LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS [Signed]

New York, NY: The Bobs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 400 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Blue and brown drawn spine with aged white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$3.50", has mild shelving wear, chipping along the extremities and joints, two small closed tears along the rear head edge, small open tears along the spine, stains on the rear cover, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the extremities, and stains throughout. Textblock is light splitting to gutter from title page to page 28 and page 371-398, has a small tear along the tail edge of page 29//30, a small closed tear along the front end-page head edge, light soiling on outer edges of some pages, stains on the end-pages and pastedowns, mild age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed "To Dick" on the title page by William Styron. Shelved Room C. 1393752. Special Collections.