Books

THE SNOPES TRILOGY BEING THE HAMLET, THE TOWN & THE MANSION, Random House, 1940, 1957 & 1959 respectively, first editions in first issue bindings and color pictorial dust-wrappers: THE HAMLET, Random House, 1940, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper save for some wear and tear and light chipping to the somewhat tanned dust-wrapper spine; THE TOWN, Random House, 1957, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dw; THE MANSION, Random House, 1959, first edition, fine in just about fine in color pictorial dust-wrapper.

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.

First edition is bound in red cloth with blue and gold lettering on the spine.