Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Williams, Tennessee

Published by New Directions, New York, 1955

About this Item

First edition, first issue of one of Williams' best known works. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Award for Best Play of the 1954-55 season. Small handful of spots to the top edge; faint offsetting to endpapers in a fine, price-intact jacket with professional repair to the spine extremities. First edition, first issue of one of Williams' best known works. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Award for Best Play of the 1954-55 season. Small handful of spots to the top edge; faint offsetting to endpapers in a fine, price-intact jacket with professional repair to the spine extremities. Enclosed is a personal check signed by Williams and made out to his lover Robert Carroll. Robert Carroll was a West Virginian-born Vietnam War veteran and aspiring novelist who met Williams in 1972 when the playwright was in his '60's and he was just 25. Williams described Carroll's behavior as a combination of "sweetness" and beastliness," and the pair carried on a long and tormented romance until 1979. Williams always remained fond of Carroll and helped him with his career as well as left him a generous bequest in his will. Carroll's memoir "Chez Nous: My Intimate Life with Tennessee Williams" (2016) describes his mercurial relationship with the aging playwright.

Seller Inventory # 001401

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• Publisher: New Directions, New York
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)