[Rarebooks] FS: William Styron's First Book, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:  WAS $350    NOW $150 NET

STYRON, William. LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill 
Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Author's first book. Cloth is 
unevenly sunned with the spine very heavily so. Bookplate remnant on 
front pastedown. The dustwrapper has a hardly noticeable snag on the 
front panel and some creasing on the spine but is very bright. A Good 
copy in quite a nice dustwrapper. (#007885)        $350.00
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Price reduced:  WAS $450    NOW $250 NET

STYRON, William. LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill 
Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Author's first book. This copy has 
a paper label on the book's spine marked "Editorial Library" and is in a 
proof dustwrapper which has only the front and spine printed, the rest 
being blank with occasional register marks. Additionally, laid in at the 
rear, and at one time pasted to the rear endpaper and pastedown, is a 
quite fresh copy of the dustwrapper as it finally appeared. Hinge 
cracked at title page. Good only but likely unique. (#005649)        $450.00
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Price reduced:  WAS $500    NOW $300 NET

STYRON, William. LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill 
Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Author's first book. Fine in a 
Near Fine dustwrapper with light wear at the tips and two short tears. 
(#000332)        $500.00
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Price reduced:  WAS $950    NOW $500 NET

STYRON, William. LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill 
Company, Inc., (1951). First Edition. Author's first book. Slight 
sunning to the spine of both book and dustwrapper which is a little 
darkened there and on the rear panel. Easily Near Fine in a Near Fine 
dustwrapper. (#007884)        $950.00


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