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WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. Martin Secker, 1959.

Price: US$15.29 + shipping

Description: First UK edition of this sensational play. Price clipped for repricing by publisher. A little light foxing otherwise VG in price clipped spine faded jacket which is a little faded and age toned to edges

Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom

Williams, Tennessee. SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - A Play. Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1959.

Price: US$19.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publication of 93 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and a touch edge worn. A small piece of the back panel is missing. The boards are in good condition. There are pencil annotations within the book, the text remains bright and clear. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Williams, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, 1959.

Price: US$19.11 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First UK edition. The boards have only very slight edge wear. Page edges a little browned with scattered light spotting. Endpapers browned with some scattered spotting particularly to the rear pastedown. The pages are otherwise generally unmarked. The price-clipped jacket has fading and some discolouration to the spine which has a small chip missing at the bottom. Small closed tear with some associated creasing to the bottom of the front panel. Corners a little chipped with a few small closed tears to the edges and at the top of the spine. The front and rear panel are both discoloured with some browning to the rear panel and the flaps. First printing.

Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom

Tennessee Williams. Sweet Bird of Youth. Secker & Warburg, 1959.

Price: US$20.46 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1959. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to pages throughout, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Sticker to front panel. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Sweet Bird of Youth. Secker & Warburg 1959, 1959.

Price: US$21.22 + shipping

Description: First edition, octavo, orange boards with silver lettering to spine, 93pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to eps) in d/w VG (light tanning, light soiling, light foxing, light bruising to spine extrems)

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

Tennessee Williams. Sweet Bird of Youth. Secker & Warburg, London, 1959.

Price: US$25.38 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: NO JACKET. Hardback 1959. Clean & tight book. Neat & brief inscription. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-23

Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Williams, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. Secker & Warburg, London, 1959.

Price: US$38.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tennesse Williams focuses on the depths and origins of human feelings and motivations. One of the great plays of the modern American theatre, the basis of two films. Adapted in the Broadway integration and film of 1962 starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page. Dust jacket with some sunning tothe spine and rubbing to the edges, price-clipped. First British edition. 5¾" - 8¾".

Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.

Williams, Tennessee.. Sweet Bird of Youth.. London, Secker & Warburg., 1959.

Price: US$85.65 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. 22.2cm x 14.5cm. 93, (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some mild foxing and small stain to endpaper only. Dustjacket slightly faded. The story of an ageing woman seeking distraction in drugs and in the arms of a young actor whose face is his only fortune. The author displays again his astonishing mastery of dialogue and his power to shock while riveting the attention. Sprache: english.

Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland