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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

$15,000 – $23,600 · 4 copies for sale · median asking price $17,250 · First edition, first printing · 1929

Half of the copies on the market sit between $16,500 and $19,025.

Market context

Our own fair-value estimate is $17,000. It is built from our full comparable-price record for this title, which includes copies and sales not listed above.

Every copy for sale

The Sound and the Fury (1929, first edition, dust jacket, unknown) — Biblio $15,000
The Sound and the Fury (1929, first edition, first printing, unknown) — Biblio $17,000
THE SOUND AND THE FURY (1929, first edition, first printing, unknown) — Biblio $17,500
The Sound and the Fury (1929, first edition, first printing, dust jacket, unknown) — Biblio $23,600

Grouped as first edition, first printing. Copies whose dealer did not state an edition are listed separately and may not appear here.

Copies that have left the market

Biblio delisted, 2026-09-20$15,000

None of these were confirmed as sold — they stopped being listed, which can mean a sale, a withdrawal, or a dealer changing systems. Treat them as last asking prices only.

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