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Lie Down in Darkness. Signed, Limited Edition, Franklin Leatherbound, with "Notes From the Ediors" Laid-in
by Styron, William
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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£219.01£197.11
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Steven H. Stroud. As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Signed, Limited Edition. Signed by William Styron on the third free end paper. First Edition Thus. Includes the rather scarce 22-page "Notes from the Editors", which accompanied this edition in its original shipment. Octavo, 497 pp., illustrations by Steven H. Stroud, commissioned for this edition. Full rich brown leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, deep brown moire endpapers, with matching brown satin page-marker ribbon. Franklin's as-always lavish binding in a limited signed edition of Styron's (1951) first novel, the Rome Prize winning 'Lie Down in Darkness'. Paper is 60-pound Franklin Library '1854' Cream, typeface is 10-point Trump Medieval, gilt is 22 karat. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless. As bright, tight and immaculate as it was on its first day in 1982. Please review scans. With the author's 'A Special Message to Subscribers from William Styron', written for this limited edition, and, of course, the separate 'Notes from the Editors'. Pristine, flawless. See scans. L-frnkln4
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61004
- Title
- Lie Down in Darkness. Signed, Limited Edition, Franklin Leatherbound, with "Notes From the Ediors" Laid-in
- Author
- Styron, William
- Illustrator
- Steven H. Stroud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 497
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- classics Historical, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, "Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Government / Political / Societal; Biography;
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