Faulkner a Biography

Faulkner: A Biography — Joseph Blotner

Random House, 1974 | First Edition | Two-Volume Set with Original Slipcase

Joseph Blotner’s monumental biography of William Faulkner, presented here in the complete two-volume first edition published by Random House in 1974. Long regarded as a foundational work of Faulkner scholarship, Blotner’s biography draws extensively upon correspondence, interviews, family history, and archival material to chronicle the life and literary career of one of America’s most important twentieth-century writers.

Both volumes are bound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration and are housed in the publisher’s original illustrated slipcase. The set includes more than 100 illustrations, photographs, drawings, and facsimiles, together with extensive notes, chronology, genealogy, and index.

The copyright page states “First Edition.”