First impression
1932At a glance
Points of issue
- bindingpublisher's blue cloth→ first binding; tan cloth copies are a later binding
SartorisChatto & Windus
Hardback
Sartoris (1932)
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Year 1932
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 Oct 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first UK edition; the true first was published elsewhere.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 1 point of issue listed below.
- The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
- Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
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Quick answer
- How do I identify a Sartoris 1932 hardback?
- Check these points. Binding: publisher's blue cloth. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the Sartoris 1932 hardback?
- Chatto & Windus, London, in 1932, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
Harcourt, Brace published Sartoris in New York on 31 January 1929. Chatto & Windus did not issue it in London until 1932, its fourth Faulkner title there; one copy collates [6], 380, [2] pages. The first binding is the publisher's blue cloth, in a printed paper jacket. Copies in other cloths belong to later bindings of the same sheets: one dealer offers a tan cloth copy with ink-stamped spine lettering, without the publisher's advertisements and in a Centaur Library jacket, and calls the binding a second state. References: Petersen A5.12a; Massey 295.
How Chatto & Windus marked its first editions
- Chatto & Windus did not use a special mark for first editions: it told H. S. Boutell so in its replies to his surveys of publishers' practice.
Read the full guide to Chatto & Windus first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Sartoris 1932 hardback?
Check these points. Binding: publisher's blue cloth. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the Sartoris 1932 hardback?
Chatto & Windus, London, in 1932, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- Sartoris, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Faulkner, Sartoris, London: Chatto and Windus, 1932, lot 40, Christie's (christies.com.cn)
- William Faulkner, Sartoris, first UK edition 1932, John Atkinson Books (johnatkinsonbooks.co.uk)
- Sartoris, Chatto & Windus 1932, West Grove Books via AbeBooks (abebooks.com)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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