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1949RWILGLA00HMRNew Classics 1949. Fine. Williams Tennesse. The Glass Menagerie. New York: New Classics 1949. 124pp. Illustrated. 16mo. Beige cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Former owner's neat signature penned on front pastedown. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with chipped edges. In transparent dust jacket protector. New Classics hardcover books
194531514New York: Random House 1945. First edition. Orange cloth endpaper stained from enclosure multiple pages have the upper margin marred with a paper clip otherwise a very good copy the dust jacket has some light wear and fading. There were three binding cloths used no priority is known. Williams's first book. Crandell A1.1.a. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1948WB16464London: John Lehmann 1948. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Williams contributed his own introduction to this edition. Original bright blue cloth in edgeworn and nicked dustwrapper. Previous owner's signature and small label of a Parisian bookshop. <br/><br/> John Lehmann hardcover books
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 books
19450104357Random House 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in New York by Random House in 1945. First Printing is stated on top of copyright page. Book very good lightly bumped ends of spine and corners some discoloration on paste-downs and free endpapers and some rubbing on bottom edges of both covers. DJ very good price-clipped chipping at ends of spine and corners piece missing from top edge of rear panel and bottom edge of front panel 1" tear on top edge of front panel near spine hinge rubbing on front and soiling on rear. Book comes in specially made cloth slipcase. Random House hardcover books
19450104558Random House 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in New York by Random House in 1945. First Printing is stated on top of copyright page. Two clippings laid-in one about Laurrette Taylor an actress from the stage production and one a blurb with photo about Williams. Book very good darkening on front and back free end papers. DJ very good. DJ price is $2.00. Random House hardcover books
1949WRCLIT56385New York: New Directions 1949. xix1124pp. Buff cloth. Production notes. Black & white photographs. First ND printing second issue ca. 1950 illustrated with stills from the film rather than the stage play. Endsheets beginning to darken ink ownership signature on front free endsheet else near fine in a lightly hand-smudged pictorial dust jacket with small loss to rear panel and minor tears at spine extremities. No. 23 in the New Classics series. New Directions hardcover books
1908133564New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1908. Octavo six inserted plates with illustrations by H. C. Edwards and others original pictorial green cloth stamped in gold t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects nine stories most involving college sports. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 W-663. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down 1908 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Inner hinges repaired frontispiece tissue guard foxed a sound very good copy. #133564 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
190826355New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. decorated dark green cloth; no dust jacket sharp-looking copy very slight wear at a couple of corners gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine quite bright and attractive; vintage bookplate on front pastedown with one-time owner's name scraped away; rear hinge is starting and the rear endpaper has a former owner's name scrawled in pencil plus apparently the same person's nickname "Woodie" written on the rear pastedown. B&W illustrated plates Eight short stories of college life -- based no doubt on the author's experiences at Princeton although no particular school is named in the book. It was in fact his third book of such tales having been preceded by "Princeton Stories" 1895 and "The Adventures of a Freshman" 1899. In addition to the eight stories there are eight additional shorter pieces grouped together at the end of the book under the umbrella title "Talks With a Kid Brother" each of which offers some sage advice from an elder classman on topics such as "The First Day at College" "On Hazing" "Trying for the Team" and "Concerning Horse-Play." . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
195758283NY: New Directions 1957. First edition. Single sheet folded once to make a card 7 3/8 x 4 inches closed. Near fine. Printed at Christmas for the friends of Williams and the press. NY: New Directions unknown books
19793749New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1979. Softcover. VG shows wears at corners. Blue illustrated wraps with gold lettering bw illustrations throughout some in color. Subtitled "The first comprehensive show of Shaker drawings--from practical maps village views and architectural renderings to the colorful exuberance of the unique 'inspirational' drawings or divinely inspired visions of the spirit world--in contrast with the 'Worldly' art of the Shakers' 19th century neighbors--in the first major exhibit to examine Shaker art in the context of American folk art." Preface by Nina Fletcher Little introduction by June Sprigg. A wonderful catalogue and uncommon. Hirschl & Adler Galleries unknown books
1957WRCLIT19664Norfolk: New Directions 1957. Printed broadside. Fine unfolded copy. First separate edition of this poem previously published in THE HUDSON REVIEW. One of 1700 copies for New Directions from a total printing of 2500 copies. When issued this broadside was folded to make 4pp. This copy is one of a number we acquired from the author's library which have never been folded. WALLACE D16. New Directions unknown books
1957279422Norfolk: New Directions 1957. First edition. One leaf folded to make four pages. Fine. Issued at Christmas for the friends of the author and publisher. One of 2500 copies. New Directions unknown books
19518467New York. Simon and Schuster. 1951. Bound in pictorial boards. Tall 4to. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour vignettes decorations etc by Garth Williams. Widely regarded as one of the most charming fairy books ever produced this title remains quite elusive and desireable. Rather obvious repairs to spine strip particularly at front hinge which has been coloured in with a green filler. Covers and corners somewhat rubbed with portions of original glassine lacking. Previous owners small name and ink to title page. Despite the hinge work this is still a very bright crisp serviceable copy. Simon and Schuster. hardcover books
1869001515Boston: Lee and Shepard 1869. Gilt spine rubbed. Accounts of every sort of activity of outdoor life based on the author's personal experiences. "I shall be happily content if my Prelude tempt any of my pale Mondayish clerical friends from the cloister bookish life in which they are dying to the grand hotels and promenades of tent and forest life for a season." Engraved plates and frontispiece. 268pp. First Edition. Dark Maroon Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Octavo. Lee and Shepard Hardcover books
197672888Champaign: Finial Press 1976. First edition. Oblong 12mo. 24 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Poem by Williams “In the Absolutely Innocent Dead-Pan Manner of Kate Greenaway†with drawings by Brainard “In the Action Comix Manner†though in this pairing much more explicit than either model. Champaign: Finial Press, unknown books
197670850Champaign: Finial Press 1976. First edition. Oblong 12mo. 24 pp. Light toning along spine else near fine in stapled wrappers. Poem by Williams “In the Absolutely Innocent Dead-Pan Manner of Kate Greenaway†with drawings by Brainard “In the Action Comix Manner.†Elaborately INSCRIBED by Williams on the half-title page. Champaign: Finial Press, unknown books
1966005000New York Etc.: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1966. 1st Edition. xi 143p. dj The United States and China in world affairs series. McGraw-Hill Book Co unknown books
196037428NY: New American Library 1960. First printing. Small 8vo pp. 144. Illustrated with photographs from a production starring Marlon Brando. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat worn and creased o/w VG. New American Library unknown books
1960166097New York: Signet/New American Library 1960. Paperback. 142p. introduction by Williams cast list 8 pages of photos from the film starring Marlion Brando lightly-worn first mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. Signet S1745. Signet/New American Library paperback books
1960347772New York: Signet Book 1960. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition. Octavo. Paper wrappers rubbed about near fine. The play Orpheus Descending published under the title used for the film version. Includes stills from the movie. Signet Book unknown books
196026337NY: Signet 1960. First printing. 12mo pp. 144. The film of the play with Cliff Robertson and Maureen Stapleton. Original play title was Orpheus Descending. 8pp of illustrations from the film. Included is Williams article The Past the Present and The Perhaps. Ist printing. Illustrated wrappers. VG. Signet unknown books
198975023New York: Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1989. Hardcover. 10 x 7 inches - illustrated - bright and fresh. Complete in 306 page with charts graphs and illustrations. Describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave solifluction slope instabilities patterned ground pingoes and ice wedges. The thermodynamic conditions accompanying the freezing of water in porous materials are examined and their fundamental role in ice segregation and frost heave processes is demonstrated in a simple manner. 10 x 7 inches - illustrated - bright and fresh. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1885WRCAM22672Mauritius: Typography of the Merchants and Planters Gazette 1885. 42pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped old library stamp and label on front wrapper else very good. A curious pamphlet printing the text of a lecture given in the Town Hall at Port Louis Mauritius on the islands of the French Antilles with descriptions of topography plantations sugar production etc. With some interesting comments on the Jamaican sugar industry comparing the state of sugar production of the West Indies with that of Mauritius. Typography of the Merchants and Planters Gazette unknown books
1910266052Lexington Ky 1910. First Edition. Frontispiece illus. with portraits of MFHs 163 9 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue and white cloth. First Edition. Frontispiece illus. with portraits of MFHs 163 9 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. with photo laid in. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 412 note unknown books
