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Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels: Two Plays. New Directions, 1958.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 2nd printing. Ex-library with typical marks, some wear to the spine tips; pages yellowed; a good solid reading copy. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 160465.

Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE:. ORPHEUS DESCENDING WITH BATTLE OF ANGELS. New Directions, New York, 1958, 1958.

Price: US$14.17 + shipping

Description: Second printing, blue boards, gilt title to spine, 240pp, VG+ (tight and bright, v sl edge wear, v sl top edge) d/w VG (v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl chipped spine head & foot, v sl internal foxing)

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels, Two Plays. New Directions, 1958.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Description: As an introduction Mr. WIlliams has contributed an essay in which he discusses the two plays and recalls some of his early life as a playwright. Orpheus Descending is a story of the corruption which bigotry breeds and the brutality with which it can explode. It is also the story of how love can revitalize human beings. Set in a small town in the South, it tells of a wandering guitar player who is hired to help in the local "department store." Battle of Angels deals with some of the characters and situations in Orpheus Descending, but the two plays are not as similar as some of the critics suggested. Previous owner's name in pencil on free front endpaper, otherwise book is in fine condition. Blue cloth 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-11/16." 238 pp

Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus descending, with Battle of angels; two plays. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 238 pages. Publisher's blue cloth-covered boards very good, light wear to corners and to head and foot of spine; contents unmarked and quite pleasing. The dust jacket is rubbed and edgeworn, with tears and creases at foot of front panel and head of rear. 380 grams.

Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus Descending With Battle of Angels: First Edition : Tennessee Williams. New Directions, 1958.

Price: US$27.53 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st, price clipped, chipped and worn dust jacket, page edges tanned and an old price in pencil on the front endpaper. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels, Two Plays [First American edition, first printing]. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$29.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: New Directions, 1958. First American edition, first printing. 1 of approximatlely 3000 copies printed, according to publisher's records. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Cover has tiny corner bumps (NO pages are affected). SEE PHOTOS. Pages are creamy white, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NOT a library discard. Crandell states that "Battle of Angels, as published in 1958 with Orpheus Descending, differs from its first publication in Pharos in some 47 substantive readings." Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in black on the spine. Crandell A 19.1.a [in Tennessee Williams, A Descriptive Bibliography]. First printing of First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 238pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$34.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cloth hardcover, dust jacket, stated second printing. Light signs of wear to the jacket. We ship fast.

Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus descending, with Battle of angels : two plays. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 238 pages. Publisher's blue cloth-covered boards bright and fresh, corners sharp; contents fine. Edgewear to dust jacket. First printing, with no subsequent printings noted on copyright page. 380 grams.

Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, 1958.

Price: US$36.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front board. Price-clipped jacket is creased at edges, now in protective mylar. A couple of smudges to the right margin of a couple of pages. 1st printing of this combined edition by New Directions (1st THUS). From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, 1958, 1958.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition Very good/very good plus (the book has some uneven yellowing in the exterior gutters and on the endpapers; the priced dj has a bit of wear at the spine extremities and corners)

Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels; Two Plays. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. [x], 238 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, closed tear, overall very good copy. (96700).

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First edition. Faint dampstain in text, fair only with the fair only dustwrapper adhered to the front board. Presentable nevertheless.

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

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions [1958], New York, 1958.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. [8], v-x, [2], 3-238, [4] pp. Blue cloth with navy lettering on the spine. Ahearn APG 021a. Traces of wear and disoloration to boards; jacket is price-clipped with some edge wear.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. Two Plays.. New Directions 1958 1958, 1958.

Price: US$72.59 + shipping

Description: First edition. X, 238 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with dust jacket. Owner's signature on first free end paper, spine ends just slightly bumped, else fine. Condition VG+ to Near Fine. Dust jacket with minor shelfwear and a couple of tiny tears and creases. Condition VG+ to Near Fine. First printing of the first edition

Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Blue cloth, a fine copy in lightly used dust jacket. Crandell A19.1.a.

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Spine sunned and spotted, topedge and endleaves foxed, binding lightly foxed, very good in a moderately worn Shapiro-designed dust jacket with light internal and external spotting and some nicking and two tiny tears (as well as one tiny and unnecessary internal reinforcement).

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels: Two Plays. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Jacket design by Dan Shapiro. Book is lightly musty, front endpapers with moderate offsetting, spine and edges of boards slightly sunned, about very good in a slightly tanned very good dust jacket with a short tear on the front panel, rubbing and modest edgewear.

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

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. Two Plays. New York New Directions 1958, 1958.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Very good copy with some minor edge wear and one corner very gently bumped with a touch of fraying to the cloth at the top of the spine which is also very slightly sunned in a slightly used dust jacket with some rubbing and light dust soiling to the rear panel and some small nicks and creases.

Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels (First Edition). New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Neat owner name on the front endpaper. Jacket lightly toned on the spine panel, with minute rubbing at the corners.

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

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Direction, Philadelphia, PA, 1958.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 12mo, 238pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in light blue cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little wear. Perhaps a touch at teh spine ends but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.75), has some light edge-wear and rubbing but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a very small chip at the crown and a few tiny tears. A very nice copy.

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a bit of rubbing and very tiny tears. A very nice copy.

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

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New Directions, (New York), 1958.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in a very lightly rubbed, internally tape repaired, near fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy.

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

Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. Two Plays by Tennessee Williams. New Directions, New York, 1958.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. x, 238pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, first binding. Fine in almost fine black dust jacket by Dan Shapiro. Book designed by Stefan Salter

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

Tennessee Williams. Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams, signed multiple times, inscribed. New Directions, 1958.

Price: US$1234.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels, Tennessee Williams. New Directions, 1958, first edition. Signed by the author on the endpaper; signed presentation inscription on the title page in thick pen: A le Grand Robert, Orpheus descend avec La Bataille des Angels, Tennessee Williams 82 ; additionally inscribed at the foot of the introduction And much more but this is honest for now Tenn Wms'; also on p118 Le Fin! 10 (at the end of the first work) and La Bataille des angels Avant! Tenn 10 . Inscribed multiple times by an allegedly inebriated Tennessee Williams in New Orleans. Some light foxing to the endpapers, no other marks to the pages; original cloth with a lightly spotted spine. Original dust jacket; not price-clipped. Short closed-edge tear to the top of the spine, spine ends and corners lightly chipped and rubbed.

Seller: April Star Books, Banstead, United Kingdom