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New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. Fine. Quarter red buckram, faded at the spine, with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. The chronological predecessor to Sartoris, a novel set in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County. Originally published as short stories in various magazines in the 1930s. As could be said about many of Faulkner's novels, The Unvanquished is the story of Southern characters who "survive the war by many years, but never escape its influence.

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.