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A Streetcar Named Desire

by Williams, Tennessee

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About This Item

New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1982. Beautifully bound in gilt titled colour pictorial cloth covered boards. Folio. This edition limited to 2000 copies of which this is number 902 signed by Hirschfeld. Illustrated with an original lithograph on Rives Papier and additional colour drawings By Al Hirschfeld. With a foreword by Jessica Tandy and an introduction by the author. A Very Fine copy in a Fine gilt-titled original slipcase.

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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Bookseller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
8590
Title
A Streetcar Named Desire
Author
Williams, Tennessee
Format/Binding
Beautifully bound in gilt titled colour pictorial cloth covered boards.
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club.
Place of Publication
New York.
Date Published
1982.

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About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.

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Folio
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Fine
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Gilt
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