By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Two small faint tape marks to front pastedown. As issued without dust jacket or slipcase. It is unquestionably the greatest American novel since the turn of the century… Its sole competitors among contemporary American novels are Dreiser's American Tragedy and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, neither of which approaches Faulkner's innovative daring" (Karl, 582). " Absalom is the peak of Faulkner's fictional achievement. Signed limited first edition of “the greatest American novel since the turn of the century,” number 231 of only 300 copies signed by Faulkner-with folding map of Faulkner’s fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Octavo, original half green cloth gilt, patterned paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936. “THE PEAK OF FAULKNER’S FICTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT”: SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ABSALOM, ABSALOM! ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES SIGNED BY FAULKNERįAULKNER, William.
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