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Ed Smith Books specializes in buying and selling literary first editions, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. Our location, on Bainbridge Island, is a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, Washington. Open by appointment. Member, ABAA.

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Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the front endpaper: " Hard Cover! / What Radical Chic! / Tennessee Williams / Key West, 1971." 114pp. With four photographic plates inserted throughout. When this play first premiered in New York in 1945, actor Montgomery Clift played the role of Hadrian (directed by Gurthrie McClintic)

YOU TOUCHED ME! A Romantic Comedy In Three Acts. Suggested by a Short Story of the Same Name by D. H. Lawrence.
Williams, Tennessee and Donald Windham
New York: Samuel French, (1947). Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the.. more
Price: $2,000.00

One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bound in brown leather with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued without dust jacket.

SCREWJACK.
Thompson, Hunter S
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page... more
Price: $3,000.00

A realist semi-autobiographical novel that has been called "arguably, Wells' most artistic book." First issue. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and leather and cloth slipcase.

TONO-BUNGAY.
Wells, H. G.
London: Macmillan, 1909. A realist semi-autobiographical novel that has been called "arguably, Wells' most artistic book." First issue. Housed in a custom cloth.. more
Price: $450.00

Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this copy is a postcard addressed to a woman in Indiana (cancel 1988) in the author's hand, on the message side Percy writes: "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. / The Moviegoer / Walker Percy." The opening sentence of this prize winner.

THE MOVIEGOER.
Percy, Walker
New York: Knopf, 1961. Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this.. more
Price: $3,000.00

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