[Rarebooks] FS: Tennessee Williams: ONE ARM, Inscribed: "Yes, suh, two arms is better, boy!"

[Charles Agvent]

 From a remarkable collection of Tennessee Williams items we are currently 
cataloguing and which will be posted on our web site this week.

WILLIAMS,  Tennessee. ONE ARM AND OTHER STORIES. [New  York]:  New
Directions  (1948).  First  Edition.  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 arms is/better, boy!/Tennessee/and a foot or
two/don't  hurt, neither!" Some loss of paper at the very bottom  edge
of  the slipcase with some splitting, but still intact. About Fine  in
a close to Very Good slipcase.                                $2000.00

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