STEPHEN CRANE

  • SIGNED Hardcover
  • [New York]: William Sloane Associates, (1950)
By BERRYMAN, John
[New York]: William Sloane Associates, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine. Berryman's critical biography of Crane, an important work in the study of the writer of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Part of the American Men of Letters Series. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Ames W. Williams/with thanks for help/& regret that it's not/better/Sincerely/John Berryman/21 Nov 1950."

Ames W. Williams was a lawyer, judge, and a great collector of Stephen Crane. He co-wrote the standard bibliography, and his collection now resides at Syracuse University. Berryman refers to Williams and his work on Crane four times in his notes. A fine association.

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