Books

Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo., [iv], 401 pp. Original quarter white cloth, and black and white patterned paper boards, backstrip lettered in black, decorative endpapers that match the covers, original pictorial dust-jacket, fore-edge uncut. Book and dust-jacket heavily worn, water stained, jacket in pieces but largely present, this is the first issue dust-jacket with "Humanity Uprooted" priced at $3.00 (instead of the second state $3.50).

The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, the novel was Faulkner's fourth and is now considered to be one of the greatest novels in American literature. The book primarily focuses on the Compson family and their lives in Mississippi during the early 20th century, touching on themes of time, race, and the decline of the Southern aristocracy.

First editions of 'The Sound and the Fury' were published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith in 1929. These copies might include a misprint on page 401, 'showing' for 'shown'. Also, the dust jacket design is blue and yellow, and features a so-called 'woman in the swing' illustration.