Lot 487
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first edition, first issue, signed by the author, New York, New Directions, 1955.
Hammer Price: £1,900
Description
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first edition, first issue, signed by the author on half-title, plate, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket priced at $3.00, light browning to spine and lower panel, some chipping and creasing to head and foot including longer shallow chip to head of lower panel, a very good copy, preserved in slip-case, [Crandell A15.1.b], New York, New Directions, 1955.
⁂ The true first issue without the credit to the New York Times on the verso of the title leaf and without the mention on p. xii of Jo Mielziner and Lucinda Ballard.
Description
Williams (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, first edition, first issue, signed by the author on half-title, plate, very light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket priced at $3.00, light browning to spine and lower panel, some chipping and creasing to head and foot including longer shallow chip to head of lower panel, a very good copy, preserved in slip-case, [Crandell A15.1.b], New York, New Directions, 1955.
⁂ The true first issue without the credit to the New York Times on the verso of the title leaf and without the mention on p. xii of Jo Mielziner and Lucinda Ballard.
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