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Signed playbill for A Streetcar Named Desire, and 9 others

Lot 416
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 416 | Signed playbill for A Streetcar Named Desire, and 9 others
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
A group of ten volumes, comprising:

— Playbill. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: For the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1947.
Playbill for the 1947 Broadway production, signed by Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando and others. Dated ‘Week beginning Monday, December 8, 1947’. Slim quarto (221 x 165mm). Original self-wrappers- staple-bound as issued (tiny split at ends of joint, glue residue from removed sticker to lower wrapper).

— Sweet Bird of Youth. New York: New Directions, 1959.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Frontispiece by Jo Mielziner. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in white (lightest wear, spine gently sunned); original dust-jacket designed by Dan Shapiro (lightly spotted, backstrip sunned, lower panel a little stained). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper, ‘To my “Crepe-de-Chine” gypsy with the love of her corduroy gypsy Tennessee’) — annotation in blue biro to p.xii.

— Suddenly Last Summer. New York: New Directions, 1958.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Photographic frontispiece by Friedman-Abeles. Original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in white (lightly rubbed, spine a touch sunned); original dust-jacket designed by Gill (a little tanned, some minor nicks and marks). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (ownership inscription to front pastedown and authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To my dear lila with my love as ever, Tennessee.’).

— Orpheus Descending with Battle of Angels. New York: New Directions, 1958.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. (Burn hole through pp.111-112 with textual loss to three words.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in black (extremities lightly rubbed, spine sunned); original dust-jacket designed by Dan Shapiro (lightly rubbed and marked, a few tiny nicks). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: To Lilla Star of India etc. With my dutiful love & true affection always, Tennessee.’).

— The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New York: New Directions, 1950.
First American Trade edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. (Small stain to foredge.) Original black cloth, spine with titles and upper cover with decoration in yellow (slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, with some white scattered markings); original dust-jacket designed by Alvin Lusting supplied from another copy (lightly rubbed and creased, a few minor nicks and tears). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper).

— The Rose Tattoo. New York: New Directions, 1951.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in red (extremities soiled and lightly rubbed); original dust-jacket designed by Alvin Lusting (small chips to spine ends and upper panel, lower panel a little marked, faint dampstain to top edge, lower flap with two tears at top and bottom of joint). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To Lilla love Tennessee Williams’).

— Camino Real. New York: New Directions, 1953.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Double-page title with printed illustration by Lemuel Ayers (light finger-soiling to a few leaves, one corner lightly creased). Original brown cloth, spine lettered in black (extremities lightly rubbed, spine gently sunned); original dust-jacket designed by Alvin Lusting (backstrip sunned, somewhat tanned, a few short closed tears). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To Lilla love Tennessee’).

— One Arm. And Other Stories. New York: New Directions, 1954.
Second revised edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. (Marginal dampstain throughout). Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver and gilt (lightly bumped and stained); original price-clipped dust-jacket designed by Alvin Lusting (faintly rubbed, tiny chips to spine ends, top edge lightly tanned). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To Lilla love Tennessee’) — a few pencil annotations.

— Hard Candy. Book of Stories. New York: New Directions, 1954.
First trade edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Titles printed in blue and black. Original yellow cloth-backed blue, green and grey striped boards, spine lettered in blue and ruled in gilt, top edge stained blue (spine lightly rubbed and sunned); housed in publisher’s slipcase, with printed cream and blue label to upper cover and lettered in black (stained and corners bumped). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To Lilla love Tennessee’).

— In the Winter of Cities. Poems. New York: New Directions, 1956.
First trade edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Octavo. Publisher’s device to title printed in blue. Original black cloth-backed blue, cream and green boards, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, top edge stained blue (extremities lightly rubbed, outer edge of lower cover tanned). Provenance: Lilla van Saher-Riwkin (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘To Lilla with my true affection & my dubitable love – Tennessee').
Place of origin:USA
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