Sweet Bird Of Youth

New York: New Directions, 1959. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine foot, spine titling partly sunned and faded; extremely faint soiling to spine head, extremely gentle rubbing to rear corners, very bright pages in tight binding, very small tear to rear-top edge to DJ, extremely light soiling to DJ, extremely mild rubbing… Read more about this item

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Fine in a slightly spine faded, near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tears on the front panel. Williams's powerful, sordid drama, filmed in 1962 with Geraldine Page as the aging actress and Paul Newman as her young gigolo whose past catches up with him. Remade for… Read more about this item

New York: Signet, 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First paperback edition. Paper wrappers. A touch rubbed, else fine. Includes stills from the film.

New York: New Directions, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 114 pages. In Good plus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Off White spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has sunning to spine, chipping to spine edges, and damp staining to spine on inside and outside. Textblock has damp staining to bottom… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions, 1959. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1962 film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket spine panel lightly faded, with a short closed tear to the center left edge of the front panel.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Playbill / Frank Hopkins. 1959. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition / 1st Printing. Pamphlet. Very Good. First edition / First printing. Playbill & souvenir guide from the first run of the play. The playbill is signed by Geraldine Page, 1924-1987, & Sidney Blackmer, 1895-1973, on the front cover, and the souvenir… Read more about this item

Secker & Warburg, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 93 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to pages throughout, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing.… Read more about this item

NY: Signet, 1962. 1st printing, Mar. 1962; #D2095. Tie-in cover. Creasing; mild tanning.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-.

New York: New Directions, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint, barely visible stain at the foot, else fine in spine faded very good or better dust jacket with a corresponding faint stain. Carl Van Vechten's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown.

New York: New Directions, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear on the front panel but without the usual spine fading.

Chicago: Esquire, Inc.. Very Good. 1959. (Vol. LI, No. 4; whole no. 305). Magazine. NOISBN . [moderately worn, short separation of front cover at bottom of spine (less than one inch), miscellaneous minor creasing to covers]. (B&W/color illustrations, ads, etc.) The highlight of the issue is the first publication of the Williams play. (The original… Read more about this item

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Fine in spine-faded, very good dustwrapper with rubbing and soiling.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Uncorrected proof of the first English edition. Bottom corners bumped else near fine in printed wrappers and very good, oversize proof dustwrapper. Both the book and the dustwrapper differ from the published version.

New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 1962. Softcover. Fine. First acting edition, revised from the previously published text. Fine in wrappers.

1959. First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1959. 22.2cm x 14.5cm. 93, (4) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some mild foxing and small stain to endpaper only. Dustjacket slightly faded. The story of an ageing woman seeking distraction in drugs and in the arms of… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Offsetting on front endpapers from clippings else near in soiled and spine faded very good or better dust jacket.

[New York]: New Directions, [1959]. FIRST EDITION. Some faint foxing to page edges and to jacket. . Else fine in unusually bright dust jacket with almost none of the usual fading to the spine panel.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Jacket has one closed tear and spine slightly sunned. Price sticker 75p on front blurb. Broadway play of "An ageing woman seeking distraction in drugs and in the arms of a young actor whose face is his only fortune. 93pp.. First British Edition.. Brick Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Rubbed. Thin Octavo.

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1993. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1993. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.