Super-Duper Zuppa Inglese (and Other Trifles from the Land of Stodge)

by Williams, Jonathan; Jones, Barbara (illustrator)

(Belper, Derbyshire): Aggie Weston’s Editions, 1977. First edition of this collaboration between American poet Jonathan Williams and English artist Barbara Jones. Williams produces “miniscule poems” inspired by the whimsical names of English dishes like “Wet Nelly,” “Spotted Dick,” “Tatty Oggy,” and “Fat Rascals:” “i protrude / my belly / over Shelley / & / don’t get on / much.”... Read More

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Working Cotton

by Williams, Sherley Anne; Byard, Carole (illustrator)

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition of Sherley Anne Williams's award-winning account of a day in the life of a family of migrant farm workers, warmly inscribed by illustrator Carole Byard. Arriving by bus at the cotton fields, speaking “in smoky whispers” before the sun rises, the young narrator explains the rhythms of the work: “I’m a... Read More

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A Streetcar Named Desire (signed by opening night cast, with original Shubert Theatre program and ticket stubs)

by Williams, Tennessee; [Brando, Marlon]; [Tandy, Jessica]; [Hunter, Kim]; [Malden, Karl]

New York: New Directions, 1947. First edition of A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams’s first play to win the Pulitzer Prize, signed by the entire original cast, including Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick and directed by Elia Kazan, the original stage production opened in New Haven on October 30, 1947:... Read More

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