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Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York] : New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$3.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The story of Blanche DuBois and her last grasp at happiness, and of Stanley Kowalski, the one who destroyed her chance. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York,, USA, 1947.
Price: US$10.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT cover edges slightly browned and spine slightly pulled at top.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire (A New Directions book). New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$16.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1947. Hardcover. Fourth printing. Clean copy in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned to spine and with minor nicks and tears. Some nicks to boards at spine and edges. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Remains a very good copy. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$23.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth printing. A VG copy in a fair dust jacket with the price of $2.75 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1951 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third impression. 8vo, blue-green boards with brown lettering. Boards tanned on spine and around edges, worn at head and tail of spine, bumped at corners. Jacket designed by Alvin Lustig chipped at head and tail f spine and corners, slightly torn at bottom of front panel, water-stained on back panel. Dents and stains from paper-clips at tops of several leaves.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Streetcar Named Desire: 1947 New Directions First Edition, sixth printing of Williams' classic story. The hardback is in good condition. There is no DJ. The interior is clean and tight and the outer boards have wear and a bit of paper loss at the edges and corners. There is a small missing piece at the top of the spine affecting the A and S in the title. The Glass Menagerie: 1949 New Directions FIRST Thus, First printing in VG+/Fair condition. The HB is very clean and tight but the unclipped DJ is missing a large piece along the front bottom affecting the "Tennessee." Otherwise very minor edgewear. Bren-Books specializes in 1st Editions of Books into Film
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing. Orange boards with titling and decoration in black and white, very good with light edgewear, bumping to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket lightly scuffed and a little faded to spine, with small spot of pencil tracings at back cover, and light to moderate edgewear, including a few small closed tears, creasing at front inner flap, and minor chipping to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Light foxing to front endpapers. Interior else clean, text unmarked.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fourth printing. Very Good with foxing to edges, in Good dust jacket, chipped at head.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire (First/3d). New Directions, NY, 1947.
Price: US$52.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, no dj - from a private collection - First Ed Third Printing
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$63.75 + shipping
Description: Octavo; pp 171; G/G-; red spine with black and ivory text; dust jacket has chipped edges, slightly age toned exterior, some soiling to exterior, mylar wraps; cloth shows moderate wear to edges, some chipping to spine edges, slight wear to boards; text block has lightly age toned exterior edges, previous owner's name to ffep, sticker to ffep; interior clean. 1308978. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. A New Directions Book, New York, 1947.
Price: US$65.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth boards very good, bright colors, light edge wear, mylar covered dust jacket, not price clipped in good condition, rated good because the spine of the dust jacket is almost loose from the book but complete and still with the book , only loose on one side of the dust jacket, still very presentable in the mylar cover. Stated fourth printing on the copyright page.
Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. NEW YORK: New Direction BOOKS, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: HC. , Abt. 6 x 9". Third Printing, First Edition 1947, light blue-green board covers with brown lettering, browning around edges, light handling, spine cover is separating from cloth binding, ex-library copy with pocket and stamps, flap of dust jacket with description of play is glued to end paper, 171 pages, interior is very good +, tight and clean, story of Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando in Movie), Stella and her sister Blanche DuBois, place is New Orleans, an American Classic play.
Seller: Billy Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire (VG 1947 hd/dj). New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by New Directions, 1947, stated 4th Printing. NOT exLib. VG+ cond. hardcover w/ VG unclipped pict dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Orange cloth over bds w/ white & black Alvin Lustig "New Orleans Street Dance" graphic on front cover. Lightest of edgewear. Light soiling to front & rear eps, o/w internally bright, clean & unmarked. Light edgewear to dj, w/ modest darkening to backstrip, o/w displays very well. 171pp. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall VG+/VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. , 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NY 1947 first edition, fourth printing. New Directions. 8vo., 171pp., Pictorial papercovered boards with red, black and white illustration by Lustig. Good plus, light wear on extreme cover tips; end papers tonedlightly foxed. Fairly Good dj - dj has 4 inchlong closed tear with no loss of text; spine a bit toned; overall some wear. DJ designed by Lustig and matches the book boards.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: There is a staining on the bottom of the front and rear boards with wear along the edges and some darkening along the edges of the boards. Owner's name on the front end-paper. The dust-jacket has the same flaws as the book itself., but is not price-clipped.
Seller: Proteus Bound, Chesterton, IN, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd printing. From the library of dancer/professor Joanna Gerwitz Harris, who wrote her name on the front flyleaf with her rubberstamped feet. Covers shelfworn and faded along the edges. Dust jacket worn and chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, USA, 1947.
Price: US$78.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very good copy of this superb play. The book itself inevitably has some marks along its text block edges. The hard cover is bright pink and is very clean but it is quite badly bumped on the top and bottom of the spine. Nonetheless the book holds together extremely well with no loose pages and all pages present There is an owner's stamp on the first page of the book which is otherwise clean referring to a person called E. Mawby Green of Hotel Victoria 7th Avenue at 51st Street New York 19, N.Y. which rather adds to the theatricality of the piece. There is some spotting within the book but it is very clean and a delight to read. The DJ still fits but it is badly torn in places. There is of course quite severe bumping to the DJ BUT it is not price clipped.ALL IN ALL A GEM. If you would like photos please ask. This is an unusual item. This book forms part of my own private fiction collection which, following my retirement as a solicitor, is now being disposed of. This book will be very carefully packaged and be promptly dispatched following sale. Overseas buyers should please note that shipping rates apply to packages of less than 750 g and where the package weight exceeds that weight I reserve the right to ship by economy method or to request extra carriage cost or to cancel the order. In any case it would be helpful for any buyer and for me if you calculate the postage charge by reference to the British Post office postal calculator available online for second class or (if you prefer) first class delivery rates. No charge is made by me for packaging and the actual postage cost to me will apply in any sale.
Seller: JohnK, Brixham, DEVON, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. A New Directions Book, (Mount Vernon), 1947.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Second Printing in Dust Jacket. Large Octavo. Green dust jacket with red lettering. Very good, dust jacket has minor wear and large part faded from green to tan around spine and edge, one inch closed tear at spine foot, spine head and foot chipped, ownership inscription on front free end paper.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book VERY GOOD+ evidence of erasure on front free endpaper, bottom corners bumped; dust jacket VERY GOOD shallow chipping at spine ends, spine sunned and rubbed, perimeter of panels mildly sunned, 1/2" circular outline mark near top of front panel not affecting color.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, N. Y., 1947.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers in very good shape, small tear at the bottom of the spine, binding straight, pagtes clean and unmarked. Protectd jacket in poor shape, pieces missing at top left in front, at top and bottom of the spine and on the edges. Front and back flaps are largely held to the front and back dust jackets by the protective cover. Still, the striking three figures on the front and back dust jackets are intact and the colors are still bright. Fifth printing.
Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 166 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Red spine with black and white text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has chipping to corners, chipping to spine edges, open tearing to edges of both covers, damp staining to inside of dust jacket, and water damage to rear cover. Boards have rubbing to corners and spine edges. Textblock has beginning of splitting to front interior hinge. Shelved Room A. 1374609. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 171pp. A very good, clean copy in the publisher's printed boards. Some scuffing to the bottoms of the boards, as is typical. In a good or better dust jacket with a sizeable chip at the top of the front panel and a few modest clear tape repairs to the verso. A presentable copy of this most successful play. The dust jacket was designed by Alvin Lustig, a pioneer of modernist dust jacket design.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Directions. New York. 1947. 165 pages. First edition, fifth printing stated. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Endpapers are bright and clean. Classic Alvin Lustig cover art. Illustrated boards show light rubbing and scuffing. Slight paper loss at corner tip. A solid copy with noted flaws.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$138.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . 4th printing, stated. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj: orange boards & dust jacket with the black and white Alvin Lustig 'New Orleans Street Dance' design graphic. Contents bright & clean, binding & hinges firm; mild shelf-wear to lower board edges. Dust jacket lightly edge-worn, 1/4-inch chips at spine ends, 1/2-inch chip at top corner of rear panel; now housed in transparent protective mylar wrapper. Jacket not price-clipped, showing original $2.75 price on front flap. 171 p.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Third printing. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Near fine, with light shelfwear to boards, in very good plus dustjacket with minor edgewear and toning. The dustjacket is in the same pale aqua color and design as the book, with excerpts from the New York critics' reviews on rear panel.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth printing. Decorated orange paper over boards. Very good with a little toning at the spine and some modest edgewear to the spine ends, without dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Elegantly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition Book box is gilt-lettered on the spine & features an embossed [sculpted] upper cover, after the dustwrapper's famous Alvin Lustig 'New Orleans Street Dance' graphics. The case is finished inside & out in an overall Rich Raspberry Cloth & Dark Gray Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. & The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the true first edit ion. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available [Not with Book].
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. A streetcar named desire. A New Directions Book, 1947.
Price: US$186.36 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A New Directions Book, New York, 1947. First edition 6th printing Hardcover with red paper jacket torn in several pieces and detached from spine, chipped on edges and some missing parts. Hardcover slightly spoiled on spine. Overall text is fine.
Seller: OPEN DOOR BOOKSHOP, Roma, RM, Italy
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy in its fourth printing, done the same year as the first. Winner of the Pulitzzer Prize and basis for excellent film that starred Marlon Brando. Boards and jacket in a nice orange-red color that is bright and fresh to include spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Moderate wear to tips but not frayed. Light wear to bottom edge of boards. Remarkably well preserved. Textblock supple and clean. Price clipped jacket has 1 1/2" closed tear aong front fold and tiny amount of paper loss at base of spine, else quite nice. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions Book, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Some discoloration to dust jacket. Small gift inscription to first inside page.
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing. Some edgewear and bumping, a very good copy in a good only dustwrapper with the front flap nearly detached. The actress Narian Seldes' copy wqith her name ("Seldes") on the front fly. Pulitzer Prize-winning drama highspot. Seldes had appeared in the original version of Williams' *The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore.*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Inscribed and Signed by Stark Young [1881-1963] a Playright, Novelist, Painter, and Literary Critic from Old Mississippi. Third Printing, 171pp, bound in original paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight. Slight age darkening to covers, bumped inner corner [from publisher's?], dust jacket is missing a portion from the spine area, in a protective mylar cover.
Seller: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Third printing. Hardcover. Drama critic Claudia Cassidy's copy with her ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Cassidy's positive reviews of Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie" helped his career immensely. An about near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has some soiling and wear and a small chip to the top of the front panel. A nice association copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 171 pages. Slim 8vo, original lavender boards with pictorial covers designed by Alvin Lustig. New Directions, (1947). First edition, first printing. Boards faded at spine and edges, lightly worn at corners and damaged at head; 2 pages creased at fore-edge margin. Despite defects, a very good(-) internally clean copy of this classic book, printed by Peter Beilenson.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$308.00 + shipping
Description: HB NODustJacket, 1947, 1st edition, Lavender Decorated Boards with some rub & wear Mainly Extremities, Colors on cover Nice & Bright, Interior Nice Tight Clean, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, NOJACKET
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, (New York), 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fourth printing, as stated on copyright page. Near fine, lightly rubbed at the extremities, a bright copy in near fine dust jacket with light wear and a couple of small chips and tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, (New York), 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Very light wear on the spine ends, near fine in good dust jacket that has been backed with stiff paper and displays a few moderate chips and tears. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and is the basis of the Oscar-winning film, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fifth printing. Near fine with slight bumps to the head and tail of the spine in a very good dustwrapper with a little darkening to the spine and some edgewear, with one internal tape repair. Pulitzer Prize-winning drama highspot, basis for innumerable revivals and an explosive Elia Kazan film featuring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. Ironically, Brando, in his signature performance, was the only one of the quartet who didn't win an Oscar.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 171 pages; VG-/G; pink dust jacket, spine faded a grayish-pink, black lettering clear and legible, white lettering age-toned golden brown; dust jacket protected by mylar; pink matte paper boards, cover design identical to jacket; small chip missing at lower right corner of jacket front; large chip missing at lower left corner of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; thin chip missing at upper right corner of jacket back; price uncut "$2.75" to front flap; mild bumping with superficial material loss to head and tail of spine, corners, and edges of volume; fading to crown and tail of volume spine; moderate age-toning to text-block; pages clean; shelved Case 0. 1351525. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, , New York, 1947.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lavender colored hardcover No additional printings stated, price of 3.00 on front flap chip to psine end , bookplate free end paper, The Author's name on the spine is gold later state jacket circa 1951
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions Book, 1947.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing in about very good condition in a jacket with discoloration, fading, small tears and chips. This copy inscribed by legendary acting teacher and actress Uta Hagen who played Stella opposite Anthony Quinn when the play originally left Broadway and went on the road. Inscribed by actress and noted teacher.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New Directions book 1947. Good condition hardback. Dust jacket in mylar missing pieces across head and foot. No additional printings listed. Lavendar dust jacket and boards. Good minus condition dust jacket, not price clipped $2.75. New Directions book 1947. Good condition hardback. Dust jacket in mylar missing pieces across head and foot. All tips and lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. No additional printings listed. Lavendar dust jacket and boards. Good minus condition dust jacket, not price clipped $2.75. Language: eng
Seller: Barbers Book Store Online, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. NY. New Directions. 1947., 1947.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Second Printing (Stated). Signed/Presentation on an excised endpaper from another work laid in: "To Barker/ Tennessee Williams" in black flair ink. VG/VG in pale green paper-covered boards printed vividly in red on the spine and the front boards. In the scarce, complete dustjacket also in light green and printed in red. With the "$2.75" price on the bottom of the front inside flap. A scarce, collectible copy of the second printing with slight concavity to the front panel and some fading to the spine and the top of the front panel of the dustjacket. Second Printing (Stated).
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New York: New Directions, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play premiered on Broadway on 3 December 1947. It later served as the basis of the similarly acclaimed 1951 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. Crandell A5.1.a. Octavo. Original purple boards, spine and front cover lettered in black and white, pictorial decoration to covers in black and white. With dust jacket. Spine sunned to pink, shelfwear to upper and lower edges, light spots to fore edge, contents clean; jacket spine and front panel head sunned, slightly rubbed and chipped, one tape reinforcement on verso, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New Directions, (New York), 1947.
Price: US$747.98 + shipping
Description: First edition. Orig. mauve paper boards. Spine faded at the ends with some wear to the head of the spine but still a very good copy, in the d/w which is faded on the spine with pieces out at the ends and some wear to the corners, a good jacket only.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions, (New York), 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Williams's most enduring play, a New Directions publication in the original dust jacket (carefully restored). The broken dreams of a Southern belle are dramatized in Williams's best known play, a hit on Broadway with Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando in the lead roles (both then virtually unknown). After its brilliant run on stage, STREETCAR went through a groundbreaking adaptation into film, keeping many of the same people involved: Brando garnered his first Oscar nomination in the film, starring alongside Vivian Leigh. According to Geoffrey Shurlock, who was involved in the Production Code Administration that monitored the morality of motion pictures, STREETCAR changed the landscape of how films could communicate drama for adult audiences: "Tennessee Williams was something new to movies. The stage got a shock from Tennessee Williams. We got twice the shock. Now we know that a good deal of what we decide in censoring movies is not morality but taste. It began with STREETCAR" (quoted in Palmer and Bray). This first edition has since become famous in its own right for the brilliant pink jacket design by Alvin Lustig, a high point of New Directions' publications. 9'' x 6''. Original pink pictorial boards with design by Alvin Lustig. In original price-clipped pink pictorial dust jacket echoing board design. 171, [1] pages. Book with light wear to edges and bumping to extremities, a bit of toning to front endpapers. Jacket with a few small spots of restoration primarily at spine ends and edges of folds, spine gently sunned. Very good plus in very good jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New York, New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, NO D.J., red cloth, black titling on spine.NINTH EDITION, SIGNED BY WILLIAMS, KARL MALDEN AND JESSICA TANDY.VV3/5
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's lavender paper-covered boards designed by Alvin Lustig, lettered in black and white with an abstract illustration of three dancing figures; in the original matching dust jacket. Near fine book, with light toning to spine, light wear to head of spine, light offsetting to endpapers, previous owner's stamp to front pastedown, and a hint of waviness to top edges of ~15 pages at beginning of book; very good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine and panel edges, front flap separated at fold but attached by clear tape on verso, light chipping to head of spine, a couple of small, faint spots of soiling to spine, and light edgewear. Overall, a very pleasing copy of Tennessee Williams' timeless play. A Streetcar Named Desire is the Pulitzer Prize winning play about the mental breakdown of the charming, yet troubled Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who runs away from her past by traveling to visit her sister Stella on a streetcar named "Desire." Despite its shockingly gritty language and somewhat controversial subject matter, A Streetcar Named Desire was a critical and commercial success. The play was first produced on Broadway on December 3, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Jessica Tandy, and Karl Malden. In 1951, A Streetcar Named Desire was adapted into a film, also directed by Kazan and starring Brando, Hunter, and Malden along with Vivien Leigh.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Tennesse Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light shelfwear to corners; sound and unmarked; original owner's unique bookplate inside front cover. Jacket shows wear/tear at corners and edges, spine somewhat darkened, light soiling, original price ($2.75) at bottom of front flap. Inscribed by Williams on the front flyleaf. This, the best known of Tennessee's plays, opened at the Barrymore Theatre in NY on Dec 3, 1947. Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter starred. The original owner was well know to me; provenance available to those with serious interest.
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original boards; dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig. A near-fine copy with slightest wear at extremities; fresh price-clipped jacket with some toning and pale shadow. Overall a very handsome copy of a jacket so susceptible to fading. FIRST EDITION, first printing. This classic play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The 1951 film adaptation won four Academy Awards.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Book very good, rubbing along edges especially bottom edges and corners, very slight tanning to spine, first few pages have wavy top edges . Dust jacket very good, some tanning to spine and top edges, minor wear and tear. Housed in custom-made paper covered slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, NY, 1947.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, in lavender decorated boards and lavender matching dustjacket. Some normal / typical fading to the dustjacket spine. Dustjacket is not price clipped, showing $ 2.75 price. NO marks in or on the book. Some minor fading to the bottom edges of the boards . A nice copy of Tennessee Williams' most desirable / collectable book. Author's name on Dustjacket in gold lettering, on spine of book it is in white lettering.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions Book (1947), (New York), 1947.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning play made into the Elia Kazan Academy Award-winning film. Light bumping along lower edges otherwise near fine with the lavender pictorial boards showing very little of the fading which is endemic with this book; in very good or better dust jacket with the same Alvin Lustig design as the book but with Williams' name on spine and "a street car" on front in gold; "$2.75" price present on front flap at bottom right. Spine background toned but lettering still bright, few small holes in front panel, edges lightly worn with one tiny chip. An altogether attractive copy.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1921.30 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 171. Original mauve boards, lettered in black and white to front panel and spine. Dustwrapper illustration replicated in black and white to front and rear panels. Illustrated dustwrapper. Corners bumped, some sunning to top of spine, but a very good copy in a dustwrapper missing 2cm at head of spine, sunning to spine and front panel, one or two closed tears at corners and folds, some general edgewear. Dustwrapper design by Alvin Lustig. First edition. Elia Kazan's Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire opened in December 1947, and ran for more than two years. It made a star of Marlon Brando, and the film made him a legend.
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautiful copy finely bound in full crushed morocco with gilt to spine. Buff endpapers. Internally a clean, fresh copy. Tennessee Williams' 1947 masterpiece, a Pulitzer Prize winning work that remains one of the great plays of the American theater. A Streetcar Named Desire follows Blanche DuBois as she moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. Like many of Williams' plays, some of the characters are thought to be inspired by members of Williams' own family. A Streetcar Named Desire originally premiered on Broadway on December 3rd 1949, starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy and directed by Elia Kazan. The London production involved such theatrical luminaries as Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Of course, the play would be adapted in a classic film version in 1951, which would win four Academy Awards including Best Actress, and was chosen as the Library of Congress as âculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.' "But Mr. Williams is entitled to his own independence. For he has not forgotten that human beings are the basic subject of art. Out of poetic imagination and ordinary compassion he has spun a poignant and luminous story." (Contemporary New York Times review). Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first state binding, variant with author's name in white on spine (no priority thus). 171 pp. Publisher's lavender illustrated boards. Very Good with typical toning to boards, rubbing along bottom edge, slight wave to text block. In a Very Good unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket with sunning to spine panel and along edges, slightly chipped at extremities. The first publication of one of the most popular plays of the 20th century, which inspired a film in 1951. It tells the story of down-and-out Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who has moved in with her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's lavender illustrated boards. Near Fine with slight fading to cover, gentle natural wave to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with uneven fading and edge wear with some chipping, and light scratches to the surface. The first publication of one of the most popular plays of the 20th century, which inspired a film in 1951. It tells the story of down-and-out Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who has moved in with her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive price clipped with chipping to the spine ends not effecting any lettering. Besides some wear to the spine and edges, the dustjacket is sharp and retained most of the vivid colors from the publisher. The book is in very good condition with minorwear to the edges and panels. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean. There is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this true first edition with a custom acedate cover to protect this original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2561.72 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Williams, Tennessee ,A Streetcar Named Desire, rare ,Like new, Signed, Tennesse Williams will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book. Tracking Information will be added with your order on abe books once available
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front endpaper on a professionally affixed page from a signed limited edition issued by the publisher - therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. Published by New Directions, New York, in 1947. Measures approximately 9.25" x 6.25", 171 numbered pages. First state with error on page 161 line 17 (Stella for Blanche). Iconic jacket and book design by Alvin Lustig. The original first issue dust jacket is in fair condition. Original $2.75 price intact. Spine sun-faded. Significant edgewear and chipping. Split at the flap folds. Appears to be reinforced from the verso. The book is in very good minus condition. Spine is sun-faded. Cloth worn through at the spine ends and flap folds. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Some waviness to the endpaper where the signature was affixed, which will likely correct itself as time passes. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. [New York] New Directions [1947]., 1947.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped with $2.75 price; spine is a bit faded; small chips and two tears). Very good. 171 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Author's name is printed in white on the spine; error on p. 161, line 17 reads "Stella" (it was corrected to Blanche in later printings).
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Touch of wear at the spine ends else fine in near dustwrapper with some splitting at the front spine fold and by the crown along with some some toning. A nice copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama highspot. Basis for innumerable revivals and an explosive Elia Kazan film featuring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. Ironically, Brando, in his signature performance, was the only one of the quartet who didn't win an Oscar.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New York: New Directions, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$2881.94 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, in a fine morocco binding with onlays replicating the original cover design. Williams's Pulitzer prize-winning play premiered on Broadway on 3 December 1947. It later served as the basis of the similarly acclaimed 1951 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. Crandell A5.1.a. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full pink morocco, spine lettered in black and gilt, front cover with lettering and large silhouette onlays in black and white after the original cover art, twin black fillest on turn-ins, edges gilt. Bump to corners, tiny scuff to rear board. A near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy of the book in a bright Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket with a crack to the front flap fold professionally repaired, visible from the verso, one small tear on the rear panel and the spine a bit toned (as often). Overall a handsome copy. Tennessee Williams' 1947 masterpiece, a Pulitzer Prize winning work that remains one of the great plays of the American theater. A Streetcar Named Desire follows Blanche DuBois as she moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. Like many of Williams' plays, some of the characters are thought to be inspired by members of Williams' own family. A Streetcar Named Desire originally premiered on Broadway on December 3rd 1949, starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy and directed by Elia Kazan. The London production involved such theatrical luminaries as Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Of course, the play would be adapted in a classic film version in 1951, which would win four Academy Awards including Best Actress, and was chosen as the Library of Congress as âculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.' "But Mr. Williams is entitled to his own independence. For he has not forgotten that human beings are the basic subject of art. Out of poetic imagination and ordinary compassion he has spun a poignant and luminous story." (Contemporary New York Times review). Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, NY, 1947.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1947 New Directions True First/First with a **SIGNED** card " (laid in) AND an unsigned 8 x10 publicity photo. These essential add-ons arel accompanied by a Certificate Of Authenticity. This rare copy is in VG+/VG condition. The HB has the name error on page 161 (Stella instead of Blanche). The HB is in beautiful condition with very minor wear at the edges, corners and no fading along the spine. The text and end papers have very minor yellowing. The DJ has the price $ 2.75. It has a small missing piece along the top spine end otherwise minor wear. Adapted into the classic 1951 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Oscar WInners Vivien Leigh as Blanche, Kim Hunter as Stella, Karl Malden as Mitch, with Oscar Nominee Marlon Brando as Stanley. Followed by TV Films: 1984: Ann-Margret, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo & Randy Quaid). 1995: Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin, Diane Lane and John Goodman); 2014: National Theater Live Production (Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster, Vanessa Kirby, & Cory Johnson). ***Bren-Books specializes in Books and Dramas into Film, many of them signed or inscribed***
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire (Signed First Edition). New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed First Edition of this Tennessee Williams masterpiece that is among the most acclaimed stage dramas of 20th century America theater and also a cultural icon that is the source book for the classic film of the same title. Marlon Brando's portrayal of Stanley Kowalski both on stage and in film launched his career as one of the great American actors of the 20th century. This copy has the original $2.75 price intact on the front flap of the dust jacket and includes the mis-attribution of dialogue at line 17 on page 161. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the half title page. 171 pages. The book has tanning of the page edges, a bit of foxing on the end papers and light edge wear. The dust jacket has undergone some restoration. The jacket has a bit of tanning on the white figures on the dust jacket and a bit of tanning at the edges of white sections of the front and back flaps. The lavender coloration on the covers as well as the coloration of the titles on spine and front cover are robust. We'll cheerfully provide photos upon request.
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. A New Directions Book, New York, 1947.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing published 1947 with NO additional printings listed on the copyright page. This First Issue price clipped dustjacket is printed in lavender color. This original sophisticated dustjacket designed by Alvin Lustig is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is great shape. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$3850.00 + shipping
Description: ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with no later printings listed on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Tennessee Williams) on the second page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** The binding is the true first printing binding (pink boards). ****** Nice hardcover, lacking the dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. CONDITION: This book is in VERY GOOD PLUS condition (mild rubbing on edges). We will include a custom-fitted mylar (clear) jacket with this book. ****** We will be happy to provide scans of the book and signature upon request. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982).
Seller: Richard Vick, Modern First Editions, Coral Springs, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$3950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A New Directions Book. (1947). New Direction Books are published by James Laughlin New York Office -- 500 Fifth Avenue. Printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon, New York. 1st Edition. 6 in. x 9 ¼ in. 171pp. Bound in lavender, paper-covered boards with classic, modernistic design of three intertwined female & male figures in white & black by Lustig on front & back cover, title in black & white lettering on spine & front cover; similar printed, Lustig dustjacket with lettering of author's name on spine in darker lettering. The dust jacket shows some light wear and a few small chips. A former owner has made some repairs with tape that could be removed. The jacket is now protected in a wrap-around plastic. The book is in near fine condition, in a very good dust jacket. Not many copies of this fragile book have survived this well.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, NY, 1947.
Price: US$3960.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Previous owner's neat ownership stamp to ffep. The first edition of this book, bound in pink boards, printed in black and white. Book is stunning with no discernible flaws. The dustwrapper shows some yellowing to top edge of front panel and crinkling and minor closed tears to top of back panel. A beautiful copy of this book that is seldom encountered in this condition. The author's most desirable first edition. The $2.75 price on the bottom flap of the front d.w. is intact.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New Directions, [New York], 1947.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: 171 pp. 8vo, publisher's paper-covered boards in dust jacket. First edition. Slight use to extremities of the spine; but a near fine copy in a very nice jacket with some moderate fading to the spine and a small chip at its crown. Much nicer than usually seen.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$5888.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED by Tennessee Williams (no personalization) on the front flyleaf. Sold for $15,000 at auction in Sept, 2023! A highly collectible first edition copy, one of only 5080 copies, of his Pulitzer Prize winning drama of faded, promiscuous Blanche DuBois vs her brutally sexy brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski, still celebrated 75 years after its Broadway opening as one of the finest achievements in the American theatre. A highspot of theatre and cinema, Streetcar launched the careers of Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden, and solidified the position of Tennessee Williams as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation, as well as that of Elia Kazan as the greatest American stage director of the '40s and '50s. Of his Broadway performance in Streetcar, Brando remarked: "What I remember most about a Streetcar Named Desire was the emotional grind of acting in it six nights and two afternoons a week. Try to imagine what it was like walking on stage at 8:30 every night having to yell, scream, cry, break dishes, kick the furniture, punch the walls and experience the same intense, wrenching emotions night after night, trying each time to evoke in audiences the same emotions I felt. It was exhausting.it was emotionally draining, wearisome, mentally oppressive, and after a few weeks I wanted out of it." Original publisher's pictorial pink paper over boards (a few spots of rubbing at ends, spine sunned); original unclipped dust jacket (spined sunned, discrete expert restoration along edges). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY WILLIAMS on front free endpaper. No other writings, markings, or pastedowns in the book except for author's signature! The author's first Pulitzer Prize winning play which Williams himself considered his best play and is one of the most important American plays of the last century (Devlin, Conversations with Tennessee Williams, p. 50). Crandell A5.1.a. Book #Pv1421. $5888. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
Seller: PEN ULTIMATE RARE BOOKS, Pine Plains, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a very good or better, price-clipped dustwrapper with a little edgewear and slight tanning to the spine. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Pulitzer Prize-winning drama highspot, basis for innumerable revivals and an explosive Elia Kazan film featuring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter. Ironically, Brando, in his signature performance, was the only one of the quartet who didn't win an Oscar.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Just a little edge wear; about fine in a dust jacket with just a little fading. A far better than usual copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$6599.94 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Few small open tears along panel edges. Shop label on bottom of rear pastedown. Rubbing along top/bottom of boards edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$6999.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition, First Printing (No statement on CP, but has all correct First Edition points). Not price-clipped ($2.75 price intact). Published by New Directions, 1947. Octavo. Pictorial pink boards with iconic three figure illustrations to front and back panel. Author name in white on spine. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Spine straight and corners sharp. Binding tight and pages crisp. Has a few very small nicks along board edges. Contemporary small bookstore label on rear pastedown. Dust jacket is like new with only the lightest hint of shelf wear and some very light spine fading to the white in author s name. A phenomenal copy of Williams most iconic and scarce title. Classic jacket design and artwork by Alvin Lustig. Comes in a custom purple morocco over gray cloth clamshell case. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. A New Directions Book, New York, 1947.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Tennessee Williams on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original lavender boards designed by Alvin Lustig. Near Fine with fading to spine and edges, light soiling and light edge wear. Pages toned, browning to rear endsheet. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine and unevenly to rear cover, light chipping to spine ends, light wear and light chipping at the extremities, short split to front flap fold. The first publication of one of the most popular plays of the 20th century, which inspired a film in 1951. It tells the story of down-and-out Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who has moved in with her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, 1947.
Price: US$8000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New Directions, New York 1947. First Edition / First Printing. RARE BOOK. Dated 1947 with no additional printings listed. Lavender boards. Signed by Tennessee Williams on a page after the front endpaper. I guarantee the signature to be authentic. Book Condition: Near Fine, shelf wear, newspaper clipping at the endpaper, bookplate. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, chipping at the spine, age toning at the front flap, two small tears. Wrapped in a new removable plastic cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$8200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Williams' classic play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket which has had some expert restoration to the extremities. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A Streetcar Named Desire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. âNo one dared approach this new thing without caution. They had just witnessed something unprecedented on the stage, a high-pitched, jagged, alarmingâ"and comical!â"drama structureâ (Sam Staggs). It is often regarded among the finest of American plays of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire.. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: Early printing of Williams' classic play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. Octavo, original illustrated boards. association copy, inscribed or signed by several cast members for producer Danny Selznick. Signed by Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Jessica Tandy, and Karl Malden. Inscribed by Kim Hunter on the verso of the first blank: "Love and best wishes always, Danny- one of my Favorite people- Kim." Selznick's ownership inscription on the lower corner of the half-title page. Danny Selznick is a producer and the youngest son of David O. Selznick; it was Selznick's mother, Irene Mayer Selznick, who produced the stage version of Streetcar Named Desire; it was she who recommended to film producer Charles Feldman to cast Kim Hunter in the screen version. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed by Brando and the other cast members. A Streetcar Named Desire received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano, Vivien Leigh, and Renee Asherson and was directed by Laurence Olivier. âNo one dared approach this new thing without caution. They had just witnessed something unprecedented on the stage, a high-pitched, jagged, alarmingâ"and comical!â"drama structureâ (Sam Staggs). It is often regarded among the finest of American plays of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A lovely copy of this theater and film highspot. A Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. One small nick to the upper board and a short half-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel, but neither defect pushing this copy below Fine. Completely untoned and unfaded and exceptionally scarce as such. With a signed promo photo of Vivien Leigh laid in. Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Blanche in the 1951 film adaptation by Elia Kazan starring her, Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter. Exceptionally scarce in this condition. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Tennessee Williams' 1947 masterpiece, a Pulitzer Prize winning work that remains one of the great plays of the American theatre. A Streetcar Named Desire follows Blanche DuBois as she moves to New Orleans to live with her sister, Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. Like many of Williams' plays, some of the characters are thought to be inspired by members of Williams' own family. A Streetcar Named Desire originally premiered on Broadway on December 3rd 1949, starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy and directed by Eliza Kazan. The London production involved such theatrical luminaries as Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Of course, the play would be adapted in a classic film version in 1951, which would win four Academy Awards including Best Actress, and was chosen as the Library of Congress as âculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.' "But Mr. Williams is entitled to his own independence. For he has not forgotten that human beings are the basic subject of art. Out of poetic imagination and ordinary compassion he has spun a poignant and luminous story." (Contemporary New York Times review). Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New Directions, New York, 1947.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$20000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams's first play to win the Pulitzer Prize, signed by the entire original cast, including Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick and directed by Elia Kazan, the original stage production opened in New Haven on October 30, 1947: the program for that first performance is present here, with three ticket stubs from the Shubert Theatre. The show then moved to Boston and Philadelphia before arriving on Broadway, where Tandy would win the Tony for her performance as the fragile, self-deluding Blanche DuBois: "Whoever you are - I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Wolcott Gibbs, in a rave review for The New Yorker, regretted that "there is no way . . . to convey the effect Mr. Williams achieves in his last act of a mind desperately retreating into the beautiful, crazy world it has built for itself." A wonderful association copy, with related ephemera from the very first performance of A Streetcar Named Desire. Single volume, measuring 9 x 6 inches: 171, [1]. Original pink pictorial paper boards, original unclipped pink pictorial dust jacket designed by Alvin Lustig. Ink signatures of the original cast beside their printed names on page 5; former owner's signature to front free endpaper. Shelfwear to boards, jacket spine panel sunned, restoration and light soiling to jacket. With: original program from the October 30, 1947 premiere at New Haven's Shubert Theatre, with three opening night ticket stubs mounted to upper wrapper. Faint tidemark to rear wrapper of program. Book and program housed together in custom clamshell box.
Seller: Honey & Wax Booksellers, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947, 1947.
Price: US$30000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First few leaves a little wrinked; rubbed; very good in a chipped dust jacket, but an important association copy, inscribed to a cast member, 'To Vito, Xmas, 1947. Tennessee.' Vito Christi played 'A Young Collector' in the original production, which opened Dec. 3, 1947, a little over three weeks before this book was inscribed. In a custom quarter-morocco clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.