WILLIAMS, Tennessee

The Knightly Quest: A Novella and Four Other Stories [INSCRIBED by Williams]

New York: New Directions, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 111. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, mild toning to head of spine. Illustrated dust jacket, $5.50 price present, light toning to edges and spine panel, light rubbing to rear panel. Inscribed by Williams to his friend and biographer Virginia Carr "To Virginia / love / Tennessee" Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #12126

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 noted 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.

Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival protector

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Price: $3,000.00