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195411341954. Mimeographed sheets printed both sides. 13pp. Sheets stapled at one corner. Fine condition with a couple minor corrections possibly by Williams. The typescript for the 1955 publication of the opera by G. Ricodi and Co. coinciding with its premiere at Tulane University in New Orleans on January 17 that year. The original one-act play was written before 1946 but never performed in its dramatic form during Williams's lifetime. It first appeared in print within "27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other One-Act Plays" in 1966. OCLC locates no copies of this typescript and it is not found in the Harry Ransom or Fred W. Todd collections. A significant yet understudied intersection between American dramatic literature and operatic adaptation. Composed prior to his critically acclaimed works "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie" this piece underwent transformation when Italian composer Raffaello de Banfield set it to music. The narrative centers on an elderly woman and her granddaughter who monetize their possession of what they claim to be an authentic love letter from Lord Byron exemplifying Williams' early experimentation with themes of illusion and economic desperation that would later become hallmarks of his canonical works. This fusion of Williams' Southern Gothic style with de Banfield's European musical idiom illustrates mid-century cross-cultural artistic adaptation. unknown
1948220525Denver: Alan Swallow 1948. First edition first printing. Publisher's blue cloth in John Williams designed dust jacket $2.25. Edges very faintly rubbed 1/2" trace of sticker residue front pastedown fine in very good lightly soiled dust jacket with closed tears along folds and bottom edge shallow chipping and subsequent horizontal creases lower front and top rear panels in mylar cover. WILLIAMS' DISOWNED DEBUT<br /> <br /> First edition of John Williams’ scarce debut novel Nothing but the Night. Published when Williams was only twenty-six the novel is a brooding psychological study of Arthur Maxley a young man confronting loss isolation and violent self-reckoning. Though Williams later disowned the book lamenting that he hoped it would simply "go away" and asking readers to “please don’t read itâ€â€”its dark impressionistic style foreshadows the existential concerns of Butcher’s Crossing and the disciplined prose of Stoner. Issued by Swallow Press in a small print run it quickly fell out of circulation and remained long unavailable until reissued in 1981. Today it stands as a rare and revealing starting point for a writer now regarded as one of the great American novelists of the twentieth century. Alan Swallow unknown
19481508180New Directions Books 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A handsomely rebound signed limited edition in full burgundy morocco leather stamped in gilt marbled endpapers number 6 of fifty copies printed on Virgil paper and signed by Tennessee Williams on the colophon page. This was Paul Bowles copy signed by him and with the word Tangier written by him on the front preliminary page. Slight aging to contents else fine in a fine custom-made linen clamshell case. New Directions Books hardcover
1948421262New York: New Directions 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition limited issue with the first state of the title page integral to the book and with New Directions on the copyright page. Cloth and papercovered boards. A touch rubbed on the spine easily near fine in very good cardboard slipcase with rubbing and small tears. Although not called for this copy is Signed by the author. Reportedly only about 50 copies of the first issue were printed. This issue is exceptionally scarce and especially so signed. New Directions hardcover
1948013729New 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 state exist. Interestingly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "Yes suh two arms is/better boy!/Tennessee/and a foot or two/don't hurt neither!" <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover
194623474N. Y.: New Directions 1946-1958. First editions of all five parts of Williams' magnum opus the first four parts limited to 1000 copies the fifth to 3000. Wallace A24 25 30 34 and 44; Connolly 100. A near-fine set of Williams's magnum opus with minor soiling. 5 volumes 8vos original cloth dust jackets. A near-fine set of Williams's magnum opus with minor soiling. New Directions unknown
195027374Norfolk CT: New Directions. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1950. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. a good sound copy with some shelfwear to the lower edges of the paper-covered boards and a modest bump to the upper rear corner; the jacket has suffered some very shallow paper loss at and surrounding the top of the spine and is edgeworn along the spine-folds with small bit of additional paper loss at the base of the spine and the lower corners; all in all still quite presentable. The New Classics Series Series INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/poet on the front endpaper: "Norman Lloyd - / - a man with some / good ideas. Here's / hoping / William Carlos Williams / 11/6/50." It's to be noted that the inscription is written in WCW's flowing "pre-stroke" hand executed as it was just a year or so prior to a debilitating stroke which left him partially paralyzed and made his later signatures exceedingly shaky. As each new installment of Williams's epic poem about the eponymous New Jersey city was published individually New Directions would also issue a separate volume printing the entire work; the next Book 4 would appear in 1951 and the final section in 1958. This 1950 printing -- which seems to be remarkably scarce -- appeared at a particularly auspicious time as Williams had earlier in the year won the National Book Award for Poetry. It was the first time the prize had been presented in that category and it occasioned some modest bewilderment in the nation's press where commentary ran rife about the "obscurity" of both the awardee and his work. One typical comment called the poem "a paean of praise for a New Jersey town undistinguished except for the romance the poet was able to read into it. It's interesting sometimes exciting -- but hardly great by almost any standard of measurement." Another wise-ass critic felt obliged to point out that Williams's "prize-winning poems like all his others are 'modernistic' and difficult to understand for most of the general public" adding that he "is relatively unknown outside of academic circles." The best comment of all though came from Williams himself who when chatting with a reporter at the awards dinner offered this assessment: "I don't see that this is going to do anything for me." Williams's connection with the book's inscribee actor-director Norman Lloyd is unknown although his "here's hoping" comment seems to imply that the two might have discussed some sort of possible collaboration -- perhaps scuttled by the poet's 1951 stroke Signed by Author . New Directions hardcover
1949432434New York: New Directions 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in modestly spine-toned else near fine dust jacket. Signed by Williams on the front fly in his post-stroke hand. Connolly 100. New Directions hardcover
12955Philadelphia PA: Luminice Press. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. The story blends an original illustrated story for young readers with factual information about spiders and the curious way they travel long distances to tell the tale of an adventerous arachnid.<br /> "Thomas Parker Williams lives and works in Philadelphia PA USA. His work includes hand-made artist book editions unique book works printmaking and painting. Some of his artist book editions contain an audio element - music or sound work - composed performed and recorded by the artist. Tom's artist books are in numerous private and public collections." artist profile. Tight bright and unmarred. Laser cut wooden boards oil-based pochoir printed paper reduction linocuts movable elements. 8vo closed. 16pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Limited edition of 14. Luminice Press hardcover
012868Washington DC: Librix Continuum 2002. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. Large folio elaborately produced bound in full Italian leather and housed in full leather box all of which is still in green publisher's storage box. Limited edition this 66 of 1500 copies numbered and signed on the title page by one of the book designers and binders John Paul Greenawalt the other Stephen L. Vanilio. The book was produced in celebration of The Shakespeare Theatre's Production of "Five by Ten" five one-act plays by Tennessee Williams directed by Michael Kahn and Tennessee Williams Explored at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. in 2002. Folio unpaginated text double column with 3 full page illustrations by artist Smith bound in one of Maggie the cat. Lad-in beneath olive suede panel in the box are another 3 full page illustrations loose relating to Glass Menagerie. Dark brown leather case has corner devices elaborate inner dentelles and interior olive suede lining. A sumptuous production. Librix Continuum hardcover
1964337456New York: New Directions 1964. Unbound. Near Fine. Unbound galley proof with two sets of the page proofs. Galleys folded a couple of bends to the page edges a few penciled editorial marks still near fine. New Directions unknown
198313263Atlanta: Pynyon Press 1983. First edition. One of 25 deluxe edition copies with handcolored drawings handbound by Jeffrey Moore and signed by Williams & Baxter. This edition was not published until February 1984 due to production & postal delays. Jaffe A145. Very fine copy. BAXTER Glen. 12mo one tipped-in handcolored drawing green cloth with handcolored drawing tipped onto front cover dust jacket with glassine cut-out window acetate dust jacket. Very fine copy. Pynyon Press unknown
1945140947802New York: Random House 1945. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. xii 124 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering blocked in black on the spine black topstain. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing soiling and edgewear 1/8 inch chip to front flap fold and minimal staining to foldlines and along upper edge. An uncommonly nice copy of one of Tennessee Williams' most famous plays. Random House unknown
19451508095Random House 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. First Printing stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Random House hardcover
1967321109New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc 1967. Softcover. Fine. First edition first issue. Stapled printed wrappers. A small tear on the title page probably torn when the book was inscribed else fine in wrappers. One of 1000 copies printed. Inscribed by Williams to actress Ruth Ford: "To my dearest girl in the USA. Love Tennessee." In Williams' Memoirs he refers to Ford as "the wise and lovely actress Ruth Ford who seems to have been born with more worldly wisdom than I have accumulated even at this point in life." Ford the Mississippi-born sister of surrealist author Charles Henri Ford was a beautiful model and actress first in Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre and later in films and theater. Notably she starred on Broadway in Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit in 1946 under the direction of John Huston the last of five Broadway plays he directed. Her apartment in the Dakota became a salon for authors such as Williams Edward Albee Terrence McNally and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to their collaboration with her Dakota-neighbor Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story. Similarly she brought together Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight to create the celebrated stories of Eloise the little girl who lived at the Plaza.<br /> <br /> Ford is well-known also for her long friendship with William Faulkner which began with her dating his brother Dean in the early 1930s. Faulkner was openly smitten with Ford for many years. He wrote his 1951 experimental novel Requiem for a Nun a sequel to his early and controversial novel Sanctuary with her in mind. He further declared to the consternation of his agent and publisher that it was her dramatic property Requiem for a Nun was a mixture of stage play and novel. Stage production of the title stalled for years partly because Faulkner's experimental drama did not lend itself to live theatre and partly because the producers were unsure of Ford's suitability. Faulkner was adamant that it was her dramatic property and in 1959 she adapted the play herself and starred in its London production opposite her second husband Zachary Scott. Her stage version received enthusiastic reviews in both London and New York but did not fare so well with audiences and closed after a short run on Broadway. Ford continued to act on both stage and screen well into the 1980s. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 98. A wonderful inscription and nice association. Dramatists Play Service, Inc unknown
1964337455New York: New Directions 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Unbound long galleys of the first edition first issue with the original page layout. Folded else fine. Only about 50 copies of the finished book were issued with this particular layout before they were suppressed. These galleys are rare and we suspect only a handful survive. New Directions hardcover
1950291584New York: New Directions 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Tiny stains on the boards else near fine in very good dust jacket with some tape shadows on the rear panel from an old repair. Signed by the author. A hit play and basis for the 1955 Daniel Mann film featuring Anna Magnani in an Oscar-winning role as a widow wooed by truck driver Burt Lancaster. New Directions hardcover
250002Harvard. Fair with no dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. 067808050X . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Cover Wear. Repaired hinges. Cover stains. Half dozen or so pages have very short tears. Very faint water small stains about 3 inches from bottom and 1/4" in from edge on several pages see the included text image. Includes the 5 folding tables. Includes the blurb from the dust jacket on preliminary page see image. Basically this is a very important work in an unattractive binding and is probably worth rebinding. . Harvard hardcover
1799374441Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken no. 22 Market Street 1799. xii 98 4pp. Lacking the folding map. 8vo. Disbound top of title clipped and repaired. xii 98 4pp. Lacking the folding map. 8vo. Williams was the great-nephew of Benjamin Franklin. He served as Franklin's secretary during the latter's residence in France as U.S. ambassador and for part of that time was a U.S. commercial agent. While in France he also studied military science especially fortification. He returned to the U.S. in 1785 and served for several years as a judge. In 1801 he was appointed major of the 22nd regiment of artillerists and engineers in the regular army and later that year he was appointed inspector of fortifications and took command of the post at West Point. The following year he became the first superintendent of West Point as a school. Later he returned to Philadelphia and acted for several years as vice president and corresponding secretary of the American Philosophical Society. Most of his publications unlike the present one treat military topics.<br /> <br /> Williams probably acquired his interest in the Gulf Stream from Franklin who was the first to understand its nature. Like his great-uncle Williams observed its action during his trips across the Atlantic as a diplomat. In the present work he investigates how ships approaching the American coast can take advantage of the temperature differential of the Stream to establish their position in any weather without celestial sightings. This was an important navigational aid in the stormy north Atlantic and one of great use to mariners. These papers were partially published in the proceedings of the Philosophical Society. This is the first complete publication in English.<br /> <br /> For the rare untitled map of the Atlantic showing the Gulf Stream not present here see Wheat and Brun 725. ESTC W7573; Evans 36722; Rink 3893; Sabin 104300 Printed and sold by R. Aitken, no. 22, Market Street unknown
1799842701799. WILLIAMS Jonathan. Thermometrical Navigation. Being a Series of Experiments and Observations tending to prove that by ascertaining the relative heat of the sea-water from time to time the passage of a ship through the Gulph Stream and from deep water into soundings may be discovered in time to avoid danger although owing to tempestuous weather it may be impossible to heave the lead or observe the heavenly bodies Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken no. 22 Market Street 1799. First Edition in book form. 8vo. xii 98 4pp. Lacking the folding map. Disbound top of title clipped and repaired. Very good. ESTC W7573; Evans 36722; Rink 3893; Sabin 104300. Extracted From the American Philosophical Transactions. Vol. 2 & 3. With Additions and Improvements. The author was Benjamin Franklin's grand-nephew. Williams was sent to London in 1770 to complete his training and make contacts under Franklin's tutelage. Franklin was impressed by his diligence and the two remained close. He served as Franklin's secretary during the latter's residence in France as U.S. ambassador and for part of that time was a U.S. commercial agent. While in France he also studied military science especially fortification. He returned to the U.S. in 1785 and served for several years as a judge. In 1801 he was appointed major of the 22nd regiment of artillerists and engineers in the regular army and later that year he was appointed inspector of fortifications and took command of the post at West Point. The following year he became the first superintendent of West Point as a school. Later he returned to Philadelphia and acted for several years as vice president and corresponding secretary of the American Philosophical Society. Most of his publications unlike the present one treat military topics. Williams probably acquired his interest in the Gulf Stream from Franklin who was the first to understand its nature. Like his great-uncle Williams observed its action during his trips across the Atlantic as a diplomat. In the present work he investigates how ships approaching the American coast can take advantage of the temperature differential of the Stream to establish their position in any weather without celestial sightings. This was an important navigational aid in the stormy north Atlantic and one of great use to mariners. The. unknown
1959018897New 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 twice first for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and in 1955 for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Lerner won 3 Tony Awards and 3 Academy Awards. He wrote the lyrics to the songs in MY FAIR LADY PAINT YOUR WAGON CAMELOT and many others. Stevens produced more than 100 plays and musicals including WEST SIDE STORY and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. <br/><br/> unknown
1882005151London: B. S. Williams 1882. First Edition . Leather. Very Good. Folio. John Nugent Fitch. Volume one. Original full green morocco leather raised bands gilt titles and decorative compartments and boards inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt 12.5 x 10 inches. First Edition. Unpaginated; illustrated with 47 chromolithographed plates including 1 folding by John Nugent Fitch 1836-1895. One of the great orchid books of the nineteenth century published at the height of the 'Orchidelirium' mania. Exterior showing some light wear and rubbing heaviest at extremities light typical foxing to text pages all plates clean and bright. Provenance: Bookplate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library deaccessioned with "Cancelled" stamp on bookplate no other library markings in book. The Lindley Library in London is the largest horticultural library in the world. <br/> <br/> B. S. Williams hardcover
1855984Boston: John P. Jewett 1855. First American Edition. Cloth. Good. Brown cloth with blind stamp illustrations on cover and spine and gold lettering on spine. Front flyleaf has two library stickers. One is a bookplate that says "Library of the Boys' High School Portsmouth NH presented by Frank P. Newton." "Frank P. Newton" is written in cursive but it is in someone else's writing. Something is pasted partially on top of the bookplate obscuring the word "Boys." There are four different library numerals on that page. On front free flyleaf is pasted in a letter stating "This book was bequeathed to the Boys' High School by Frank P. Newton of the class of 1865 who died February 20 1866. " The handwriting is the same as the writing on the bookplate. Rear endpaper has brown paper glued presumably a library pocket. Stain from residue on rear free endpaper. Front flyleaf has written in pencil "Presented to Frank P. Newton by Anna _ Hall March 1858." <br /> <br /> Wells was the author of "Clotel" the first novel published in the U. S. by an African American author. He escaped slavery and was a lecturer of the abolitionist movement and a historian. He lived for six years in England. 320 pp. First American Edition. John P. Jewett unknown
198851557Washington D. C.: American Psychiatric Association. As New. 1988. Hardcover. 0890420181 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- -- with a bonus offer-- . American Psychiatric Association hardcover
199730407Arlington Virginia U.S.A.: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc. New. 1997. Spiral Bound. 0880489324 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - --BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED -- -- with a bonus offer-- . Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc unknown
