[Rarebooks] FS: A Pair of items substantially discounted

[Stephen Johnson]

Greetings to All.



The below items are at substantially reduced prices today (Monday) and
tomorrow (Tuesday) subject to the terms set forth below:


Welty, Eudora
A Curtain of Green A Book of Stories [Signed]

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1941. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good + or better copy of the first edition,
first printing, in a Very Good example of the uncommon first issue dust
jacket, being a collection of seventeen (17) short stories by Eudora Welty
with an Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter; Welty's DEBUT BOOK, SIGNED
BY EUDORA WELTY on the front free endpaper. [The title page states "First
Edition" on the copyright page, and the dust jacket meets the first issue
requirements with "A.C.O.G." on front flap, the "$2.50" price on front and
rear flaps, and the excerpt from Porter's Introduction on the rear panel.]
Of the book, Porter stated "there is even in the smallest story a sense of
power in reserve which makes me believe firmly that, splendid beginning
that it is, it is only the beginning." In its review of the book, the New
York Times reviewer stated: "Few contemporary books have ever impressed me
quite as deeply as this book of stories by Eudora Welty" and the New
Republic has called Welty "one of the most gifted and interesting short
story writers of our time." The New York Times later described Welty as
having presented "evocative short stories, notable for their imagery, sharp
dialogue and fierce wit, [that] made her a revered figure in contemporary
American letters". The book is in Very Good + condition with a slight
wrinkle to the spine's upper right corner and a bump to the front board's
lower right corner. The dust jacket, which is usually found faded and worn,
is in better condition than usually seen and shows a thin line to "Book" in
the title, and some fading, some wear to the panel corners and spine turns,
as well as some chipping and some minor surface damage to the rear panel's
lower portion and a split where the spine panel meets the rear panel
repaired by archival tape. Signed copies are uncommon. A Very Good + or
better copy of the first edition, first printing, SIGNED BY EUDORA WELTY.
QUITE UNCOMMON. Very good + / very good. Item #3015

Price: $1,375.00.  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $525.


Highsmith, Patricia
Girl Campers: Woman's World for 1935 [Rare set of entire year] [Patricia
Highsmith's Debut Appearance in Print.] (Note:Highsmith also wrote many
other works, none of which are offered here, such as: "Strangers on a
Train", "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and the other Tom Ripley novels, and many
other works)

Mount Morris, Illinois: Woman's World Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition,
First Printing. Illustrated Wrappers. A COMPLETE SET of 12 monthly issues
(in the original wrappers) of Woman's World magazine for the year 1935 --
containing all 12 issues -- each of which was sent to the same subscriber
(whose name and address are stamped on each issue). With the exception of
the issue for December, 1935 (which has a small section of loss to the
bottom outer corner of the cover and of the first three leaves) the set is
otherwise in Very Good + or better condition and being (with the exception
of some scattered spotting/foxing) rather bright and tight. "Woman's World"
focused on matters of interest to women living in the era in which it was
published. However, 1935 was an exceptional year in that it includes the
July, 1935 issue which contains the DEBUT APPEARANCE IN PRINT of a work by
Patricia Highsmith, being the text of a series of letters the then
twelve-year-old Highsmith wrote home during her stay at a girl's camp,
which letters she signed "Patsy". Among other things, the letters, each of
which is addressed to "Dear Mother and Dad", mention her particular liking
of a girl who rode with her on a boat trip up to the camp, a girl named
Marie who "eats like a pig at the table", her gratitude to her parents for
the two dollars they sent to her, her meeting the daughter of a girl whose
father is a publisher, and going swimming "Diana" with the other girls and
the camp counselor "Miss Brownie", adding in a P.S. that: "Diana means
without any clothes on at all. Do you think it's all right to go in Diana?
It's very dark." A Very Good+ or better set of all the monthly Woman's
World magazines for the year 1935, each of which was sent to the same
subscriber (and which set has been kept together since December, 1935),
BEING PATRICIA HIGHSMITH'S DEBUT APPEARANCE IN PRINT. A SCARCE OR EVEN
RARER FIND. Very good +. Item #3004

Price: $850.00   TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $325.


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With Thanks for your consideration of the above and

Best Wishes,

Stephen

Allington Antiquarian Books



Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson
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