WILLIAMS, Tennessee

Kingdom of Earth (The Seven Descents of Myrtle) [INSCRIBED by Williams]

New York: New Directions, (1968). Gertrude Huston (dust jacket design). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 111. Beige cloth, spine lettered in red. Illustrated dust jacket with $5 price present, light toning to edges, slightest wear to spine ends.
Inscribed by Williams to his friend and biographer Virginia Carr "To Virginia / love / Tennessee" Fine / Near Fine. Item #12125

Carr was considered one of the serious, trustworthy scholars of his work during his lifetime. Williams respect for Carr was engendered while she was researching her note biography of Williams' friend, Carson McCullers. Indeed, his trust in Carr was enough for Williams to grant access to his personal papers. Although Carr died before concluding her biography of Williams, in 2000 she published a seminal study of his life and work, Understanding Tennessee Williams . A paramount association.

Price: $4,000.00