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THB4 Eudora Welty Signed Books, incl. Yearbook
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Four (4) items signed by author Eudora Welty (Mississippi, 1909-2001). 1st Item: 1926 edition of "Meh Lady", the yearbook of The Mississippi State College for Women where Welty attended from 1925 to 1927. Folio. Signed by Welty 3 times, twice under photos of her (Yearbook Staff and Drama Club) and once on the inside front cover. The yearbook originally belonged to a Freshman classmate of hers. 11 in. x 8 in. 2nd Item: THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER, Franklin Library, 1980. Signed by author Eudora Welty on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Octavo, 194 pp. Red leather, gilt stamped designs on covers and spine; page edges gilt, with red satin page-marker ribbon. Prefaced by "A Special Message to Subscribers from Eudora Welty". 8 3/4 in. x 6 in. 3rd Item: THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER, New York: Random House, 1972. Signed by Welty on title page, as well as inscribed to a friend on the half title. 8vo, 181pp. 1st Edition/1st Printing in unclipped jacket; stated First Edition with appropriate number line. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1973. 8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. LOSING BATTLES, New York: Random House, 1970. Inscribed and dated 1973 by Welty on front endpaper. 8vo, 437pp. First edition, later printing in unclipped jacket. 8 in. x 6 in.
Condition
1st Item (Yearbook): Very good overall condition; title page loose but present; typical yearbook signatures and writing throughout. 2nd Item (Franklin Lib. Optimist's): Unread, bookseller's pencil note ffep. 3rd Item (Random House Optimist's): Very good w/ light toning, unclipped jacket with chips to bottom of spine and front; bookseller's pencil note. 4th Item (Battles): Very good w/ owner's bookplate; slight spotting to edges; Jacket unclipped with toning to top, 1/4-inch tear to spine with chips.
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