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GOING POSTAL FAULKNER, WILLIAM. Idyll in the Desert. 8vo, marbled red boards with printed paper cover label; glassine dust jacket, some wear;
GOING POSTALFAULKNER, WILLIAM. Idyll in the Desert. 8vo, marbled red boards with printed paper cover label; glassine dust jacket, some wear; custom cloth folding box. New York, (1931)
- Notes: first and only edition. one of 400 copies signed by faulkner. this marked printer's copy. Written in ink on colophon: "This 'printer's copy' was mine. It was designed by me, John S. Fass." Also laid in is a copy of the typed letter by the Inspector of the Post Office Department of Mississippi directed to Faulkner, then Postmaster of the University of Mississippi, stating the charges against him that would eventually force him to resign his position. Faulkner's tenure there was marked by his general lack of interest and neglect. Details of the charges describe Faulkner's penchant for playing golf and card games during office hours, reading, being surly, randomly tossing mail into the garbage and other offenses characteristic of the young novelist. 2 pages, 8vo, folded. 2 September 1924.
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