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WELTY, EUDORA.
Group of 6 volumes
by or with contributions by Welty
concerning other writers. Includes two different editions of duplicate titles, 8vo, original
bindings, Roberts bookplates. Mostly limited editions, Signed by Welty.
Vp, vd
[600/900]
MacDonald, Ross. Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly Into the Past. Foreword by Welty; Edited and
with an Afterword by Ralph B. Sipper. 2 copies: Letter G of 26 specially-bound copies Signed
by MacDonald and Welty; 6 / 250 numbered copies Signed by both. Santa Barbara: Capra
Press, 1981 * For Reynolds Price 1 February 1983. By Welty, Fred Chappell, James Dickey,
and Anne Tyler. One of 150 privately printed copies. Inscribed, Signed, and dated the month
of publication by Welty to Ray Roberts. Np, 1983 * Percy, Walker. Novel Writing in an
Apocalyptic Time. Afterword by Welty. 2 copies: One unnumbered presentation copy and one
numbered 83 / 100, both Signed by Percy and Welty. New Orleans, 1986 * Welty. On
William Faulkner. 39 / 150 copies. (Jackson, 2003).
INCLUDES “PLACE IN FICTION”
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WELTY, EUDORA.
Group of 6 works by or about Welty’s writing.
Mostly
8vo, original bindings. Most Signed and/or Inscribed to Ray Roberts, with his bookplates.
Condition very good.
Vp, vd
[600/900]
Place in Fiction. 2 copies: First separate printing after the January, 1956 issue of South
Atlantic Quarterly; waterstains to lower outer contents, Signed on cover; second copy is 233 /
300 copies of the First Signed, Limited Edition. New York: House of Books, 1957 * Three
Papers on Fiction. Inscribed and Signed by Welty to Roberts. Northampton: Smith College,
1962 * Transcript of Firing Line program hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr. on December 12,
1972 with Welty and Walker Percy. Inscribed and Signed by Welty to Roberts. Jackson, 1972
* Some Notes on Time in Fiction, The Mississippi Quarterly Volume XXVI, Number 4.
Fall 1973 * The First Story. 172 / 500 copies. (Jackson, 1999).
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WELTY, EUDORA.
Group of 10 items of biographical and geographical
interest about Welty. Most with illustrations. Various sizes, original bindings. Very good to
near fine condition. Most with bookplates of Ray Roberts.
Vp, vd
[800/1,200]
The Jackson Cookbook. First Edition. Foreword by Welty. Jackson, 1971 * Two holiday
greetings by Welty and Albondocani Press, for 1970 (A Flock of Guinea Hens Seen From a
Car), and 1980 (White Fruitcake) * Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace. Inscribed and Signed
by Welty to Roberts. Jackson, 1975 * Welty: An exhibition at the Mississippi State Historical
Museum. Photographs by Welty. Inscribed and Signed by Welty to Roberts. Jackson, 1977 *
McIntire, Carl. Jackson, The Way We Were: Old Postcard Views from the Collections of
Forrest L. Cooper and Donald F. Garrett. Jackson, circa 1980 * Brochure and information on
the 1980 American Book Awards, of which Welty was recipient of the National Medal of
Literature * Welty. One Writer’s Beginnings. 222 / 350 copies Signed by Welty. Cambridge,
1984 * Eudora. Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History. Photographic plates. Jackson,
(1984) * Marrs. The Welty Collection. Jackson, (1988).
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[WILDE, OSCAR].
The Importance of Being Earnest.
8vo, salmon cloth, gilt
designs by Charles Shannon, spine tips chipped with slight loss, horizontal and vertical
splits to backstrip, cocked, corners bumped with some exposure, hinges starting, some soil-
ing to covers.
FIRST EDITION
,
NUMBER
322
OF
1000
COPIES
.
SOLD AS IS
.
London, 1899
[800/1,200]
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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.
Memoirs.
Photographic illustrations. 8vo, gilt-let-
tered green cloth; slipcase.
NUMBER
117
OF
400
COPIES SIGNED BY WILLIAMS
.
Garden City, 1975
[200/300]