Orpheus Descending

London: Secker & Warberg 1958. 8vo. 96 pp., First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket torn and edgeworn, with patches of loss. Marks to ther boards. Spotting to the extremites and slight musty smell. Binding firm. Premiered in Broadway the year before this copy was published, the play was a rewrite of one of Williams earlier plays The Battle of Angels.… Read more about this item

London: Secker and Warburg, 1958. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Wear and creasing to edges, loss to top edge of rear cover. Light soiling and foxing. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: First printing of the UK first edition. Red… Read more about this item

(New York): Dramatists Play Service, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Later printing. Wrappers. Fine.

New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1987. acting version. Trade paperback. As new; clean, tight, & attractive. glued wraps; 83 pp.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1958. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; dark red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 96pp. Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with some mild wear to extremities and a neat, 2.5" split at lower rear flap fold. Basis for the Broadway… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 96 p. ; 27 cm. Notes; NOT price-clipped. Subjects; Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). 20th-century fiction. Promptbooks. Genres; Manuscripts (document genre) - England -… Read more about this item

London: Secker and Warburg, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper with some rubbing and a few very small tears with very good wraparound band, with a modest tear, promoting the film *The Fugitive Kind* with Marlon Brando.

Secker and Warburg, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. First Edition. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with silver gilt. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to… Read more about this item

New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. Revised Acting edition: 83pp.; 20 cm. Near fine in mustard yellow wrappers.

5.25" x 7.75". 83 pages. Has been used for two actors, marked for 'Dog Hamma' and 'Nurse Porter' role. Actress' name on front cover. Speeches not underlined, only the cues/names. One stage direction written in. Folded pages with staple format, indicated publication during the late 1960s (which is when the play was in production with this script) Script has… Read more about this item

London : Secker & Warburg, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with Royal Court Programme for the first UK performance loosely inserted. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 96 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Man-woman relationships ; Drama.

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. First Edition Thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. First edition thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item

H&R, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. Possibly unread. Pretty well as new. 3rd edition

Secker and Warburg, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Boards are mildly warped.

Secker & Warburg, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 96 pages (complete). Boards shelf rubbed, a bit soiling, marked. Tanning, previous ownership inscriptions on front end page. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

secker and warburg london 1958. first uk edition 96pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.stained towards sl.bumped extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.foxing to contents and edges) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.1cm full-width loss to foot of cover,1cmx1cm loss to head,price-clipped)

secker and warburg london 1958. first uk edition 96pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.stains at foot of top board,dealer's stamp to ffep,sl.foxing to contents and edges) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.minor loss to head of spine w.some minor closed tears)

new york: new directions, 1957. first edition, 1957. an adaptation of the legend of orpheus and euydice, which williams had already attempted to adapt for his 1940 play battle of angels. orpheus descending opened to widespread critical reception. williams would re-write the legend five times over seventeen years. in 1957, marlon brando and anna magnani starred in the… Read more about this item

New Directions, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.