Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional second trade paperback edition, early printing of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. First Paperback Edition reissue, 2004 New Directions. Sixteenth Printing, with partial number line 20 19 18 17 16 and a $12.95 cover price.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases, a strong title on a square spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no spine cracks, no spine tilt, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection. Appears unread.
The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play―reissued with an introduction by Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams’ essay “The World I Live In.”
The story famously recounts how the faded and promiscuous Blanche DuBois is pushed over the edge by her sexy and brutal brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Streetcar launched the careers of Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden, and solidified the position of Tennessee Williams as one of the most important young playwrights of his generation, as well as that of Elia Kazan as the greatest American stage director of the ’40s and ’50s.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
