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Tennessee Williams. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$7.76 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1956. Reprinted. 197 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Williams Tennessee. Cat on a hot tin roof. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$16.47 + shipping
Description: Testo in lingua inglese, 197 p., f.to cm 20x13,5, copertina rigida in tela con sovraccoperta leggermente danneggiata lungo i bordi, buone condizioni.
Seller: FolignoLibri, Foligno, PG, Italy
Williams, Tennessee.. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.. , 1956.
Price: US$16.51 + shipping
Description: Secker & Warburg, London 1956. First UK edition. Publishers boards. No dustjacket. 197 pages. Nice copy in fine condition.
Seller: Antikvariat Röde Orm, Göteborg, Sweden
Williams, Tennessee. Cat On A Hot Tin Rood. Secker and Warburg Ltd., 1956.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small repair done to Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, chipped pieces and a touch edge worn. There are marks on the inner jacket and on the back of the boards. The pages are a little wavy on the last few pages. The pages are complete and the text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Tennessee Williams.. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$21.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Slight tear and signs of fading on DJ
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$31.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some overall browning, spine slightly faded, some offsetting to endpapers, price clipped, gift inscription to ffep, some slight yellowing to page block, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 197pp. 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' is a three act play written by Tennessee Williams (1911-83), an adaptation of his 1952 short story 'Three Players of a Summer Game', he wrote the play between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favourite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the 'plantation home in the Mississippi Delta' of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the 'Cat', Brick's wife. 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' features motifs such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression and death. Dialogue throughout is often written using non standard spelling intended to represent accents of the Southern United States. The original production starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives and Ben Gazzara. The play was adapted as a motion picture of the same name in 1958, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as Maggie and Brick, with Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood recreating their stage roles.
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a hot tin roof. London : Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$32.94 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 197p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a hot tin roof. London : Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$46.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 197p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Drama. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$49.56 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First UK edition hardback with dustwrapper. The Pulitzer Prize Play of 1955. Blue boards with silver lettering on the spine. Boards are lightly faded and a little worn. Head and tail of spine bumped. Also some fading and discoloration of boards at the head and tail of spine. There is some light foxing and staining on endpapers and free endpapers. Some light foxing appears on the odd page, towards the rear of the book. Previous bookseller's label on tail of front pastedown: "University Book Store SINGAPORE". Page edges are haloed with subsequent discolouration from page edges. Pages show a small patch of foxing here and there, otherwise this book is in fair condition. Dust wrapper is well handled, showing creases at the edges. General discoloration and some staining, front and back, moreso at the back. Head and tail of spine well worn. Spine sunned. Head of spine sustains the heaviest wear and tear, with a large section missing, therefore this dust wrapper is described in poorcondition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, Australia
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$62.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Previous owner's neat name to front free endpaper, name and details to rear free endpaper. Edges and prelims foxed, lighter throughout. Jacket price clipped, lightly foxed, more so to verso ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; (xiv,198) pages
Seller: Haymes & Co. Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$76.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition and VG+ in a VG dw, though top corner of fep cut away. No marks and not price clipped.
Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Xiv, 197 Pp. Advance Issue, In Plain Brown Paper Wrappers, Of The First Uk Edition, 1956. Light Wear, Slight Roll And Faint Creasing To Spine, No Marks.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London : Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$82.36 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of John P.A. Taylor, signature dated 1956 Physical description: xiv, 197p. : 1 ill. ; 21cm. Subject: Family - Mississippi - Inheritance and succession - Fathers and sons - Terminally ill - Southern States - Drama. American drama - texts - 20th Century. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$84.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 197, name on end paper. A very good copy in a chipped (soiled on the rear cover) dj. Scarce.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, (Tennessee).:. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$98.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Secker & Warburg - 1. Auf. 1956 : Tennessee Williams - gb + Su - 6-70-3-L1 QR-ZM4F-O0EG Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500
Seller: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London : Secker & Warburg, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of John P.A. Taylor, signature dated 1956 Physical description: xiv, 197p. : 1 ill. ; 21cm. Subject: Family - Mississippi - Inheritance and succession - Fathers and sons - Terminally ill - Southern States - Drama. American drama - texts - 20th Century. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: small bookshop plate on inside of front board, silver gilt lettering on spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: 197
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956., 1956.
Price: US$149.72 + shipping
Description: First English edition. Some foxing to foredge, faint crease in upper board o/w a near fine copy in the d/w with small chips to the spine ends.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Williams, Tennessee.. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.. London, Secker & Warburg., 1956.
Price: US$151.54 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. 20.5cm x 13.3cm. xiv, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent, very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The plot in no way conveys the impact of this comic tragedy, which is primarily a stripping of souls. An old man, rich, powerful and ruthless, is dying but refuses death. One son, with a wife and brood of children, is angling for possession of his broad acres and vast millions. The other, the beloves son, has withdrawn from the world he finds abhorrent into a Nirvana of drink. It is around his inner anguish that the play revolves and round his relations to his father, mother, his dead and perhaps too-dearly-beloved friend from college, and around his wife. She is 'Maggie the Cat,' who will not be denied. She, too, covets the inheritance. She demands her husband's attentions; she will force the citadel of disgust. By a ruse she wins in the end a brief and questionable victory. Sprache: english.
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. SECKER & WARBURG, LONDON, 1956.
Price: US$152.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, FRONTIS PLATE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 14 + 197 PAGES. FEW MINOR MARKS TO REAR OF JACKET, FRONT HINGE COCKED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, SOME FOXING MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS, PAGE FORE-EDGES & LAST COUPLE OF TEXT PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS TO REAR OF JACKET IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London; Secker & Warburg;, 1956.
Price: US$159.26 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Fine in near fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Tennessee Williams. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker and Warburg, UK, 1956.
Price: US$178.37 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1956. One of the key plays of the 20th Century and best remembered for its filmed version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Book is very good++ and very bright. The complete wrapper is very good+ with light rubbing and nicks to edges. Spine a little age toned. More images can be taken upon request.Ref 15509
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Secker and Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$197.48 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. The Pulitzer Prize Play 1955. Publisher's blue boards with silver spine lettering. A stunning former owner's contemporary details in red and blue ink to the top right hand corner of the front free end-paper otherwise a near fine copy in a fine D/W. An outstanding copy The basis for the 1958 movie of the same name directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams and adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson and Madeleine Sherwood. Scarce in this lovely condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. London Secker and Warburg 1956, 1956.
Price: US$235.70 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Secker and Warburg in 1956. A very good book with a neat name and date to the front endpaper. Some spotting to the top edge. In a very good wrapper with some off-setting to the rear flap caused by a very interesting newspaper cutting inserted in the back of the book. A couple of short closed tears and one minute chip to the head of the rear panel. Some off-setting to the rear panel
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First English edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of toning. Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a dying Southern patriarch and the machinations of his greedy, would-be heirs. The original theatrical performance, directed by Elia Kazan, featured Ben Gazzara, Burl Ives, Barbara Bel Geddes, Pat Hingle, and blues greats Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. It was successfully translated into a film featuring Ives, Elizabeth Taylor, and Paul Newman. A much nicer than usual copy of the English edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$254.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning play for 1955 and made into a notable film with Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. An extremely well preserved copy free of fading to the spine, bright, clean and with the price intact, and free of internal markings or inscriptions, with just a bit of tanning at the edges of the rear jacket panel. Scarce in this fine condition. protected by a Mylar plastic jacket cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Secker and Warburg, London., 1956.
Price: US$318.51 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 197. Frontispiece stage setting for the Broadway production.Fine in fine dustwrapper with just a hint of creasing to head and tail of spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956, 1956.
Price: US$339.36 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Book is fine (a review copy with the original slip laid in); dustwrapper slightly sunned on the spine and soiled on the back, but still fine and attractive. One of the key plays of the 20th Century and best remembered for its filmed version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. CHF 300. This item is part of our Catalogue 8: Poems Plays Pictures Portraits Pamphlets Photographs Paraphernalia, a copy of which you can order from us.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Williams, Tennessee.. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.. Secker & Warburg., New York, 1956.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British edition. About fine in a very good+ dust jacket. (Couple short edge tears & nicks in jacket. Shelf soiling on rear panel of jacket. Spine lightly age toned. Paris bookshop sticker at base of front pastedown. ) Pulitzer Prize winner and basis for a film adaptation. ; 5 1/4" x 8"; 197 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. Secker & Warburg, London, 1956.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Very clean, tight book in bright, mildly worn dustjacket. Because the jacket was made for the larger hardcover edition, it is slightly loose fitting. 8vo, wraps. 197 pp. Plain paper wraps in pictorial dustjacket. Advance copy of the first English edition, signed by the author, without inscription, on the front free endpaper.The striking jacket art mimics that of the trade edition. Scarce.
Seller: 12th Street Books, ABAA, Austin, TX, U.S.A.