BLUES & ROOTS/RUE & BLUETS
by WILLIAMS, Jonathan
[Durham, NC]: Duke University Press, (1985). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and Near Fine slipcase with some spotting. Copy #39 of 75 numbered and SIGNED copies.
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AMERICAN SCENERY; or, Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
by WILLIS, N. P
London: George Virtue, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers foxed, plates generally clean with some light to moderate foxing, mainly in the margins. Light wear to bindings with rubbing, mostly to the joints; covers tight. Very Good. W. H. Bartlett. Two 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated full green morocco leather, all edges gilt. Beautifully illustrated with an... Read More
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A PERFECT ANALYSIS GIVEN BY A PARROT
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 1958. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Printed blue wraps. Crandell A24.I.a. The First Separate Printing, originally published in ESQUIRE magazine.
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NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1998). hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A paperback original, this is the Book Club hardcover publication. Edited with an introduction by Allean Hale. Foreword by Vanessa Redgrave.
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THE KNIGHTLY QUEST: A NOVELLA AND FOUR SHORT STORIES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, otherwise Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A30.I. One of 6000 copies printed, this copy in the second binding. Dustwrapper design by Salvador Dali.
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KINGDOM OF EARTH. THE SEVEN DESCENTS OF MYRTLE
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A33.I. A comedy by this master of drama.
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COLLECTED STORIES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a slighty soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A54.I.a. Introduction by Gore Vidal.
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STAIRS TO THE ROOF. A PRAYER FOR THE WILD OF HEART THAT ARE KEPT IN CAGES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (2000). First Edition. softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. A paperback original, not published in hardcover. Edited with an introduction by Allean Hale.
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ONE ARM AND OTHER STORIES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild darkening to the spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Parchment-backed decorated boards. Crandell A8.I.b. Copy #12 of only 50 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. This copy belonged to Frederic Dannay, half of the writing team that was mystery writer Ellery Queen, and though... Read More
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THE RED DEVIL BATTERY SIGN
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A56.
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ONE ARM AND OTHER STORIES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
[New York]: New Directions, (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a close to Very Good slipcase with some loss of paper at the very bottom edge and some splitting, but still intact. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Crandell A8.I.a. Second State of the First Printing with the title page on a stub. Less than 50 copies of the first... Read More
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
New York: Random House, (1945). First Edition. Hardcover. Bottom corners of the book frayed with the board exposed a little. The dustwrapper has light chipping along the top and bottom edges but presents quite well. Very Good in a Good or better dustwrapper. Bound in the publisher's coarse, dark reddish-orange cloth, one of three bindings with no priority... Read More
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MOISE AND THE WORLD OF REASON
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1975). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A41.I.b. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. An Advance Review Copy of the First Trade Edition with slip laid in.
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FUGITIVE KIND
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (2001). First Edition. softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. A paperback original, not published in hardcover. Edited with an introduction by Allean Hale.
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HARD CANDY. A BOOK OF STORIES
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper with a very small chip at the head of the spine. Crandell A13.I.c. The limited edition was issued five years previously. Dustwrapper designed by Elaine Lustig.
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STOPPED ROCKING AND OTHER SCREENPLAYS
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Crandell A52.
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BATTLE OF ANGELS
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Murray, UT: Pharos, Spring 1945. First Edition. softcover. Small stain on front cover near spine; upper corner of text bumped. Still a Fine, bright copy, rather uncommon in this condition. Pharos: Numbers 1 & 2. Playwright's first play and first book, a double number of this periodical in original pale blue-gray wraps with yapped edges printed in red.... Read More
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SPRING STORM
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
(New York): New Directions, (1999). First Edition. softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. A paperback original, not published in hardcover. Edited with an introduction by Dan Isaac.
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STEPS MUST BE GENTLE. A DRAMATIC READING FOR TWO PERFORMERS
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
New York: Targ Editions, [1980]. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in the original tissue dustwrapper. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Crandell A48. One of 350 unnumbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation page of this short play concerning a dialogue between the poet Hart Crane and his mother.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee; LERNER, Alan Jay; STEVENS, Roger L
New York, 31 July 1959. Letter. Small staple holes in the upper right corner, faint folds from mailing, otherwise Fine with wonderful signatures. A one-page letter from the Theatre Issue Committee of the PARTISAN REVIEW to a potential advertiser for an issue mostly devoted to the theater SIGNED by Williams, Lerner, and Stevens. Williams won the Pulitzer Prize... Read More
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THE 1931 TIGER ISSUE OF THE MISSOURI SAVITAR
by [WILLIAMS, Tennessee]
[Columbia, MO]: University of Missouri, 1931. First Edition. hardcover. Owner name of student on the front free endpaper. Very Good. Small folio (9" x 12-1/4") bound in embossed black leather. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Yearbook for the second of three years that Tennessee Williams attended the university with his small photograph on his fraternity's page along with... Read More
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BATTLE OF ANGELS
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Murray, UT: Pharos, Spring 1945. First Edition. softcover. Usual minor tears to edges; spine darkened with small chips at head and heel. Very Good. Pharos: Numbers 1 & 2. Playwright's first play and first book, a double number of this periodical in original pale blue-gray wraps with yapped edges printed in red.
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THE DESERT MUSIC AND OTHER POEMS
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos
New York: Random House, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a small chip on the rear panel. Printed at the Spiral Press. Wallace A38: First Trade Edition (there were also 111 signed and numbered copies). This copy is SIGNED by the author on the first blank in blue ink and dated in 1955... Read More
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HOT AFTERNOONS HAVE BEEN IN MONTANA
by [WILLIAMS, William Carlos] SIEGEL, Eli
New York: Definition Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on front endpaper by noted collector Walter Leuba. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a 1/2" jagged closed tear on the front panel. Wallace B73. The first impression, with the spacing error, consisting of only 500 clothbound copies. Prints a 3-1/2 page letter by Williams as a... Read More
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POETS AND THE PAST: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS, AND OBJECTS OF ART OF THE PRE-COLUMBIAN PAST
by WILLIAMS, William Carlos; ROETHKE, Theodore; PAZ, Octavio; MERWIN, W. S.; WRIGHT, James; et. al
New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to spine tips and corners. Near Fine. Bound in original green leather-backed marbled boards. A collection of poems paired with photographs of Pre-Columbian artifacts, edited by Dore Ashton with photographs by Lee Boltin. Of a total of 1500 copies printed, this is copy XXV of only 50,... Read More
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