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Williams, Tennessee (Author). Hard Candy a Book of Stories. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$13.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Directions, 1959. Book has mild rubbing and smudges to covers, light foxing to outer and bottom textblocks, modest wear to edges and corners, toning to endpapers. otherwise in very good condition, strong binding, clean and unmarked pages; some signs of aging but an overall sturdy copy. Dust jacket has modest rubbing/aging/smudging to front and back, mild wear to edges and corners. in very good condition, now in archival cover.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Hard Candy. A New Directions Book, 1959.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition thus. New trade edition. Hardbound in unclipped dust jacket. Minor soiling & edge wear. Book slightly cocked, otherwise good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Copyright page states New Trade Edition 1959. Spotting top edge. 2 inch chunk of jacket missing from front panel.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (New York): New Directions, (1959). (1959). Good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with the head of the spine creased. The dust wrapper is chipped & lightly soiled with the edges of the panels slightly darkened. 220 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First trade edition.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first trade edition. Black cloth, octavo. 220 pages. Small bump to top corner of cover, otherwise fine copy in a dust jacket with some light general wear. Jacket is in a mylar protector.
Seller: Studio Books, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: trade edition. book is fine. jacket has light chipping at top and bottom corner of front jacket. A 1.5 inch tear and a chip at top rear fold at rear of jacket. white jacket shows wear and soiling. the jacket is not price clipped
Seller: Route 3 Books, Sandstone, MN, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy -- A Book of Stories. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Fine (clean and tight) in a near-fine dust jacket with very slight wear at the spine ends. An excellent copy .
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy; A Book Of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (22 x 14 cm). 220 pp. Brown top edge. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped ($4.50) DJ with wear and chips to edges. In Mylar.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. NEW DIRECTIONS, 1959.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Book Condition: Very good, light shelf wear, lightly age-toned endpages, else, good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, general wear, age-toned, crease in bottom edge, tanned spine, and NOT price-clipped. DATE PUBLISHED: 1959 EDITION: 220
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. HARD CANDY. A BOOK OF STORIES. New Directions (1959), (New York), 1959.
Price: US$31.30 + shipping
Description: Crandell A13.I.c. The limited edition was issued five years previously. Dustwrapper designed by Elaine Lustig. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper with a very small chip at the head of the spine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams.. Hard Candy (1959 New Trade Edition).. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st thus. Like new hardcover in Very Good Minus jacket. Black hardcover in white dust jacket illustrated with b&w photo of wrapped hard candy, "new trade edition 1959", New Directions, 4.50 dust jacket. Book as new. Dust jacket a little edgeworn, very slightly soiled by rubbing, 1"x0.5" dampstain on on front cover, slightly tanned mainly spine.
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy; A Book of Stories. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 220 pp. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (75313).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee.. Hard Candy.. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Originally published in 1954, this is the New Trade Edition. Near Fine in black cloth, stamped in bronze and silver at spine, in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with light wear to heel. Small stain spot to top of textblock. 220pp. Q19894
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Hard Candy. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, black cloth with brown and white titles, 220pp, unclipped dust jacket (4.50). Stated New Trade Edition, 1959. Minor spotting to text block and toning to endpapers. Dust jacket shows faint rubbing and loss to head of spine and corners of flaps, small closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. Firmly bound with clean text. Williamss first and most notable short story collection with jacket design and photography by Elaine Lustig. A handsome copy in mylar.
Seller: Heaven Haven Books, Bellevue, KY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Hard Candy (1959 New Trade Edition). New Directions January 1959, 1959.
Price: US$40.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. jacket protected in mylar covering. pages a bit discolored with age. previous owner's embossed stamp on title page.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, New York, 1959.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. Hard Candy, New York: New Directions, 1959.Octavo, first trade edition (preceded by a limited edition), pp. 220, black cloth boards with silver and orange lettering to spine, top edge tinted brown. Nine stories from the great playwright.Condition of this book:Boards lightly worn at edges, to edge of leaves is darkened. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55255.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy; A Book Of Stories.. New Directions, 1959.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 220 p. Nine short stories that explore various aspects of the human situation. Dedicated to Paul and Jane Bowles. Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. Owner tags on front and back flyleaf. Book is solid and clean. Average shelf wear. DJ has chipping and small tears top and bottom with an old tape stain on front approximately two inches long. and a one inch.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. New Directions, [Norfolk, CT], 1959.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: New Trade edition. 220 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black Cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket by Elaine Lustig, unclipped
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Hard candy. A book of stories. New Directions, [New York], 1959.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, 8vo, pp. 220; a few unobtrusive ink marks to verso of title, else fine in near fine dust-wrapper designed by Elaine Lustig.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, (New York), 1959.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Just a touch of wear at the spine ends, still fine in very near fine dustwrapper a few small closed tears. A handsome copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. HARD CANDY: A BOOK OF STORIES. NEW YORK NY NEW DIRECTIONS BOOK PUB 1959., 1959.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD+ IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. THIS IS THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THIS SET OF STORIES ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN A 1954 LIMITED EDITION OF 200 BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN SOME FAINT SPOTTING TO THE BLACK CLOTH COVERS. D.J. HAS A TINY CHIP AT THE BOTTOM FRONT SPINE CORNER, A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS, MODEST CONRER RUB, A TINY STAIN AT THE TOP EDGE, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, (New York), 1959.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustjacket with very light wear to the extremities.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn., 1959.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first trade edition ( after a limited edition issued in 1954 ) published by New Directions in 1959. An uncommonly nice copy - both book and dust jacket fine. Very attractive.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Directions, (New York), 1959.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of age-toning.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New Direction, usa, 1959.
Price: US$474.38 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Very Good Jacket , edge wear, closed tear, Signed 1st ed 1st pt in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Hard Candy: A Book of Stories. New Directions, (New York), 1959.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Unbound folded and gathered signatures of the first trade edition. Note on the first leaf from the printer, Chas. H. Bohn & Co., asking for approval, dated in ink "8/17/59," and marked "OK 8/18" in red pencil. Fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.