New York: Harcourt Brace, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author for William Archibald "with best wishes" and SIGNED by her "at Upper Grand View on May 26, 1956." Archibald, from Trinidad, wrote the book and lyrics for two musicals: CARIB SONG in 1945 and THE CRYSTAL HEART in.....
Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Her first limited edition, this being copy #237 of 750 SIGNED by Welty as issued in decorated boards. Additionally INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper by Welty for William Archibald "with all best wishes + admiration" and SIGNED by her on.....
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.
New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow writer Jonathan Carroll, author of THE.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). Joe Krush. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Dustwrapper and 8 pen-and-ink illustrations by Joe Krush. This comic novella originally ran in THE NEW YORKER a few months prior to book publication. It was later adapted to the stage. Laid in is a receipt.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Welty's first novel and second book, issued in an edition of only 3490 copies. A not especially well-made book, not often seen in this condition.
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. Advance copy of Welty's third book with a dated review slip tipped to the front free endpaper. Owner signature of the reviewer on the endpaper, Beverly Layman of the University of Virginia, with a small ink date and the initials "VQR" (Virginia.....
Jackson [MS]: University Press Mississippi, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney.
Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, (1999). First Edition. hardcover. Bound in green silkish cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday. One of 200 numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered copies) SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors.....
