Franklin Library leather edition of William Faulkner's "These Thirteen," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Jerry Pickney, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1979. Bound in deep tan leather, the book has rust French moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in Very good/near FINE condition---except for 'moderate' white rub on bottom gilt and 'moderate' rub on top gilt---otherwise FINE. William Cuthbert Faulkner, who lived from 1897 – 1962, was an American writer and the 1949 NOBEL PRIZE laureate from OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. Stories include: "Victory," "Ad Astra," "All the Dead Pilots," "Crevasse," "Red Leaves," "A Justice," "Hair," "That Evening Sun," "Dry September," "Mistral," "Divorce in Naples," "Carcassonne," and my favorite: "A Rose for Emily," the story of a woman who murdered Homer Barron, a Yankee she fell in love with and when he planned to leave "Miss Emily" she killed him and kept him upstairs----fooling the town's people into believing Homer had left. 296 pages, including a Chronology and Genealogy. I offer Combined shipping.