Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone by Tennessee Williams. First Edition unstated, 1950 New Directions. First Printing, with no subsequent print date.
Near Fine hardcover with clean, bright boards, foxed page blocks, tight binding, straight spine, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and two lightly bumped corners. There are two 1″ tape stains on both front and rear end papers. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and lightly toned.
Very Good+ un-clippped dust jacket with strong colors, mild surface wear and heavy edge wear and soiling on a thin band on the top and bottom. This was caused by the previous owner’s archival wrap. First state jacket with the striking cover design by Alvin Lustig. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is vintage Tennessee Williams. Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as “splendidly written, precise, short, complete, and fine.” It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow recently a famous stage beauty, but now “drifting.” The novel opens soon after her husband’s death and her retirement from the theatre, as Mrs. Stone tries to adjust to her aimless new life in Rome.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
