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Suddenly Last Summer
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(New York): New Directions, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with light wear at the corners and offsetting on the endpapers in lightly toned near fine dust jacket with some wear at the spine ends. Signed by Tennessee Williams, and Inscribed twice by the book's dedicatee Anne Meachem to her close friend and fellow classmate at the Yale School of Drama, Marian Seldes. Meachem inscribed the book on a sheet laid down onto the front pastedown ("My dearest Marian another Catherine - Annie") and again on the dedication page ("Marian - love Annie"), where Meachem is listed as the dedicatee. Meachem won an Obie Award for her portrayal of Catherine in the debut of the 1958 off-Broadway production of the play. The book is additionally Inscribed by the play's director Herbert Machiz. Tennessee Williams worked alongside Seldes when she starred with Tallulah Bankhead in his ill-fated production of *The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore*. A remarkable association copy of this important Tennessee Williams one-act play.
Synopsis
Suddenly, Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams. This bleak play features Catharine Holly, a young woman who seems to go insane after the death of her cousin Sebastian. Sebastian's mother, Violet Venable, tries to hide the truth about her son and threatens to lobotomize Catharine. Finally, after receiving a truth serum , Catharine is able to give an honest tale about the death of her cousin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 419971
- Title
- Suddenly Last Summer
- Author
- WILLIAMS, Tennessee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BooksIntoFilm, SouthernAuthor/Interest, AssociationCopy, Women, Drama, SixtiesNon-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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