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Williams, Tennessee ( Contributor ). Five Young American Poets Third Series, 1944. New Directions, Norfolk,CT, 1944.

Price: US$48.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, clothbound, 215 pp., with Tennessee William's first book appearance, further contributors: Eve Merriam, Jean Garrigue, Alejandro Carrion, John Frederick Nims. Very good,clean copy with a small bump at head of spine, pages uniformly lightly age-toned, dust jacket with the original price of $ 3.00 withou any visible flaws, now in mylar.

Seller: Concordia Books, Rensselaer Falls, NY, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. (Contributor). Five Young American Poets, Third Series, 1944. NEW DIRECTIONS., 1944.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Clean, solid, unmarked. Dust jacket is in very good shape, not price clipped shows some light discoloration on spine. Features: Jean Garrigue; Tennesse Williams; Eve Merriam; John Frederick Nims; Alejandro Carrion

Seller: Barner Books, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.

[Tennessee Williams] Eve Merriam, Jean Garrigue, John Frederick Nims, Alejandro Carrion. Five Young American Poets, Third Series: 1944 (First Edition). New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1944.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. A poetry anthology containing the first published work of Tennessee Williams, 29 poems from a collection entitled "The Summer Belvedere." Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly worn on the extremities, but with no loss, with a small splash on the spine panel, affecting the "19" in 1944.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

(WILLIAMS, Tennessee). Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. New Directions, Norfolk, 1944.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Light overall wear, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Tennessee Williams's first book publication as a poet.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee Et Al. Five Young American Poets: Third Series, 1944. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn., 1944.

Price: US$119.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Cream cloth stamped in blue. First edition. Slight corner bumps, trace soil to cloth, crease to rear endpage. The DJ in mylar is edgeworn/rubbed/toned, slight soil, number written on flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Garrigue, Jean; Williams, Tennessee; Merriam, Eve; Nims, John Frederick; Carrion, Alejandro. Five Young American Poets, Third Series, 1944. New Directions, 1944.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Five Young American Poets was a three volume series of poetry collections released from 1940 to 1944. The series was published by New Directions Publishers (Norfolk, Connecticut; James Laughlin, publisher). Volume III - 1944 includes selected poetry by: Eve Merriam, John Frederick Nims, Jean Garrigue, Tennessee Williams, Alejandro Carrión. This volume constitutes Tennessee Williams's first book appearance with 43 pages of his poetry preceded by a brief three-page statement. Before becoming a world-class dramatist and turning to theater, Tennessee was first a gifted poet. Darkening to the edges, spine of the dust-jacket, small scratch to the front panel. Pages are very clean without any tears or markings. First edition.

Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.

(WILLIAMS, Tennessee). Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. New Directions, Norfolk, 1944.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Owner's name front fly, spotting on the foredge, else near fine in about very good dustwrapper with some darkening to the spine and some stray spotting. Among the five poets is Williams.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee et al.. Five Young American Poets. Third Series. Eve Merriam. John Frederick Nims. Jean Garrigue. Tennessee Williams. Alejandro Carrion.. New Directions, Norfolk, 1944.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Printing. A Near Fine copy in pale yellow-white cloth stamped in blue and white (offsetting to endpapers), in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with toning to spine panel. 215pp. The poems of Carrion are presented in bi-lingual facing format, with English translations by Dudley Fitts and Francis St. John. Q18185

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Garrigue, Jean; Williams, Tennessee; Merriam, Eve; Nims, John Frederick; Carrion, Alejandro. Five (5) Young American Poets, Third Series, 1944. New Directions, Connecticut, 1944.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Jacket is darkened on the spine with minor wear. No chips or tears. First published work of Tennessee Williams. 215 pgs.

Seller: Wellfleet Books, Wellfleet, MA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. (Contributor). Five Young American Poets.. New Directions., Norfolk, 1944.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in yellow cloth with titles in blue in a very good+ dust jacket. (Spine age toned, but perfectly readable. Couple trivial chips at corner tips. ) Tennessee Williams' FIRST hardcover appearance. Also works by Jean Garrigue, Eve Merriam, John Frederick Nims, and Alejandro Carrion. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. Eve Merriam, John Frederick Nims, Jean Garrigue, Tennessee Williams, Alejandro Carrión. New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1944.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. With 29 previously unpublished poems by Williams. Crandell B7 Cream cloth stamped in blue. Fine in very fine dust jacket

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

(WILLIAMS, Tennessee). Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. New Directions, Norfolk, 1944.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Corners very slightly bumped, else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with very slight toning. Tennessee Williams's first book publication as a poet.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944.. Norfolk: New Directions, 1944., 1944.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., hardcover, with the DJ, not price clipped, boldly signed on the front blank endleaf "Tennessee Williams", FINE/FINE.

Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.