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WILLIAM FAULKNER Contract signed by Faulkner, an option agreement for the motion picture rights to The Sound and the Fury (1959). Septe

WILLIAM FAULKNER
Contract signed by Faulkner, an option agreement for the motion picture rights to The Sound and the Fury (1959). September 1, 1956.
10 pages, 8 1/2x11 inches. Additionally initialled by Faulkner on page 4. Holes punched in the left margin.

Signed twice by Faulkner -- the second signature being almost illegible. The reason for the two signatures was a change to the contract on page 3, which has additionally been initialled by the author. Faulkner sold the rights to the novel for $35,000.

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