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Tennessee Williams. The rose tattoo. New Directions Books, 1951.
Price: US$7.72 + shipping
Description: Lingua inglese. Legatura editoriale tutta tela 144 pg. Buonissime condizioni.
Seller: Laboratorio del libro, condove, Italy
Williams, Tennessee. Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition (stated). From the private library of J. Slowik (who taught acting & directing at the Goodman School of Drama), with his name and notes written throughout the text, along with extensive highlighting; binding sound; moderate wear to covers; lacks a dustjacket. 144 pages. Size: 5 1/2" x 8"
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York City, 1951.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: pp. xv, 144. 8vo. Bound in original rose/pink cloth with black spine lettering. Board edges rubbed. Binding tight. Contents unmarked. A very good copy. No dust jacket. 'The Rose Tattoo' was first produced in Chicago on December 29, 1950, and had its Broadway opening on February 3, 1951. Amongst others, it starred Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Don Murray and Martin Balsam. The film adaption was released in 1955, starring Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani. The play tells the story of an Italian-American widow in Mississippi who has allowed herself to withdraw from the world after her husband's death, and expects her daughter to do the same.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. A New Directions Book, 1951.
Price: US$18.95 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket : fine minus / good minus. Book: slight aging to spine tips. Jacket in mylar protector; jacket has tears to flap folds; small chips to spine tips and corners; mild soiling to back; front and spine are clean and bright. Copyright page states First Edition but also "Revised and Published Version Copyright 1951 by Tennessee Williams." Wikipedia : ".after its Chicago premiere on December 29, 1950, he made further revisions to the play for its Broadway premiere on February 2, 1951, and its publication by New Directions the following month." Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Rose Tattoo : Tennessee Williams. New Directions, 1951.
Price: US$27.19 + 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. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions Book, New York, 1951.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: New Directions Book, 1951. Backstrip is a bit sunned. Illustrated with one photographic plate. Includes Williams' introductory 6-page essay "The Timeless World of a Play." First Edition, so stated. Crandell A10I.a. This copy is Crandell's Binding A (i.e. medium purplish red coarse cloth, with the spine lettered in black) . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xv, [1], 144pp .
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The rose tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$33.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 143 pag Size: 7D3
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. A New Directions Book, New York, 1951.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. xv,144pp. Pink cloth with black lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Staining to upper right corner of front board. Some chipping and creasing to dj. Ex-Libris of F. Hugh Herbert to inside of front board. The Rose Tattoo is one of Tennessee Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Full-page reproduction of b/w photograph of the set of the first Broadway production. Dj in fair, book in good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, N.Y., 1951.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue binding. Rose cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Top of spine worn. DJ chipped, torn and tattered
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Rose Tattoo (First Edition). New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1951.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1950, basis for the 1955 film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed at the edges. Jacket lightly chipped at the corners.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, 1951.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition hardcover in very good condition with DJ in fair condition (closed tears and fading)
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. THE ROSE TATTOO. New Directions [1951], New York, 1951.
Price: US$62.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Light maroon (rose) cloth cover with black lettering is clean with only a small area of rubbing at head of spine. Binding is sound. The front paste down has previous owners name, 1952, an anchor drawing, and "san francisco" in ink in lower corner. The ffep has old tape marks and age toning on both sides, the half title page has age toning. The toning was caused by old clippings no longer present. The rear free endpaper has a small advertisement for the play taped in. There is toning present here also, as well as on the rear paste down. Binding is sound and tight. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. DJ is rose colored with $3.00 price on lower front flap. There are some small chips from the edges and a few short tears. DJ in mylar sleeve. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 144 pages
Seller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$92.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This 5.75 x 8.125 inch, 144 page hardcover book with dust wrapper is the stated first edition by New Directions in 1950, the first issue with rose colored cloth binding with black printed lettering on the spine.? Later printings used beige cloth.? The book itself is in near fine condition and has a very good dust jacket with a mylar cover.? There is just a touch of wear and age to the cover?s edges, corners and spine ends, a previous owner?s bookplate on the front pastedown, and a trace of use and age to the text pages, but all in all, the book is in near fine condition.? The dust wrapper has not had the price clipped, but does show some time damage with seven places along the jacket edges where moderate pieces of the jacket have been lost, as shown by our picture.? A nice copy of the Williams play that would be a major 1955 motion picture that would win two Academy Awards. ? 144 pages.
Seller: JDBFamily, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, 1951, 1951.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition, first state (rose-colored cloth; a review copy, with slip laid in) Near fine/very good minus (the unclipped dj has some edgewear and a half-inch by half-inch chip along the top edge of the front panel)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of first edition. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Previous owner name on FEP. Modest bump to upper corners of rose cloth boards, heavier bump at bottom edge, rear board. Book is square and very sound. Jacket is chipped and has a two-inch split along bottom of front flap fold. Original $3.00 price intact on front flap.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Rose Tattoo (First Edition). New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1950, basis for the 1955 film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed. Jacket lightly rubbed, with minute chips at the corners.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. The Rose Tattoo.. New Directions, [New York], 1951.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 144 pp. 8vo, original cloth in dust jacket. First edition in the first binding. A near fine copy in a nice jacket with some unnecessary internal and external tape reinforcement at the top and bottom of the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. The Rose Tattoo.. New Directions, [New York], 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 144 pp. 8vo, original cloth in dust jacket. First edition in the first binding. Very slight use to extremities of spine, else a very good copy in a bright jacket with some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine, affecting very slightly the first letter in the title.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. The Rose Tattoo (SIGNED by Director, Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach). , 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Used; Good. 59-F-22 New Directions 1951 Hardcover Book Club Edition. Signed and Inscribed by Director Cheryl Crawford, flat Signed by Maureen Stapleton, and Signed and Inscribed by Eli Wallach on page xv. (Stapleton played Serafina Delle Rose and Wallach played Alvaro Mangiacavallo). There is no other writing in the book. Jacket has some small missing pieces and sunning at spine. Book Condition; Goood Jacket Condition; Good 3-33 . 1951. Book Club Edition. BOOK CLUB EDITION.
Seller: Fleur Fine Books, Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 144pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth, second binding. Fine in chipped pink unclipped dust jacket by Alvin Lustig
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$150.79 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Tan cloth with title in red. Wrapped in decorative price clipped dust jacket. Second state of the first edition. Slight chipping on back panel of dj o/w near fine.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. THE ROSE TATTOO. NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW YORK, 1951.
Price: US$166.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. STATED FIRST EDITION TO COPYRIGHT PAGE & BOUND IN THE FIRST ISSUE ROSE CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, FULL PAGE PLATE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 16 + 144 PAGES. SEVERAL CHIPS TO EDGES OF JACKET, SPINE OF JACKET SLIGHTLY FADED, SLIGHT FADING TO TIPS OF CLOTH SPINE, ENDPAPERS LIGHTLY BROWNED, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES, FEW PAGES TO REAR WITH MINOR CHIPS TO PAGE MARGINS. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS TO JACKET IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Tight and square. In attractive and fresh rose colored cloth. Sharp tips. Gift inscription from former owner mars fep, else fine. Jacket is bright and fresh to include spine (no sunning) but has minor edgewear at tips of front board. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 144. Original grey boards, lettered in red to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Spine ends a little bumped, but a near fine copy in a very good, undersized dustwrapper a little faded at spine, First edition, in the second issue binding. Written for Anna Magnani, who had to wait until the 1955 film version before playing the part (opposite Burt Lancaster): the Broadway premiere starred the more box-office friendly Maureen Stapleton, alongside Phyllis Love and Eli Wallach.
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, 1951.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first edition; in first state binding and in original dust jacket. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with moderate paper loss and shelf wear, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xvi + 144 pp, First State, First Printing in rose cloth. Preface by T.W.; a play in three acts. 5.6" x 8.2" red cloth, black spine letters. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper with slight age-tone. Unclipped DJ worn, chipped at the fr fore corners and spine top / bottom, color VG. In scetate protector. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee.. The Rose Tattoo.. New Directions, New York, 1951.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in dark rose (first state) cloth, in a Fine rose-colored dustwrapper (designed by Lustig), not price-clipped, with minor restoration to extremities (reads as new). 144pp. Q19880
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee.. The Rose Tattoo.. New Directions, [New York], 1951.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 144 pp. 8vo, original rose cloth in dust jacket. First edition, first binding. A near fine copy in a bright, supplied jacket with some very slight use at edges. Composer David Diamond's copy, with his small embossed name stamp in the upper corner of the title page. Diamond composed the incidental music for the Cheryl Crawford production of the play in 1951. Included are playbills for the original production and a 1976 revival in which Diamond was also involved.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, 1951.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition, published by New Directions in 1951. This copy has been signed by Tennessee Williams - and then ( in a different ink ) inscribed ; ' To Phoebe Binganon, Cordially Tenn. Williams '. A near fine example of the book with just a trace of toning to the pastedowns in a very good dust jacket with chips to the spine ends and the lower tips. The jacket bears a quarter inch strip absent along the upper fore edge of the front panel. Uncommon signed by Tennessee Williams.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. THE ROSE TATTOO. New Directions, 1951.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: WILLIAMS, Tennessee. THE ROSE TATTOO. NY: New Directions, [1951]. 8vo., rose-colored cloth in dust jacket. First Edition (so stated). Signed by Williams on the front endpaper. Only 8,100 copies were printed, according to New Directions records. Near fine (very minor wear edges; contents clean & tight); (clean, two-inch tear along fold of front flap with little edgewear but no large nicks or chips; $3.00 price is present) d/j. A nice copy!
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. A New Directions Book, New York, 1951.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Tennessee Williams on the title page and NOT inscribed to anyone. This original dustjacket has the publisher's $3.00 printed price present with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.. The Rose Tattoo. New York: New Directions, 1951, 1951.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; presumed first issue binding. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip at the bottom corner of the front panel. An exceptional association copy, inscribed by the author, 'Dear Claudia [Cassidy] - To you who first made it bloom! Con amore! Tennessee. (see top of page #141 - she lights the candle!' Williams was referring to the remarkable service rendered by Cassidy as a Chicago theater critic in successfully promoting his career with her praise and support of 1944's The Glass Menagerie. The play, despite good buzz in the theater world, suffered poor attendance and was in danger of sinking and taking the playwright's career with it. Cassidy and another local critic were unstinting in their enthusiasm (Cassidy was not known for being positive) and instrumental in ensuring the play's and playwright's future. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.