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New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. Octavo, original half burgundy cloth and patterned paper boards, top edge gilt. Number 164 of two hundred fifty signed copies. Complete with author's signature on the limitation page. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine a bit faded and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title, otherwise a very pleasing copy. Lacking the publisher's acetate jacket, but with a new mylar. Personal responsibility and the fall of Old Southern gentility take center stage in Faulkner’s The Unvanquished. Set in Mississippi and spanning the Civil War and Reconstruction, the story follows the Sartoris family and their attempt to maintain a sense of identity as the nation changes. “Having chosen warfare as the exciting backdrop for The Unvanquished, Faulkner writes of it well. By the time of the fall of Vicksburg, when the novel begins, the Confederate defeats at Shiloh and Corinth had opened northern Mississippi to the Federal armies…the…

The Unvanquished is a novel by William Faulkner published in 1938. The novel is set in Mississippi during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. It is part of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County saga and follows the Sartoris family as they navigate the changing social landscape of the South.

The first edition of 'The Unvanquished' can be identified by its publisher, Random House, and often has a publication date listed as February 15, 1938.