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New York: Random House, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. "Three Tales from Youth," SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.
New York: Random House, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. "Three Tales from Youth," SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.
[Durham]: Duke University Press, 1945. First Edition. Designed and illustrated with wood engravings by pupils of Clare Leighton. Styron's first book appearance with two short stories: "Autumn" and "The Long Dark Road."
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Original decorated green cloth. With 174 illustrations by E. W. Kemble. BAL 3415: With first issue points of pages 13, 57, and 143; second issue of title page, frontispiece, and page 155; and fourth issue of page 283. Also.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in cream wraps, the more uncommon first issue.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Basis for the acclaimed Lawrence Kasdan film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Oscar-winner Geena Davis.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Advance Copy in pictorial wraps. The cover art of this Advance Review Copy differs slightly from the printed version.
New York: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, (1991). First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. The 50th Anniversary Edition of Welty's first collection of stories. First published in 1941, this is the first printing of the book as an HBJ Modern Classic.
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.....
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.
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.....
(New York): New Directions, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A12.I.a. Dustwrapper designed by Alvin Lustig.
(New York): New Directions, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A54.I.a. Introduction by Gore Vidal.
(New York): New Directions, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A33.I. A comedy by this master of drama.
(New York): New Directions, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A30.I. One of 6000 copies printed, this copy in the second binding. Dustwrapper design by Salvador Dali.
(New York): New Directions, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A47.I.a. One of 2006 hardbound copies.
(New York): Signet, (1964). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Pictorial Wraps. First Printing of the First Paperback Edition. With eight pages of scenes from the movie with Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lyons.
(New York): New Directions, (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. Parchment-backed decorated boards. Crandell A8.I.b. Copy #12 of only 50 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. This copy belonged to Frederic Dannay, half of the writing team that was mystery writer Ellery Queen, and though it has no.....
[New York]: New Directions, (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Crandell A8.I.a. Second State of the First Printing with the title page on a stub. Less than 50 copies of the first state exist. Interestingly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "Yes, suh, two.....
(New York): New Directions, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A56.
New York: Targ Editions, [1980]. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Crandell A48. One of 350 unnumbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation page of this short play concerning a dialogue between the poet Hart Crane and his mother.
(New York): New Directions, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Crandell A52.