Doctor Martino and Other Stories

by William Faulkner 

First edition.  New York:  Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Bright navy covers have gilt title on top board. 
• Boards show some exposure, smudges to back cover, edgewear.  Corners are sharp.  
• Spine has gilt text effaced and is faded with softened ends.  See photos.
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, staining. 
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges have publisher's yellow ink at head, are foxed.  
• DJ looks nice behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals some edgewear, chipped corners, closed tears along head edge, bumping along foot edge, some staining.  See photos.  
• PS2025.0925

371 pages. 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's bright navy boards have gilt title to top board, beneath original dust jacket with graphic type design in black and red ink.  Interior is uniformly tanned, text block is supple and unmarked.  Some spotting to text block edges, but in all a Very Good copy.

This collection of fourteen stories, many previously published in periodicals, is the second collection by William Faulkner (1897-1962), following These Thirteen (1931).  Faulkner, a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer from Oxford, Mississippi, is considered one of the 20th century's greatest writers, known for his innovative narrative techniques and characterization. [Wiki]  In 1934 when this collection was published, Faulkner's reputation was in its formative stages; the blurb writer opined that "this volume represents a distinct advance in Mr. Faulkner's work and in his versatility during a period in which his reputation as one of the most important writers in the country has become firmly established." 

The dust jacket is an example of the work of Arthur Hawkins, Jr. (1903-1985), an artist and designer who created some 1,500 jackets on a freelance basis between 1927 and the 1940s.  His work was highly stylized, most remarkably poster-like with a European accent.  

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