William Faulkner
329 copies for sale · $20–$23,600 · 117 first editions · 17 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Wild Palms Signed Limited Edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$2,500
The Unvanquished Signed limited edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$2,500
A Fable Signed limited edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,800
Pylon Signed limited edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,500
Idyll in the Desert (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$4,500
The Hamlet (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,800
A FABLE (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
The Mansion (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,000
A Fable (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
The Mansion (first edition, signed) — Bartleby's Books$1,250
Pylon (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$3,000
THE UNVANQUISHED (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$3,000
What these are worth
A Fable (first edition, 1954)4 copies from 3 sellers
A Green Bough4 copies from 3 sellers
Collected Stories of William Faulkner5 copies from 3 sellers
Doctor Martino And Other Stories3 copies from 3 sellers
Novels 1942 – 1954; Go Down, Moses - Intruder in the Dust - Requiem…3 copies from 3 sellers
The Reivers7 copies from 6 sellers
The Sound and the Fury (first edition, first printing, 1929)4 copies from 4 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
LIGHT IN AUGUST13 copies · £20–£12,758
THE SOUND AND THE FURY11 copies · $20–$17,000
A FABLE10 copies · $47–$900
SANCTUARY9 copies · $20–$7,287
PYLON8 copies · $23–$2,786
GO DOWN, MOSES7 copies · $43–$3,721
THE TOWN7 copies · $20–$1,750
AS I LAY DYING7 copies · $20–$323
THE MANSION6 copies · $27–$1,123
THE FAULKNER READER6 copies · $53–$83
ABSALOM, ABSALOM!6 copies · $20–$78
THE REIVERS5 copies · $45–$150
THE UNVANQUISHED4 copies · $51–$2,448
THE SOUND AND THE FURY3 copies · $5,800–$17,500
As I Lay Dying3 copies · $4,200–$15,000
MOSQUITOES3 copies · $125–$4,500
PYLON3 copies · $78–$2,850
THE WILD PALMS3 copies · $500–$1,897
INTRUDER IN THE DUST3 copies · $83–$848
REQUIEM FOR A NUN3 copies · $50–$650
Market context
200 copies of William Faulkner's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $61 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Light in August, first edition, New York, 1932. (forum, 2026-09-03)£420
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