Dickey James (1923 1997) Deliverance [Together with] Two Typ

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Dickey, James (1923-1997)
Deliverance. [Together with] Two Typed Letters Signed & Two Signed Photographs.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970.

First edition, octavo, inscribed by Dickey: "to Matt -- these rivers and arrows -- from James Dickey," in black ink on the title; bound in cream publisher's cloth lettered in green, with olive endpapers, top edge tinted green, and original pictorial dust jacket, unclipped; a few tiny repaired tears along lower edge; contained in a custom over-sized clamshell box with the iconic dust-jacket eye illustration reproduced on the front; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

[Together with] Two Typed Letters Signed, "James Dickey" to Mr. Matthew Stiller; the first, dated January 11, 1989, discussing the release of the film adaptation of Dickey's Alnilam and thanking Stiller for his ongoing support: "For a writer there are such long periods of darkness and silence that sometimes there doesn't seem to be anything else. It is good when a voice like yours breaks into that; then you know - in the language of shipboard radio operators-that you are not sending with a dead key"; the second dated September 12, 1989, noting the inclusion of signed photographs with the letter (see below) with updates on Dickey's other projects such as The Zodiac, and his upcoming book of poetry The Eagle's Mile; both letters are one page, recto only, on Dickey's personal 4620 Leila's Court Columbia, S.C. stationery, 11 x 8 1/2 in. Complete transcript issued upon request.

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Two black-and-white photographs signed by Dickey and inscribed to Matt, one a headshot of the author, the other a Warner Bros. press still from the film Deliverance showing Dickey in his role as Sheriff Bullard alongside actor John Voigt as Ed Gentry, dated 1972.

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