WILLIAMS, William Carlos.

£750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

A Beginning on the Short Story [Notes]. First edition, sole printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Bob Wetterau, best luck from his old friend, William Carlos Williams, 11/14/50". Wetterau was the manager of the Flax book and art shop in Westwood Village, Los Angeles.In his autobiography, Williams recalls Wetterau's hosting skills: "That was a good party at Flax. Anais Nin was there and Man Ray and his wife, Don Paquette, Charlotte, Eyvind Earle. Later Bob invited us to his house for supper - volaille à la Bob with Armagnac poured over it and lighted at the table" (p. 387). Williams left Los Angeles with abiding memories of "The sparrows at night in the park - Bob and his brothers, George and Alec and their wives - tequila at five cents a glass" (p. 389).This book "is the substance of an address delivered in the fall of 1950 to students of the University of Washington in Seattle" (p. ii).

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