Notes On A Horsethief; Decorations By Elizabeth Calvert
Greenville, Mississippi: The Levee Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 71 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 387 of 950 signed by Faulkner in blue ink. Clean, bright copy, owner inscription front free endpaper. A review from Cambridge University Press: "It is April, 1914. A famous imported racehorse, with a leg irreparably injured in a train wreck, is stolen by his English groom, and with the aid of a Negro preacher-stableman is nursed and cared for sufficiently for him to win races in out-of-the-way county seats and country fairs, always eluding the pursuing detectives, police, insurance adjusters, and others interested in his apprehension." Orig. green cloth front cover decorated in silver. Near fine. Item #24525
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