The Rose Tattoo.
by Williams, Tennessee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1951. First edition of one of Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Set among a colony of Sicilian fisher-folk on the American Gulf Coast, The Rose Tattoo is the story of Serafina delle Rose, an Italian-American widow in Mississippi who has withdrawn from the world after her husband's death and expects her daughter to do the same. The play premiered on Broadway on February 2, 1951, and was published by New Directions in book form the following month.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143108
- Title
- The Rose Tattoo.
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- tennessee-williams-first-edition-signed, The Rose Tattoo First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...