Sweet Bird of Youth
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1959. First edition. Red cloth, fine in slightly faded dust jacket.
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Grand
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: House of Books, 1964. First edition. Yellow cloth, fine, plain glassine jacket. One of 300 copies, numbered and signed. Crandell A28.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1950. First edition. Boards, vellum spine, slipcase. Spine darkened as usual, otherwise fine. One of 500 copies signed by Williams, this copy is additionally inscribed by Williams to Gertrude Liebman. Crandell A9.1.a.
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Out Cry
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1973. First edition. Red cloth, fine in dust jacket. Crandell A 39.1.
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton and other one act plays
by Williams, Tennessee
Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1947. First edition, first printing. Grey cloth, fine in slightly worn dust jacket. This first printing contains only eleven plays, and it had only one binding issue. The second printing (sometimes erroneously called "second issue" or "state"), contains a new introduction, and the third printing adds two additional plays. Crandell A2.1.a.
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Battle of Angels.; With a note on the play by Margaret Webster and an account of its production in the City of Boston by the author
by Williams, Tennessee
Murray, Utah: Pharos, 1945. First edition. Original wrappers, wrappers a bit browned, and with some minor edge wear. Inscribed by the publisher James Laughlin to book designer Harry Ford. Crandell C67.
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The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition, second state with corrected pp. 20-21. Blue cloth, fine in dust jacket. Crandell A21.1.a2.
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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Summer and Smoke
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition. Blue cloth. Ownership signature, nice copy in lighlty used dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Crandell A29.1.
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Garden District. Two Plays. Something Unspoken and Suddenly Last Summer
by Williams, Tennessee
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First edition. Green boards, fine in dust jacket. Crandell AA4.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1955. First edition. Cloth, fine, in lightly used dust jacket (design by Alvin Lustig) has a short closed tear on the front panel edge. Crandell A 15.1.a.
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Three Players of a Summer Game and other stories
by Williams, Tennessee
London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. First edition. Blue boards, slightly faded on the top edge, otherwise fine, in lightly used dust jacket. Crandell A 23.1.a.
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Period of Adjustment
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1960. First edition. Reddish cloth, fine in nearly fine dust jacket (small nick). Crandell A22.1.
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Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham 1940-65.; Edited and with comments by Donald Windham
by Williams, Tennessee
Verona: Sandy Campbell, 1976. First edition. Wrappers, boxed, as new. One of 500 numbered copies, printed on Favini paper by Martino Mardersteig.
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One Arm and Other Stories
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1948. First edition, usual second state with cancel title page. Cloth backed boards, a very good copy in lightly worn slipcase. Inscribed by Williams to William Targ, later one of his publishers. Ownership signature of Benjamin Crowell, dated 1949. Crandell A8.1.a2.
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Happy August the 10th" in The Best American Short Stories: 1973
by (Williams, Tennessee)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. Cloth, fine in fine dust jacket.
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton and other one act plays
by Williams, Tennessee
Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1949. Second printing (first augmented printing). Cloth backed boards, fine in lightly worn dust jacket. This printing adds an introduction.Crandell A2.1.b. (Binding "A", 6 mm. "W").
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Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham 1940-65.; Edited and with comments by Donald Windham
by Williams, Tennessee
Verona: Sandy Campbell, 1976. First edition. Wrappers, boxed, as new. One of 26 lettered copies, printed on blue Fabriano paper by Martino Mardersteig, signed by Williams and Windham, from a total edition of 526. Only these deluxe copies were issued signed.
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Hard Candy. A Book of Stories
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1954. First edition. Cloth backed boards, fine copy in slightly used slipcase. The slipcase is the second greyish blue one. Crandell A13.1.a.
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Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1958. First edition. Blue cloth, a fine copy in lightly used dust jacket. Crandell A19.1.a.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1947. First edition. Pink boards; very fine in dust jacket, unfaded and with no wear. One of the fabled Norman Unger copies, purchased new by Williams's bibliophilic friend, the book collector Unger, then wrapped and stored for 30 years. Cover and jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Crandell A 5.1.a.
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Steps Must Be Gentle.; A Dramatic Reading for Two Performers
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Marbled boards, cloth back, plain jacket; as new. First edition, one of 350 copies, signed by Williams. The dialogue imagines a conversation between Hart Crane and hs mother.
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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Summer and Smoke
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition. Blue cloth, fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Crandell A29.1.
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Memoirs
by Williams, Tennessee
Garden City: Doubleday, 1975. First edition, trade printing. Cloth backed boards, fine in dust jacket. Crandell A42.1.b.
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The Knightly Quest.; A Novella and Four Short Stories
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1966. First edition. Blue cloth, fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Crandell A 30.1.
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In the Winter of Cities. Poems
by Williams, Tennessee
New York: New Directions, 1956. First edition. Cloth backed boards, fine in lightly used dust jacket. Signed and dated ('73) by Williams on the front free endpaper. Crandell A16.I.b.
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