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The World of Tennessee Williams
by Leavitt, Richard F. [ed.]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. Hardcover, beige cloth, in price-clipped dust-jacket, housed in original publisher's slipcase. 168 pages. Limited/Numbered/signed. Signed by author and Williams. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. True first edition, limited to 250 copies, this being no. 243, signed by both Richard F. Leavitt and Tennessee Williams on limitation page. With 200 illustrations and errata slip laid-in. Dust-jacket is price clipped and shows minor rubbing to fore-edge at fold. Box is lightly bumped at top edge. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket and very good slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001383
- Title
- The World of Tennessee Williams
- Author
- Leavitt, Richard F. [ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, MODERN FICTION, PLAYWRIGHT FIRST EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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