Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories
by Williams, Tennessee
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Secker and Warburg, 1960. Bound in the publishers blue cloth binding with bright silver title lettering to spine. This is Tennessee Williams first ever collection of short stories to be published in the United Kingdom. A scarce collection with no US equivalent ever being published. The book is in excellent, crisp condition with no inscriptions or marks. The blue cloth binding remains sharp and fresh with no bumping. Book sits solid and square. Housed in the simple yet very effective dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Very light signs of handling otherwise the dustwrapper remains remarkably fresh and clean. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. This excellent collection of twelve short stories by the master playwright contains the famous The Night Of The Iguana. A lovely, well preserved book. Photographs of the book and the dustwrapper are available on request.. First Edition. Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000593
- Title
- Three Players of a Summer Game and Other Stories
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker and Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
About The Rare Book Shelf
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...