Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition. Illustrations by Herbert Tauss. This is an unsigned copy. Book is bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations. 565 pages, all edges gilt. There is spotting to the gilt on the top of the page block. See Photo. Priced accordingly. Maroon moire fabric endpapers. Silk page marker. Raised bands on the book's spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Franklin Library; Franklin Center, 1980. Deluxe Leather Collector Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by author directly on prelim. A Near Fine copy. Gilt embossed full leather binding is very nice with sharp corners, AEG is fresh and bright with mild blemishes. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. Binding firm, book unread and unopened, mild sunning to spine. 565pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 14200 shelf. Unread fine condition. Signed by author up front. A limited edition. Elaborately stamped light brown full leather, gilt all around. Moire endpapers, ribbon bookmark. A couple of lightly waffled pages, uneven application of gilt, esp. bottom text block. Very attractively signed! Plays : The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Night of the Iguana. 565 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. SELECTED PLAYS. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennyslvania, 1980.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: A very fine copy bound in full leather with silk moire end papers with ribbon. Signed by the Author. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to leather binding. Gold gilt edges are clean and bright with no marks or scratches to gilt. As New.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays - Franklin Library. The Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1980. Signed limited edition. Signed by author Tennessee Williams at the flyleaf. 565 pages. Brown leather hardcover with gilt titles and decoration, very good+ with light points of rubbing at fore-edge corners and spine foot, small shallow dent at rear panel, and very faint lightening at spine. Spine square. Binding sound. Gilt page edges. Top edge a little dusty, and there is a 1in pen scratch to gilt at fore-edge of textblock. Interior clean and bright, free of markings.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, clean and tight copy bound in full leather by The Franklin Library and Signed by The Author. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to leather binding. No bookplates. Silk moire end papers with ribbon. Gold gilt edges are very clean and bright. A very nice copy.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays.. Franklin Center PA, Franklin Library., 1980.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition, First Printing of this Franklin Library content. SIGNED by Tennessee Williams on publisher's bound-in blank page with tissue guard, and with "A Special Message to Subscribers" by the author, four pages, about his work and his life, dated Key West Florida 1980. -- Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. -- Hardcover, full brown leather with raised spine bands, gilt stamped decoration, ribbon placeholder, and AEG all-edges-gilt. Condition: near fine (a few tiny white spots on bottom-edge).
Seller: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA, Doylestown, PA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Selected Plays. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Brown leather boards with gold-gilt trim, 24 cm, 565 pp, illustrations by Herbert Tauss. Limited edition, SIGNED by Tennessee Williams (page protected by tissue guard). A very good to fine copy.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Selected Plays. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980.
Price: US$373.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered brown leather. Gilt edges. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Limited to an unspecified number of copies signed on a separate page by the author who added a special note with this edition. Still wrapped in original shrinkwrap. As new.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays. The Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Published in Pennsylvania by the Franklin Library in 1980. Limited edition. SIGNED by the author on a special signature page. Leather-bound, with decorative endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and a satin ribbon page marker. Book fine with previous owner's embossed library stamp on two pages. No DJ, as issued.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$449.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This book is in excellent, unused or very gently-used condition. Notably it also comes with the editors notes for this "signed edition." Many others are selling this book with editors notes that go with another Franklin edition of TWs plays. There are no attached bookplates or embossed seals. Sharp corners, no obvious scuffs or rubs. There are little to no scratches/marks to the gilded page-edging (see photos). The only conspicuous defect we discovered is a bit of fading on the spine, presumably from sun-exposure. Please see the photographs for best description.
Seller: Settembrini's Selections, MISSOURI CITY, TX, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Penn., 1980.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 565 pages, 8vo. Signed by Tennessee Williams. Limited Edition, privately printed and individually signed. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Bound in genuine leather. Four raised bands along hubbed spine. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Gilt page edges. No visible shelfwear. Tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Fine condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 565 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author Tennessee Williams. Limited Edition. Bound in full leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Full gilt page edges, bound silk ribbon bookmarks, silk moire inside covers and endpapers. Shelfwear: light rubbing along cover edges, very light spine fade. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee.. SELECTED PLAYS.. FRANKLIN LIBRARY., FRANKLIN CENTER, 1980.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Close to fine in brown leather binding with gilt edges and a satin marker ribbon, without dj. as issued. (Slight trace of shelf wear at gilt edges) Features a special message from the playwright not available in any other edition.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: Saddle brown leather with gilt decoration all around. Four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 565 pp. with illustrations by Herbert Tauss. With a message to subscribers, written by Williams especially for this edition. The plays variously include editor's notes, production notes, a foreword, etc. Also included is a copyright warning for both amateurs and professionals. Fine. A clean, tight, unread copy. Pristine but for light fading to end papers at edges, common in these editions. Signed by West on a front free end paper.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Tennessee Williams. Selected Plays. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1980. Signed Limited Edition. Rare Book. Signed by Tennessee Williams on an endpage. The signature is guaranteed to be authentic by the publisher. Leather boards. Gold gilt. Illustrated. Book Condition: Fine, clean boards and pages.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. 565pp. Original full brown leather with gold-tooled decoration on spine and boards, and gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Brown silk moire endpapers, matching bound-in ribbon. Fly leaf signed by Tennessee Williams. Decorative title-page. Fascinating and beautiful work compiling the most famous plays of Tennessee Williams, and profusely illustrated with numerous sepia-tone illustrations by Herbert Tauss. Tiny chipping at bottom of blank page. Binding and interior in overall fine condition (like new).
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Selected Plays. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Full leather gilt, silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt, silk bookmark. Edges of endpapers lightly sunned, spine and top edges of boards mildly sunned, near fine. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author with a special message not included in the trade edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. Selected Plays. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$745.00 + shipping
Description: (In Shrink Wrap) dark brown leather HB with gilt lettering and edges and silk end pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Selected Plays. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Full leather gilt. Fine. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author with a special message not included in the trade edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$940.45 + shipping
Description: Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.