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STYRON, WILLIAM. Set This House on Fire [1960], endpaper slightly cracked at front inner hinge, inscribed by Styron in 1966 to Arthur Leonard Ross on blank portion of latter's large bookplate on inside front cover; The Confessions of Nat Turner [1967], inscribed by Styron in 1969 to Patrick Magarick on half-title. Laid in (in special pocket in slipcase): Typed Letter Signed from Styron to Magarick, Roxbury, Conn. 17 May 1969, one page, 8vo, regarding "the original Confessions of Nat Turner" and agreeing to inscribe this copy --
WILLINGHAM, CALDER. End as a Man [1947], front endpaper lightly discolored, author's first book. Laid in (in special pocket in fitted quarto slipcase): Typed Letter Signed ("Calder W.") from Willingham to Walter T. Shirley, Jr., New Hampton, N.H., 1 August 1963, one page 4to, mainly social, discussing a possible movie to be made from his book Eternal Fire, and ending: "I keep thinking I have heard your name somewhere, Walter. Are you rich enough to be famous on that account alone? Well, thanks again for your real and charming hospitality. I hope sometime to find out if the fire on Fire Island has been at least reduced to a smouldering glow. That was a hot, hot week-end"; all New York, together 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth dust jackets, cloth slipcases, FIRST EDITIONS. Very good to fine copies. (4)
WILLINGHAM, CALDER. End as a Man [1947], front endpaper lightly discolored, author's first book. Laid in (in special pocket in fitted quarto slipcase): Typed Letter Signed ("Calder W.") from Willingham to Walter T. Shirley, Jr., New Hampton, N.H., 1 August 1963, one page 4to, mainly social, discussing a possible movie to be made from his book Eternal Fire, and ending: "I keep thinking I have heard your name somewhere, Walter. Are you rich enough to be famous on that account alone? Well, thanks again for your real and charming hospitality. I hope sometime to find out if the fire on Fire Island has been at least reduced to a smouldering glow. That was a hot, hot week-end"; all New York, together 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth dust jackets, cloth slipcases, FIRST EDITIONS. Very good to fine copies. (4)