Collected Stories of William Faulkner

Book-club copies are well documented and are distinguished by several tells taken together: a small blind stamp or dimple impressed at a corner of the back board; the word "The" omitted from the spine; no blue top stain; a title page lacking the blue highlighting over the title; and a thinner, lower-grade cloth than the trade binding. A stated FIRST PRINTING on the copyright page alone does not clear a copy — book-club printings can carry over the statement, so the blind stamp and the spine/top-stain points must be checked.