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Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$19.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: New Directions, 1962. First Edition, First Printing (No additional printings stated). Ex-library with usual stamps and markings. Spine sunned, lacking jacket. Drama ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. New Directions, 1962.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No dust jacket. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
Seller: ABC Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Night of the Iguana. Esquire Magazine, 1962.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Equire Magazine, February, 1962 "Night of the Iguana" was first published in book form by New Directions on February 28, 1962. The Esquire magazine publication predates the book as it is the February issue. The bottom of the title pages states: "The produced play will be published in book form by New Directions in the Spring of 1962." VERY good condition magazine. Minimal edgewear and rubbing. Small tear at mid-spine. Top right corner of first page is creased several times, otherwise interior in fine condition: crisp and clean. A very nice copy of scarce Williams issue. 4to 11" - 13" tall Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.
Seller: Commonwealth Book Company, Inc., Lynchburg, OH, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very nice copy in black cloth with green type to spine. Light ding to bottom front corner. Short gift inscription to ffep, otherwise sharp with clean interior and solid binding. Jacket price-clipped with no other printings listed. Light edgewear with a few short tears to head of front panel at spine and bottom of rear panel. Very small pen mark to front panel. Quite nice overall. 1st Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy in its first printing. First edition not stated nor is there any other edition mentioned. Front panel and spine appear faded. Title page shows 1962 under title. Copyright page indicates 1961 by Two River Enterprises Inc. Photographic paper on verso showing a sketch of the setting for the story. Front board shows offsetting of sunfading where board is black at top and light brown at bottom in nearly a straight line. Otherwise, boards and text are very clean and sharp. No bump on corners, etc. Jacket is a color photocopy. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 8 in. Black cloth boards. First edition. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers like near new, bunding tight. Very faint spots on upper text edge. Text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($3.50) very clean, a touch toned at edges and spine, a few chips, small closed tear at upper rear. Drama. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New York. A New Directions Book. 1962, 1962.
Price: US$84.34 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 20cm, the First Edition, 128p., frontispiece, black cloth, green titles on spine, slight tape marks and offsetting on front and rear free endpapers, internal small paper address label, otherwise a fine copy in fine price-clipped jacket (n15) A fine attractive copy.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Heavy offsetting on the front endpaper and front flap, thus very good in slightly spine-toned very good dust jacket. Basis for the 1964 film directed by John Huston featuring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr. A presentable copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions Books, New York, 1962.
Price: US$95.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The boards have a little fading at the top and bottom of the spine where the jacket is damaged. Page edges a little browned. Previous owner (Christopher Plummer) has signed and the dated the front free endpaper. Some yellow spotting to the title page and the photo on the facing page. The pages are generally otherwise unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has fading to the spine which is chipped at the top and the bottom. There is browning around the edges and rubbing to the corners. Jacket illustration by Nicola Wood. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee,. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA,. New Directions Books, New York, 1962.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: green spine letters, 127 pages, frontis., light wear and chipping to spine ends of d.j. very small pick in back panel of d.j. near top of spine, one small closed tear to top of back panel of d.j. near spine, d.j. is price-clipped, a tight, clean copy in mylar protective d.j. Size: 8 Vo.,
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New York New Directions Books 1962, 1962.
Price: US$131.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. 128pp. Octavo in original black cloth with lime green lettering on spine and mild bumping to ends of spine. Clean, tight text block. Dust jacket price clipped, slightly toned, else a clean, tight copy. very good The Night of the Iguana is a stageplay written by the American author, of which a film adaption, by the same name, was later made.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. New Directions Books, New York, 1962.
Price: US$149.30 + shipping
Description: Presented on Broadway (Royale Theatre) in 1961. Later a movie version was made. Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The play takes place in the summer of 1940 in a rather rustic and very Bohemian hotel, the Costa Verde, which, as its name implies, sits on a jungle-covered hilltop overlooking the 'caletta', or 'morning beach' of Puerto Barrio in Mexico. With a sketch of setting designed by Oliver Smith. Ex-libris of Ernst Lampe. 128 pag. Size: 21cmx14cm
Seller: FESTINA LENTE italiAntiquariaat, Lucca, Italy
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cloth with green spine titling. Spine head/two corners gently nudged, insignificant bump to top board edge, neat bookplate to front pastedown else a tight square unmarked copy. DJ in mylar with $3.50 price has minimal rubbing to spine ends/corners and faintly darkened spine. ; This is the first US edition of the play. This is one of the authors' most powerful and compassionate dramatic statements of the tragic meaning of human fraility and hidden strength. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 107 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. New Directions Book, (New York), 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Winner of the New York Critics Circle Drama Award in 1962 and basis for the 1964 John Huston directed film featuring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr. Faint foxing to page edges and endpapers otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket slightly tanned at spine and with 1" tear to bottom rear spine fold from which a few flattened creases extend across bottom rear panel.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tennessee Williams - The Night of the Iguana. New Directions (1962). First edition. 8vo. Black cloth. Very near fine in a beautiful VG+ dust jacket.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, [New York], 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 128pp. 8vo. Black. In a VG green pictorial dust jacket by Nicola Wood
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$162.00 + shipping
Description: Pretty nice coopy inits first printing. Attractive, clean copy. Unmarked, tight and square. Blak cloth with green lettering on spine still bright. Some lightening to fore-edge of front board. Light dusting to top page edges. Price intact jacket has some tanning to edges and minor wear to spine ends but otherwise quaite nice. Basis for excellent film of the same name. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions Book, [New York], 1962.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in dust jacket illustrated by Nicola Wood; 128pp.; frontispiece. Minor wear to jacket extremities, including a few tiny losses, brief tape repair to verso. Fine/Very Good. Play based on Williams's 1948 story of the same title, first produced in 1961 and adapted into film in 1964 by John Huston, with a cast starring Richard Burton and Ava Gardner.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Night Of The Iguana. A New Directions Book, 1962.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Night Of The Iguana" by Tennessee Williams 1962 - First Edition, 2nd Printing Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" 128 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with a chip at the spine bottom, a few stains and toning. The jacket is now protected by a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, stains, bends and writing. There is a vintage bookstore sticker on the front free end page. The boards are in good minus with wear on the bottom spine and light fading on top The binding is tight and square.
Seller: Dara's Library, Wilmette, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 128 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Green and brown spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has sunning to spine, light toning to both covers, and slight tearing to tail edge of front cover. Textblock has slight foxing to some pages. Shelved Case 13. 1373957. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. Two River Enterprises, A New Directions Book, 1962.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 127 p. 21 cm. B&w frontispiece. Black cloth with green spine lettering. In mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket with price-clipped front flap. Light wear to jacket edges. Faint residue on front free endpaper where label removed. First staged as a one-act play in 1959, Tenessee Williams developed The Night of the Iguana into a full-length play over the next two years. He staged two different versions in 1959 and 1960, before arriving at the three-act version of the text which premiered on Broadway in 1961.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine, prior owner bookplate and name in ink, in a Near Fine dust jacket, toning to the white areas. Dust jacket designed by Nicola Wood. Basis for the 1964 film directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Grayson Hall, who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. The Night of the Iguana.. NY: New Directions,, 1962.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 128 pp. Foxing to page edges and soiling to top edge, else very good plus in like dust jacket with darkened extrems.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, 1962, 1962.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, first printing, of this major play, which was nominated for a Tony and became the basis for the Richard Burton-Ava Gardner-Deborah Kerr film Near fine/very good plus (the dj shows little wear and is not price-clipped but, as usual, is somewhat yellowed in the offwhite portions)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. A New Directions Book, New York, 1962.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 128pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth over boards, with only very minor wear to the extremities. In a price-clipped dust jacket, designed by Nicola Wood, with subtle age-toning, and a 1" closed tear to the bottom edge. A first edition from the acclaimed playwright of A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie. This play, the last of Williams's box office successes, focuses on sexual relationships, and features a cast of odd characters.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. The Night of the Iguana.. New Directions, [New York], 1962.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 128 pp. 8vo, original cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Diamond has mounted a small portrait of Richard Burton in the role to the verso of the title page; otherwise a near fine copy in a nice jacket with some light use to the top of the back panel. Composer David Diamond's copy, with his small embossed name stamp in the upper corner of the title page.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Night of the Iguana. New Directions, 1962.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New Directions, New York 1962. First Edition / First Printing. Dated 1962 with no additional printings. Book Condition: Fine, a few light spots. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, short tears, light age toning, shelf wear. Wrapped in a new mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$261.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Attractive, clean copy in bright jacket. Tight and square, no marks of any kind. Price intact. Basis for excellent film of the same name. Minor edgewear at bottom edge of jacket on back panel. Basis for excellent film that starred Ava Gardner, Richard Burton and Deborah Kerr . In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [6], 7-128 pp. Black cloth with green lettering on the spine. Price of $3.50 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece drawing. Ahearn APG 029a. Winner of the New York Critics Circle Drama Award in 1962 and basis for the 1964 John Huston film. A very attractive copy of one of Williams' most important plays.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New Directions, 1962.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WILLIAMS, Tennessee 1st Edition New Directions 1962 [128] pp. Jacket design by Nicola Wood Basis for the 1964 film directed by John Huston featuring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. Signed copy. New Directions, London, 1962.
Price: US$1311.71 + shipping
Description: 210mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 128pp. B/w frontis plate. With dust jacket. Signed 'To Virginia from Tennessee' on the fep. Third printing edition in Second Printing dust wrapper. Dustwrapper designed by Nicola Wood. VG : in very good condition in clear protective wraps. Minor darkening to dust wrapper
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Tennessee Williams. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA ** Signed First Edition **. New Directions, NY, 1962.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: ***** This is the true first edition, first printing, with the original black cloth binding. ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Tennessee Williams) on the second page. The author has not inscribed this book to anyone; it is just signed by the author. ***** The dust jacket is the true first printing dust jacket. ***** Very nice hardcover with the original dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is not price-clipped ($ 3.50). ***** CONDITION: The book and the dust jacket are in FINE condition. A lovely example of this rarity! ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** 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.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Night of the Iguana. New Directions, New York, 1962.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Long galleys. A bit of wear on the last sheet with a short ink notation and some dampstaining on the last few leaves but not affecting the text, near fine. Presumably only a handful of copies would have been prepared for the use of the author and publisher. From the library of Edwin Erbe, Director of Publicity for New Directions.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.