WILLIAMS TENNESSEE The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy

Sale 2416 - Lot 404

Price Realized: $ 2,125

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Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,500

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy. Tall 8vo, publisher's 1/4 gilt-lettered brown cloth over patterned boards; front hinge cracked; publisher's slipcase with printed label; ownership stamp of Audrey Wood, Williams's literary agent, on front endpaper. (New York:) New Directions, (1954)

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first edition. one of 100 copies signed by williams. Crandell indicates that as many as 136 copies may have been issued, but apparently many of these were destroyed and only about 10 numbered copies and 20 presentation copies, most of which were retained by the publishing house or the author, survived. This is one of the copies marked "Presentation Copy." Crandell A13.1.b.