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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983. The Glass Menagerie. New York: Random House, [1945]. image 1
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983. The Glass Menagerie. New York: Random House, [1945]. image 2
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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983.
The Glass Menagerie. New York: Random House, [1945].

11 April 2016, 10:00 EDT
New York

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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. 1911-1983.

The Glass Menagerie. New York: Random House, [1945].
Original red-orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Custom-made clamshell box, small chip to head of jacket spine and to top edge of front panel, light edgewear and a few faint spots to jacket.

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO JAMES LAUGHLIN on the front free endpaper: "For Jay who I wanted to do it. Hope there'll be others he will. 10." An outstanding association copy. Laughlin (1914-1997) would go on to publish nearly all of Williams' future literary output under the New Directions imprint, including a new edition of Menagerie in 1949. The play earned Williams the first of four New York Drama Critic's Circle awards.

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