Williams (Tennessee) In the Winter of Cities, first
Williams (Tennessee) In the Winter of Cities, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Lanford [Wilson], love, Tennessee '72" to endpaper, ink ownership stamp of Lanford Wilson to endpaper, New Directions review copy bookplate to pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped with light fraying to spine ends, light fading and browning to head of covers, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, very short tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, but a near-fine example overall, [Crandell A16.1.b], 8vo, New York, New Directions, 1956.
⁂ An excellent example of this collection of poetry, inscribed to a fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) celebrated playwright and founder of the Circle Repertory Company. Williams was an early inspiration and Wilson adapted one of his short stories for a screenplay. See also lots 395, 493 and 506.
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Williams (Tennessee) In the Winter of Cities, first trade edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Lanford [Wilson], love, Tennessee '72" to endpaper, ink ownership stamp of Lanford Wilson to endpaper, New Directions review copy bookplate to pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped with light fraying to spine ends, light fading and browning to head of covers, dust-jacket, very light browning to spine, very short tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, but a near-fine example overall, [Crandell A16.1.b], 8vo, New York, New Directions, 1956.
⁂ An excellent example of this collection of poetry, inscribed to a fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Lanford Wilson (1937-2011) celebrated playwright and founder of the Circle Repertory Company. Williams was an early inspiration and Wilson adapted one of his short stories for a screenplay. See also lots 395, 493 and 506.