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Tennessee; Cry of the Heart; An Intimate Memoir of Tennessee Williams
by Dotson Rader
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385191367
- ISBN 13
- 9780385191364
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1985 Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. 1985. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder spray on the textblock bottom. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light bumping to head and tail; light suntanning to spine and top edge; small closed tear on bottom of rear panel. Gray Boards with light green cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 348 pp 8vo. This book about Tennessee Williams comes in the twilight of his career and the author becomes his companion until his death in 1983. In that position he witnessed his turbulent personal and professional life which he shares in this book. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011106
- Title
- Tennessee; Cry of the Heart; An Intimate Memoir of Tennessee Williams
- Author
- Dotson Rader
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385191367
- ISBN 13
- 9780385191364
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Tennessee Williams, alcoholism, homosexuality, LGBTQ, playwright, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Broadway plays, homosexual, hypochondriac, alcoholic, drug addicted, paranoid, artistic world
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies; LGBT Issues;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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