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1953149958Connecticut: New Directions 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped price remains. New Directions hardcover
1953014760New Directions. First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover edge wear chips slight toning to rear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1953. New Directions hardcover
1945155827Norfolk CT: New Directions 1945. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the first blank. <br /> <br /> About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed with short closed tears on the heel and flap folds repaired with cello tape on the verso. New Directions unknown
1953109296Norfolk Conn: New Directions 1953. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Soiling edges rubbed 2 owner names to front endpaper. New Directions hardcover
19531410907New Directions 1953. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine hardcover. A great solid copy. Interior is bright and clean. All pages smooth crisp and intact. Spine/binding--tight. Boards are strong and sturdy with sharp corners. Includes DJ. Original price on DJ is $3.50. DJ in mylar cover. New Directions hardcover
19457039Norfolk CT: New Directions 1945. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG in its linen cloth. Octavo 207 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box. New Directions unknown
19453588Norfolk Conn: New Directions 1945. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON and Other Plays- Tennessee Williams- New Directions- Norfolk Conn.- 1945- 1st Edition-1st Printing-2nd Issue new intro and 1/4 black and yellow cloth.- Hardcover:-8vo- FINE/Fine dj is unclipped at $3.50- 207pp are clean no tears or writing binding is square and solid- a beautiful copy.- SEE PHOTOS- The original 11 plays along with the intro 'Something Wild.'- A gift quality item!!!- Fiction-plays-drama-anthology 3588 . 1st Edition-1st Printing-2nd Issue. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Directions Hardcover
196649616New York: New Directions 1966. Fourth Printing. Original wraps. Very good. 238p octavo A very good copy in black and white printed wraps. Slight crease to front cover. Inscribed by Williams <br />"To Virginia love Tennessee" Virginia Spencer Carr wrote biographies of Carson McCuller John Dod Passos and Paul Bowles and wanted to do one on Tennessee Williams but wasn't able to accomplish it. <br/><br/> New Directions paperback
1953574912Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Third edition with two additional plays. Fine in about fine dust jacket. New Directions hardcover
194520531Norfolk CT: New Directions 1945. Second Edition with New Introduction by the author published in 1949. Near Fine/Very Good. <br /> A foundational collection of Williams' shorter works serving as a raw laboratory for the themes that would define 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. <br /> <br /> This 1949 edition is the first to include Williams' own introductory essay and expanded content providing critical insight into his development of the Southern Gothic aesthetic. A crisp well-preserved copy in the iconic New Directions typographic jacket capturing the playwright at the height of his creative influence.<br /> <br /> KEY FEATURES<br /> Visuals: Original typographic dust jacket design characteristic of early New Directions publications.<br /> Binding: Two-tone textured cloth black over yellow with gilt-stamped spine titles.<br /> Content: Includes the title play plus 'The Purification' 'The Lady of Larkspur Lotion' and several others preceded by a new introduction by Williams.<br /> Associated Names: Published by James Laughlin at New Directions.<br /> Provenance: Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down.<br /> Imprint: Second Edition First with New Intro. Norfolk CT: New Directions 1949.<br /> Specs: 8.25 inches tall / 8 3-207 pages.<br /> <br /> CONDITION: Very Good / Very Good -- Bindings are tight and square; text is clean with light even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket is unclipped showing $3.50 price with light edge wear and mild darkening/soiling to the white rear panel. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -<br /> Tennessee Williams transformed the American theatre by centering the 'broken' Southern aristocracy and the brutal economic realities of the Mississippi Delta. '27 Wagons Full of Cotton' is a quintessential Southern Gothic work exploring themes of sexual power industrial arson and the vulnerability of the marginalized. Williams himself considered these one-act plays to be the 'sketches' that allowed him to master the emotional intensity for which he became world-renowned.<br /> <br /> This 1949 edition is particularly valued by scholars because of the new introduction in which Williams reflects on the success of 'The Glass Menagerie' and 'Streetcar' while defending the artistic merit of the one-act form. It marks the moment Williams transitioned from a struggling poet to the dominant voice of the American stage.<br /> <br /> MOVIE TIE-IN: The title play served as the primary basis for the controversial 1956 film 'Baby Doll' directed by Elia Kazan and starring Carroll Baker. The film was famously condemned by the Legion of Decency for its 'carnal' themes further cementing the play's status as a provocative masterpiece.<br /> <br /> SUBJECTS: Southern Gothic Mississippi Delta American Drama Feminism Economic Survival New Directions Publishing Play Script Modernism Southern Literature Collection. New Directions unknown
19451399982Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1945. New Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 207 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "$3.50". Moderate chipping tearing and creasing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Chipping affects lettering to spine cutting off "MS" in "WILLIAMS". Slight staining to edges of boards. Slight bump to top edge of interior of front board. Stain to outer edge of text block also affecting several interior pages. Slight staining and scuffing to top and bottom edges of text block. New edition with introduction: "Something Wild.". Shelved Case 13. 1399982. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. New Directions hardcover
1945035566Norfolk CT: New Directions 1945. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 207pp. Book very good. Dust jacket fair tears on spine and front covered by mylar.27 Wagons of Cotton and Other Plays is a collection of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams united by a focus on flawed characters and raw emotion. The title play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton is a brutal story about a resentful plantation owner who takes revenge on a rival by seducing his wife an act which later became the basis for the film Baby Doll. Other plays in the collection explore themes of desperation loneliness and the struggle for survival through poetic and psychologically deep encounters with characters like derelicts the elderly and those living on the fringes of society. . New Directions Hardcover
194923094London: John Lehmann 1949. First U.K. edition first printing. 8vo. Publisher's original cloth in the original dust wrapper. A very good copy in very good dust wrapper. Small name stamp to the front endpaper. The binding is firm and square with clean boards and bright spine lettering. Internally clean and free from inscriptions. The dust wrapper is complete and unclipped showing light surface wear and minor rubbing to extremities retaining strong colour to the striking theatrical design. An important early collection of Williams' shorter plays increasingly scarce in U.K. first edition state. John Lehmann hardcover
194912224London: John Lehmann 1949. First English Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. v vi-viii 9-192. Bound in red cloth spine lettered in gilt within title block. In the dust jacket which shows slight edge-wear and discoloration price of 8x. 6d intact on front flap. A bright copy of the first British edition now housed in a clear removable archival protector. John Lehmann hardcover
194512928Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1945. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 207. Bound in grey cloth spine lettered in black. In the dust jacket which shows just a trace of edge-wear to top and bottom of spine; small chip the size of a chickpea upper right rear panel; price of $3.50 intact on front flap. A bright well preserved copy with dust jacket now housed in a clear removable archival protector. New Directions hardcover
Q-0811202259New Directions 1966-01-17. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! New Directions paperback
194534676Norfold CT: New Directions. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth first edition hardcover. Spine ends softened/bumped edges lightly toned slight foxing to gutters. Sound and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is chipped slightly creased with some small holes/splits to gutter. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . New Directions hardcover
1953437728Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Third edition with two additional plays. Fine in fine dustwrapper. New Directions hardcover
1945437729Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Bookplate on front fly else about fine in handsome near fine dustwrapper with some foxing inside the jacket and a tiny nick at the crown. New Directions hardcover
1949WILLIAMS013865John Lehmann London. 1949. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Eleven plays one of which The Purification is written in verse.Near fine in very good slightly rubbed dustwrapper by B. Biro with several nicks and small chips. John Lehmann, London. unknown
1953431688Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Third edition with two additional plays. About fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a few short tears. New Directions hardcover
194968490Norfolk: New Directions 1949. Second edition. 207 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two closed tears and a chip to crown of spine. This second edition adds “Something wild.†by Williams as an introduction. INSCRIBED by Williams “For Ruth Dutton / who has the happy / distinction of being / the sister of Lois / Tennessee.†Norfolk: New Directions unknown
1945eph11<p>A scarce title. 27 Wagons Full Of Cotton andother plays13 one-act plays. 1st edition 2nd issue w/new introduction. Signed.</p> New Directions hardcover
12913London: John Lehmann. 1949. First UK edition first printing. First UK edition first printing. Publisher's original pink cloth with gilt titles over black to the spine in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy the binding square and tight with a little fading at the extreme edges. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper which has a tiny chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped 8s. 6d net to the front flap. A lovely copy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: John Lehmann. 1949 hardcover
1953D15374New York: New Directions 1953. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. 8vo; publisher's yellow cloth lettered in blue on the spine. In a supplied Alvin Lustig designed DJ priced at $3.50. A reissue of the earlier New Directions publication this 1953 edition adds two previously unpublished plays. A worn and stained copy the pages browned the top edge of the cloth showing insect damage the bottom portion of the front and rear boards showing the effects of damp-staining. This copy is however inscribed and signed by Tennessee Williams with thanks to Bryand Sheedy. Sheedy bought and ran a guest house in the Turks and Caicos and over the years befriended literary figures Williams among them. Apparently a wide-bodied larger than life figure in the look and manner of a modern day Falstaff he was known to have a large library of inscribed literary first editions see New York Times travel piece on Sheedy from 1998. Unfortunately the Turks and Caicos is not the best place to store a collection of books and Sheedy's copies tended to be judging by the ones we have well on the "sheedy" side. This book is no exception although the supplied Lustig jacket allows it to look ok on the shelf. Sold as is for the interesting association. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover
