WILLIAMS, Tennessee. I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix. SIGNED.
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
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Jul 16, 2024
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Lot Description
WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix. A Play about D.H. Lawrence. New York: New Directions, 1951.
4to. Original cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on spine (light spotting on spine near head); publisher's board slipcase with printed label (edgewear and toning). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 283 of 310 copies printed on Rives paper, SIGNED BY WILLIAMS.
Williams counted D.H. Lawrence and his wife Freida among his friends, and both Williams and Freida contribute a preface to this fictionalized account of D. H. Lawrence's final hours.
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Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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