The Necessary Lie

by John Williams

$4,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Denver, CO: Verb Publications, 1965. First edition, first printing. 47 pp. Bound in publisher's grey cloth over boards, stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing, light soiling and light wear to cloth, light browning to endsheets. In a Near Fine dust jacket with several short edge tears, toning, small stain to spine and small chip at foot. Williams'collection of poetry which was published the same year as Stoner, printed

  • Printing: first
  • Binding: Hardcover

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