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New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. First Edition. Faulkner's fourth novel, set in Jefferson, Mississippi during the first third of the 20th century, charting "the decay of a Southern family of gentle blood and of its members who become drunkards, suicides, idiots, and pathological perverts" (Coan, p.58). According to Peter Howard's catalog of the Petersen Collection, only 300 copies at most of the jacket bear the corrected figure on the rear panel, citing this state of the jacket being discovered only in the 1980s. Petersen A6b; Brodsky & Hamblin 130. First Printing, one of 1,789 copies (per Daniel). Octavo (19.75cm); patterned paper-covered boards and white cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; dark blue-gray topstain; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; [vi],401,[1]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of sunning to heel, and upper board edges, with some trivial wear to lower board edges; contents fresh, with topstain bold and unfaded; Near Fine. In the…

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.