[Signed] [First Edition] CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM...

First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 4 to the copyright page. SIGNED in blue ink by William Styron to a plain white signature card, and neatly tipped-on to the front end-paper. Photo-portrait frontispiece. A collection of interviews, a bounty of which are exchanges with other outstanding authors, many published here for the first time, several newly translated from French to English, in which Styron offers revealing literary commentary on his novels, short stories, themes, influences, sources, and the art of writing. A volume in the Literary Conversations Series. Fine, tight and fresh in apricot linen with black embossed titles to the spine, red-and-yellow headband and tail-band, tweed-tan end-papers; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with mild surface scratches and a minor, tiny impression to the rear panel. Octavo; 280 pages; index; plus chronology; plus introduction; plus foreword.

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