- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
AbeBooks seller since September 8, 2020
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 7,500.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Signed first edition of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Tangled in webs of deceit woven for personal safety and personal gain, the characters of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF struggle to come to terms with the truth throughout the play. The 1958 film added another layer to the obfuscation of truth at the heart of the play by removing references Brick's homosexual desires in response to the Hays Code. A beautiful copy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original brown cloth binding with black spine lettering. Original unclipped ($3.00) color pictorial dust jacket, designed by Alvin Lustig. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white plate before "Notes for the Designer." NYT not credited on verso of title page and all other points. xiv, 198 pages. Signed by Williams on the front free endpaper. Trace rubbing to jacket. Top edge of book a little dusty. Else bright and sharp. Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Seller Inventory # 50393
Bibliographic details
- Title
- CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee
- Publisher
- New Directions Books, New York
- Publication year
- 1955
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- dj
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First printing.
- Dimensions
- 8'' x 5.25''.
- Seller catalogs
- Film & Theater
Type Punch Matrix
Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | US$ 0.00 | US$ 9.99 |
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Store description
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. Between them, they bring over 30 years of experience in the antiquarian book trade. TPM sells a mixture of beloved classics and innovative texts from throughout print history, for collectors and institutions alike. Handpress and modern books, archives and manuscripts, letterpress and ephemera: TPM aims to make collecting both more accessible and more diverse, and believes in the mindful acquisition, preservation, and celebration of the materials of our literary cultures. …
Specialty
Rare and collectible first edition mainly.Association member
Seller's business information
Type Punch Matrix Inc.
1111 East West Highway, Suite 300
Silver Spring, MD U.S.A. 20910
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