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Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. [New York]: New Directions, [1954]., 1954.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, limited to 1500 copies. Octavo, publisher's yellow cloth-backed decorative papered boards, spine stamped in blue and gilt, top edge stained blue (very mild toning, hint of spotting to fore-edge, spine slightly dusted with gilt dull or partially rubbed, overall a presentable very good copy). Publisher's blue papered slipcase with paper label (uneven toning to label and top portion of slipcase, wear and soiling, else good, solid).

Seller: Joe Maynard, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. HARD CANDY. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: New York, 1954; blue and green striped cloth covered boards; yellow spine; minimal shelf wear; blue slip case in very good condition with edge and corner wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 220 pages.

Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS.TENNESSEE. HARD CANDY,A BOOK OF STORIES.. NEW DIRECTIONS, NORFOLK,CT., 1954.

Price: US$37.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: IN GOOD PLUS ORIGINAL SLIPCASE.TIGHT CLEAN COPY.SOME FAINT SOIL AND WHITE MARKS TO COVERS.SLIPCASE IS FADED ON ONE SIDE WITH OUTLINE OF BOOKEND SHOWING DARK AGAINST A LIGHTER BLUE.CASE IS SOUND WITH SOME LIGHT EDGEWEAR.PAPER LABEL IS SLIGHTLY DARKENED.IT STATES THIS IS A "LIMITED EDITION" AND GIVES THE $8.50 ORIGINAL PRICE.

Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee.. Hard Candy.. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: No limitation stated. A13.1.a. A Near Fine copy in dull goldenrod cloth over vertically patterned greenish blue paper covered boards, without jacket (as issued), in publisher's dark blue paper covered slipcase (with label to side). Small brown spot mid-spine to book. Mild fading to extremities of slipcase, wear to edges of open end. 220pp. Short stories. Q09119

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

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of this collection of stories from Williams. Published by New Directions in 1954. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth and patterned boards. A very good copy with toning to the cloth spine and a light fade to the top stain.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions Publishing Corp., New York, 1954.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cover is rubbed at corners. Pages are clean with no markings in text, binding is sound. SC is slightly worn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Yellow cloth backing with decorated paper boards. Top edge colored blue. Slipcased with title pasted on front. Small 1" book label on back endpaper. A few spots of discoloration to covers. Fading to front edges of slipcase. Some wear to corners of slipcase. 8vo, 220pgs.

Seller: Carl Blomgren Fine Books ABAA, petaluma, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited Edition, but limitation not stated. Good+ in a Good+ slipcase. Bumped at spine heel and rear hinge is cracked, though holding. Small bookstore sticker at bottom of rear pastedown. Slipcase bumped and moderately worn.

Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Hard Candy a Book of Stories. A New Directions Book, 1954, 1954.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hard Bound. Classic. 4t. A New Directions Book. No place given. 1954 Limited Edition. By Tennesee Williams. Contains a collection of 9 stories. Very Good/Good. Jacket in cardboard box type in colbalt with title. Has edgewear, and a few spots. Book is hardbound cloth in green and white stipe with reinforced yellow spine. Dark blue lettering. Has some mishape from shelfwear. slight edge and spine wear. Front end paper has former owner bookplate. otherwise clean. Very Good, tight copy.

Seller: Offshore Antiques and Books, Harrison Township, MI, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. HARD CANDY: A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES. New Directions, Usa, 1954.

Price: US$51.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. Hardback. Slip-Case. Large 8vo.pp.220. Limited edition of 1500 copies, presented in a slip case. Nine short stories including 'Hard Candy' and 'The Mysteries of the Joy Rio.' Original publisher's quarter cloth binding in yellow with green striped sides. Slipcase in blue with printed title label. Very good indeed in very good slip case. Slip case slightkly rubbed and torn at edges, with no loss.

Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, New York, 1954.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 220 pages, 8vo. Includes slipcase. Stated Limited Edition on paper title box adhered to front of slipcase. Limited to 1500 copies. Light blue, green, and white striped boards, with light orange spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, light spine tanning. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-plus condition.

Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, [New York], 1954.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, limited edition. Small quarto. 220pp. Spine modestly toned else just about fine in worn, about very good slipcase.

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

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy, A Book Of Stories. New Directions 1954., 1954.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: no dj. as issued. slipcase has some extensive wear. Chipping along edges. The book itself has some small touch of wear along the spine, otherwise the book itself is vg+9 stories by the great playwright. A handsome edition. Limited ed. Binding is bds. published without a dustjacket.

Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories.. [New York] New Directions [1954]., 1954.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Limited trade edition". 8vo. Original 1/2 yellow cloth over green/white striped boards, spine stamped gilt and dark blue, top edge stained dark blue. Very good. Publisher's purple board slipcase with large printed label stating "Limited Edition" (fading; cracked). As issued, without dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Contains 9 short stories (including the earlier version of the title story, called "Mysteries of the Joy Rio"). Dedicated to Jane and Paul Bowles. One of an unspecified number of copies of the "Limited Edition" (as stated on the publisher's slipcase).

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Tall 8vo, cloth backed stripee boards. New York: New Directions, (1954). Limited Edition . Fine in the publisher's board case which is faded & slightly worn at the edges.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$85.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: ; Limited Edition in slipcase. Half yellow cloth cover over green striped boards is near pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Slipcase is frayed at corners with light wear and sunning but clean and in good+ condition. ; 220 pages

Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$95.01 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Book is bound in striped binding with yellow cloth spine. Slipcase has some corner wear and is worn through at the bottom front. Still nice is nice slipcase.

Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy a Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$99.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Limited Edition stated on the front label of the slipcase as well as the price, $8.50. Some uniform fading to the top portion of the slip case. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, [New York], 1954.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Corners slightly bumped, and a little soiling on the boards, else near fine in near fine, second issue grayish-blue slipcase with a rubbed patch seam on the top and to the corners of the fore-edge.

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

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. HARD CANDY. A NEW DIRECTION BOOK, NY, 1954.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description:

Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee [1911-1983]. Hard Candy : A Book of Stories (Limited Edition). New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$105.22 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Green and white striped paper over boards, quarter mustard yellow cloth spine with title stamped in blue, top edge stained blue, pp. 220. Royal blue cardboard slipcase with paste-on limitation label to front. Volume with 1cm crack to top hinge. Slipcase near very good with general rubbing and a crack at spine, paste-on label intact with price of $8.50.

Seller: Harropian Books, IOBA, Nelson, BC, Canada

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories.. [New York] New Directions [1954]., 1954.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Limited trade edition". 8vo. Original 1/2 yellow cloth over green/white striped boards, spine stamped gilt and dark blue, top edge stained dark blue. Very good. Publisher's purple board slipcase with large printed label stating "Limited Edition" (faded). As issued, without dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Contains 9 short stories (including the earlier version of the title story, called "Mysteries of the Joy Rio"). Dedicated to Jane and Paul Bowles. One of an unspecified number of copies of the "Limited Edition" (as stated on the publisher's slipcase).

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories.. (np): New Directions (1954)., 1954.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 220 pp. Bump to one upper corner, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Near fine publisher's slipcase with a corresponding bump to one upper corner, and some scattered rubbing.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New York: New Directions, 1954, New York, 1954.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. A very fine, crisp copy in a vg original slipcase, with some fading along some panels and some wear at edges. No dj, as issued.

Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, [New York], 1954.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition in first issue slipcase. Quarto. 220pp. Yellow cloth spine with patterned papercovered boards in royal blue slipcase with "Limited Edition" and price of "8.50" on label. Spine ever so slightly rubbed, else fine in very good rubbed publisher's slipcase with scrapes on the rear and moderate edgewear. One of 2550 copies of the first issue.

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories.. [New York] New Directions [1954]., 1954.

Price: US$145.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, limited issue. 8vo. Original 1/2 yellow cloth over green/white striped boards, spine stamped gilt and dark blue, top edge stained dark blue. Very good. Publisher's slipcase (faded). No signatures or bookplates. Contains 9 short stories (including the earlier version of the title story, called "Mysteries of the Joy Rio"). Dedicated to Jane and Paul Bowles. One of an unspecified number of copies of the "Limited Edition" (as stated on the publisher's slipcase).

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Cloth backed boards, fine copy in slightly used slipcase. The slipcase is the second greyish blue one. Crandell A13.1.a.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, [New York], 1954.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in very near fine first issue royal blue slipcase with a touch of rubbing to the fore-edge.

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. Hard Candy.. (New York): New Directions, (1954)., 1954.

Price: US$169.10 + shipping

Description: First edition. Limited edition, limitation unstated. Fine in slipcase as issued.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

Williams, Tennessee.. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories.. [New York:] New Directions, [1954]., 1954.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: Designated "limited edition," but number of copies not stated. Octavo. 220 pp. Yellow cloth over green and gray striped boards, spine stamped in blue and gilt. Minor soiling. Very good in lightly sunned slipcase. First edition.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, NY, 1954.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Limited edition. Quarter bound in publisher's yellow cloth over green striped boards, dark blue lettering on spine, top edge yellow. . The volume, now in Mylar, is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The slipcase is only mildly rubbed with one inch of the paper covering rubbed off on the top edge, else fine. AS NEW. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 220 pp

Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Hard Candy. New Directions, NY, 1954.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: This 220 page Limited (1/500) Edition is presented in the publisher's original Yellow Quarter Cloth over green and cream pinstripped boards and Matching stripped Slipcase. One 2 inch water spot on back of slipcase in no way detracts from the insight within. Dedicated to Jane and Paul Bowles.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Yellow cloth spine with striped decorative boards. Smudge on back board, else Fine. The endpages and pages are clean, with no markings or folds. Blue dyed upper edge. Slipcase with some sunning and extremity rubbing, else Fine. Obtained from a nationally known auction house.

Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 220 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Audrey Wood's Copy. With the stamp of Audrey Wood on flyleaf. Crandell a13.1.a Decorated paper boards, yellow cloth spine. Fine in original blue slipcase

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, limited issue. Tiny cracks on the paper over the rear hinge else very near fine in a moderately soiled, very good slipcase. Number 63 of 100 numbered copies. Signed by the author.

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

Tennessee Williams. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy; A Book of Stories. Signed, limited edition.. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Number 70 of only 100 copies containing "The Kingdom of Earth." Quarter cloth; pattern painted boards. Small perforation to spine (see image) else a very good copy without slipcase. Boldly signed by Williams.; 242 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. The Kingdom of Earth, with Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. A New Directions Book, 1954.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, slipcased hardcover, limited to 100 copies signed by Williams on the copyright page with this marked as a Presentation Copy. The book has sunning to the spine, some slight wear to the spine ends and cover corners, tiny creases to a few page corners, a touch of smudging to the edges of the text block, and a brief pencil seller's notation to the head of the rear fly leaf. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a Good+ slipcase, which has sunning to the upper and rear panels with lighter toning to the edges of the sides, bumps with flaking to the paper at the corners, rubbing with smudges and thin scrapes to the panels, and an area of dark discoloration to the left side. Additional images are available by request.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New York: New Directions, (1954), 1954.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Limited, signed edition, #85 of 100. Water damage to backstrip edge of leaves and endpapers, else good in water-stained slipcase.

Seller: Trevian Books, Piermont, NY, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, [New York], 1954.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Unbound 20-page gathering (unopened) and accompanying cancel title leaf. The gathering prints the short story, "The Kingdom of Earth", including the half-title: pp. [2 (half-title)] 225-242. Fine. This unbound gathering and replacement (cancel) title leaf was printed for insertion into a limited edition of *Hard Candy: A Book of Stories*. When the first edition of *Hard Candy* was published, Williams had wanted to include "Kingdom of Earth". However, because of its provocative content (a tubercular dandy dies while his ex-prostitute wife and his Cherokee half-brother ignore his pleas for help and instead have passionate sex in the next room), the publisher New Directions convinced Williams to accept a compromise. Williams agreed to publish the first edition without Kingdom of Earth, but demanded that a signed limited edition including the story be published that same year. Thus, a signed limited edition of 100 stated copies was made up with original sheets from the first edition of *Hard Candy*, a cancel title page: "The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy" (with a signed limitation statement on the verso), and the story inserted at the back. This copy of the cancel title leaf is not signed by Williams. Williams later adapted the story into both a play of the same name, and ultimately into the longer play *The Seven Descents of Myrtle* (in which the half-brother is African-American rather than Native American). Rare.

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

Williams, Tennessee. THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$1623.20 + shipping

Description: THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES, New Directions, 1954, first edition, very fine in just about fine publishers slip-case with some professional restoration to the spine of the slip-case. Of allegedly 100 SIGNED copies, this is copy #9 with numbered copies seemingly showing up less frequently than presentation copies. This title story was not included in the original simultaneous publication entitled HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES. The actual number of copies extant is unknown. Apparently, the authors scarcest book to locate in first edition.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY: A BOOK OF STORIES. New Directions, New York, 1954.

Price: US$1820.00 + shipping

Description: 248 x 152 mm. (9 3/4 x 6"). 242 pp. (cancel title page tipped-in, as in all copies). Publisher's linen-backed patterned paper boards, flat spine with author's name in gilt. In original blue cardboard slipcase with paper title label on front cover. Crandell A13.I.b. ◆One small, only vaguely visible discolored spot at head of spine, otherwise a mint copy, with leaves that open only reluctantly. This is one of a relatively small number of surviving copies of this limited edition, which Williams had privately printed when publishers balked at the explicit sexual content of the short stories. How many copies exist is a matter of dispute: according to Andreas Brown of the Gotham Book Market, about 80 of the 100 copies were destroyed in storage; however, Crandell indicates that as many as 136 copies may have been issued, with the extra copies available for the author's private use, but that perhaps all but about 10 numbered copies and 20 presentation copies were destroyed. (However plentiful, the copies for presentation are encountered more frequently in commerce than are numbered copies.) The stories in this collection are: "Three Players of a Summer Game," "Two on a Party," "The Resemblance between a Violin Case and a Coffin," "Hard Candy," "Rubio y Morena," "The Mattress by the Tomato Patch," "The Coming of Something to the Widow Holly," "The Vine," "The Mysteries of the Joy Rio" (an earlier version of "Hard Candy"), and "The Kingdon of Earth." Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams (1911-83) is best known as one of America's greatest playwrights, but he was a prolific writer who also penned novels ("The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"), poetry, and short stories. Forbidden sexual desire was a recurring theme in his works, and their explicit nature often caused problems with publication or production; most film adaptations of his works have had their content altered considerably. No. 15 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. The Kingdom of Earth with Hard Candy. New Directions, 1954.

Price: US$1999.99 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Signed Limited Edition. Published by New Directions, 1954. Octavo. Brown quarter cloth over brown patterned boards stamped in gold. Signed by Tennessee Williams on copyright/limitation page (copy #73 of 100). Note: The title/copyright page is a cancel sheet. The first edition of this story collection "Hard Candy" did not include the controversial story "The Kingdom of Earth". This is the signed limited edition that Tennessee Williams insisted on publishing to include "The Kingdom of Earth". The story is not listed on the copyright or contents pages but is included at the end of the book. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Has a few very small cracks to front upper hinge, but binding still tight. Slipcase is very good with some handling wear and several cracks/small tears along back left vertical edge. 242 pages. A very scarce signed Tennessee Williams special edition. 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 ships 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. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, (New York), 1954.

Price: US$35000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Tall octavo. Some soiling and a small stain along the edge of the spine, about very good in a worn, first issue royal blue slipcase, in a custom chemise and quarter morocco clamshell case. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed by Tennessee Williams to Paul Bowles at a later date: "To Paul, for many years. Tennessee, 1962." Both Paul and Jane Bowles have Signed their names beneath the printed dedication: "For Jane and Paul Bowles." Additionally, in the upper corner of the flyleaf where Williams' inscription appears, Paul Bowles has printed: "Paul Bowles / Jane Bowles / Tangier 1954." About the time of Williams' inscription, Bowles had recently completed the musical score of Williams' play *The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore*. Presumably the best copy of this title in the world.

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