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In 1936, Faulkner published “Absalom, Absalom” hailed by many as his most impressive novel. As his fame grew so did his need for privacy. He purchased Greenfield Farm where he worked the fields, tended to his animals and could just be a simple gentleman farmer.
As a white Southerner Faulkner supported the civil rights movement, spoke out against the “good old Boys club” and also the Southern aristocracy.
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed,” Faulkner said. “If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.”
During his lifetime Faulkner wrote not only 19 novels plus short stories, screenplays, poetry, essays, and a play.
On March 19, 2001, Leslie Hindman Auctions featured a selection of William Faulkner’s books in its auction.
Here are some current values.
William Faulkner
Go Down Moses and Other Stories; first edition, trade issue, first printing; New York: Random House, 1942; $813.
Light in August; first English edition; London: Chatto & Windus, 1933; and The Town. New York: Random House, 1957; first edition, number 181 of 450 copies; signed; $1,500.
Light in August; first edition, first binding; New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932; $1,625.
Soldiers’ Pay; first edition, first novel; New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926; $1,625.
Sanctuary; first edition, first binding, New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith; 1931; $3,125.
