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A Streetcar Named Desire
by Williams, Tennessee
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1947. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first state binding, variant with author's name in white on spine (no priority thus). 171 pp. Publisher's lavender illustrated boards. Very Good with typical toning to boards, rubbing along bottom edge, slight wave to text block. In a Very Good unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket with sunning to spine panel and along edges, slightly chipped at extremities. The first publication of one of the most popular plays of the 20th century, which inspired a film in 1951. It tells the story of down-and-out Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who has moved in with her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Synopsis
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams that opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947.The story dramatises the life of Blanche DuBois, a Southern belle, after going through a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brother-in-law in a New Orleans apartment building. Considered to be Williams’ most popular work, it is one of the best and most critically successful plays of the 20th century. The play has inspired many adaptations in other forms, notably producing an acclaimed film that was released in 1951.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940067
- Title
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Stella!, New Orleans, Blanche DuBois, plays, the South, street car
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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