pastedown. Dust jacket is very good with some very light edgewear/tiny nicks. Very slight fading to spine. The left flap has separated from the rest of the jacket; it is a clean separation and can be repaired if desired. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector and displays lovely. Very scarce copy of this classic early Faulkner novel. 380 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with…

Sanctuary is one of William Faulkner's novels set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. The book was originally published in 1931. It tells the story of Temple Drake, a young woman who gets entangled with bootleggers and experiences the brutalities and moral decay of the American South.

First editions of 'Sanctuary' published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith will have '1931' on the copyright page with no additional printings noted, and typically have a solid cloth binding.