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$1,625
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947. 


Tall 8vo.  Original pictorial lavender boards designed by Alvin Lustig (touch of wear to spine ends and corners, minor bump on upper edge of front board slightly carrying through to text block at front); pictorial dust jacket (spine panel lightly faded, small areas of light wear to spine ends and corners tissue-reinforced on verso); in custom morocco folding case with onlaid designs based on the cover.
 
FIRST EDITION of Williams's second major play and a cornerstone of the modern American theatre. A Streetcar Named Desire was first performed at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on December 3, 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan. Crandell A5.1.a. A FINE COPY. 

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