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New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); first binding in magenta paper-covered boards and light grey cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in magenta on spine; patterned endpapers; dark grey topstain; dustjacket; [iv],380pp. Slight forward lean, gentle sunning to spine, with thin cracks to hinges; contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped, showing moderate shelfwear, some sunning to spine and panels, a vertical crease to spine panel, a few small nicks and tears, and old cello-tape stains along the upper and lower edges on verso; Very Good. Faulkner's sixth novel, "a violent, disjointed narrative of the downfall of a flighty, college-age Mississippi girl (Temple Drake) and of the sadistic pervert who has her in his control as she becomes a prostitute in Memphis" (Coan, p.58). Basis for the 1933 Stephen Roberts film The Story of Temple Drake, starring Miriam Hopkins and William Gargan. PETERSEN A8b; BRODSKY & HAMBLIN 198;…

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.