Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: fourth printing; 238pp; it is not signed; book is tight; rubbing and nicks to the illustrated softcovers, a few creases to edge of some pages; a mark on fore edges, otherwise in GOOD COND.
Seller: DR Fine Arts, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. New Directions, Norfolk, Ct., 1953.
Price: US$8.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Yellow cloth binding with no markings but has some age appearance. In a very good jacket protected in an archival sleeve. Jacket has the flower nailed to the boards picture on it - varies from some others. 1945 and 1953 on copyright page with no other dates or imprints . etc.
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the stated third (augmented) hard cover edition, in a rather poor dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper, else the text is unmarked. Moderate wear at the extremities of the yellow-cloth boards. Abundant wear, chipping, and fraying at the extremities of the jacket, which is not price-clipped.
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON. New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1953.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xii, 238pp [some soiling and wear to covers; browning to endpapers] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other One-Act Plays. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$14.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 9th printing with $4.75 price on jacket. Light rubbing to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: reprint from 1945 edition book is very good with some rubbing at bottom of spine and jacket has small chips from all four corners with some chipping across top of spine and down rear spine fold and a small tear mi way on fold of rear jacket flap
Seller: Route 3 Books, Sandstone, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.55 + shipping
Description: 7th printing, yellow cloth, 238pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl foxing top edge) d/w VG(v sl wear tears & creasing to extrems, sl sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Tennessee Williams. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and other Plays. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's yellow cloth with green titles on spine. Prior owner signature on ffep. No DJ.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Williams , Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. New Directions, Norfolk, Ct.,, 1953.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice as pictured a First edition thus a very good condition hardcover gently read clean pages in a very good condition dust jacket, 3.50 price on flap tiny nicks at at spine end ,238 pages.
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [light shelfwear, discoloration to pp.184+185 from laid-in vintage bookmark (Pickwick Book Shop, Hollywood); jacket shows a little wear at extremities, tiny closed tear at top of front panel, tiny chip at top of rear panel]. Contains two previously-unpublished plays added for this edition, "Something Unspoken" and "Talk to Me Like the Rain." Also includes an introductory essay by Williams entitled "Something Wild." Unclipped jacket priced at $3.50.
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, thus, with two previously unproduced plays and a new introduction. In bright yellow cloth lettered in green, on page [ii] Donald Windham's name is misspelled Wyndham and asterisks mark three plays that are out of print. On the inside flap the publisher notes that the "new edition" adds two plays. (Crandell [A2.I.C]) Dustjacket designed by Alvin Lustig. Former owner's name on free front endpaper. Dustjacket is chipped along top edge and foot of spine, not affecting author, title, or image. Third edition augmented by two new plays.
Seller: Great Northern Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: NF/G+. D.J. HAS A 1/4" HORIZONTAL PIECE MISSING AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, A FEW SPIKED CHIPS AT THE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL, WEAR AT THE CORNERS, FRONT FLAP CREASED, AND A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS. THIRD EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later printing. Good only in fair dustwrapper which is water damaged and stuck to the cover of the book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1953.
Price: US$25.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small open tears with chipping to DJ. Bookplate to front pastedown; Eleven one act plays from the author of A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie; 8vo; 238 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Pp. xii, 238. Bound in yellow cloth with blue lettering stamped on spine. Front free endpaper with a crease, now mellowed. Leaves tanned, as usual, due to poor paper quality. In the Alvin Lustig-illustrated dust jacket, flap price intact ($3.50). Edge-wear to dust jacket with a couple shallow chips and short, closed tears. Please see photos. Third printing of this collection of Williams' plays, being the first to add two additional plays, and outfitted with the well-known Alvin Lustig dust jacket. For reference to the genesis of the jacket design, please see Purity of Aim: The Book Jacket Designs of Alvin Lustig by Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger, p. 59. After reading Williams' collection, Lustig hit on the idea of a magnolia bloom nailed to a fence plank; the flower was to drip from its wounds, but evidently that wasn't captured in Jay Connor's photo. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice neat copy, clean and unmarked. General light age tanning all around.
Seller: ProPen, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton & Other One Act Palys. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$39.62 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1953. No Edition Remarks. 238 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Heavy staining to boards. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON; and Other One-act Plays. New Directions, NY, 1953.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 238. Third American edition, with the addition of two previously unpublished plays, Something Unspoken and Talk to Me Like the Rain. Nice in little chipped dj.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$42.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Directions, 1953. Third Edition, augmented by two new plays., 'Talk to Me Like The Rain' and 'Something Unspoken'. Hard Cover. Yellow cloth over boards with green title on spine. Dust jacket has mild shelfwear and foxing, a few tiny chips on spine ends, price is intact. Cover has very slight shelfwear, mild foxing on top edge of boards. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of the third edition, with two added plays. Very good bright copy with a touch of offsetting to the endpapers in a slightly used dust jacket with some very minor dampstains and a few small tears.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the third edition augmented by two new plays 'Something Unspoken' and 'Talk to Me Like the Rain'. Introduction 'Something Wild .' reprinted from the second edition. The usual embrowning of the poor quality paper otherwise a clean, firm copy in complete dustwrapper with minor edgewear. An uncommonly nice copy.
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. New Directions, Norfolk CT, 1953.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third edition, with the addition of two additional plays. Small stains on the bottom of the front board, else very good plus in very good plus dustwrapper with a couple of very small chips.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON And Other Plays. New Directions (1953), Norfolk, 1953.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Third printing, with two plays added. First issue. Near fine with page edges slightly soiled and previous owner's initials and date on front endpaper; in dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Third edition, with two additional plays. About fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a few short tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third Edition. Slight corner bumps else very good in slightly used very good dust jacket with a trace of wear to extremities. First printing of this edition, which has two plays not in previous editions.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Third edition, with two additional plays. Fine in about fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and other Plays. New Directions, Norfolk, 1953.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition thus. 238pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow cloth with green lettering down spine. Fine in fine black and white dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. New Directions, New York, 1953.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Third edition, adding 2 play, " Something Unspoken" & "Talk to Me Like the Rain" 238pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow cloth, printed in green. Fine in fine black dust jacket by Alvin Lustig Third edition, adding 2 play, " Something Unspoken" & "Talk to Me Like the Rain".
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Third edition, with two additional plays. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: Good in boards. Soiling, edges rubbed, 2 owner names to front endpaper.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON AND OTHER PLAYS. New Directions, Connecticut, 1953.
Price: US$189.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped+ dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Williams on endpaper VG in good dj with chips & small rip on back cover
Seller: Carrington Bookshop, South Nyack, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON AND OTHER PLAYS. New Directions, 1953.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips, slight toning to rear.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.