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Lot 338
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix. A Play about D.H. Lawrence. New York: New Directions, 1951.
4to. Printed on Rives paper. (Slight stain in gutter margin.) Original cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on spine; original board slipcase with printed label (a few splits).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 171 of 310 copies 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.