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WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). The Glass Menagerie. A Play. New York: Random House, 1945.
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). The Glass Menagerie. A Play. New York: Random House, 1945.
A presentation copy of the first edition of Tennessee Williams’s first major play, inscribed to close friend Paul Bigelow: "to Paul with affection / Tenn. Oct. 1945." Williams and Bigelow met in New York and later shared rooms together in Macon, Georgia where they spent time with the Massee family. Jordan Massee was Williams's lover, and his father William Massee would become the inspiration for the character of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The Glass Menagerie won the author a New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award. Crandell A1.1.a.
Octavo (184 x 119mm). 4 photographic plates from the first stage production at New York City's Playhouse Theatre. Original blue cloth; dust jacket (some chipping to edges); in custom slipcase. Provenance: Paul Bigelow (1905-1988; inscription).
A presentation copy of the first edition of Tennessee Williams’s first major play, inscribed to close friend Paul Bigelow: "to Paul with affection / Tenn. Oct. 1945." Williams and Bigelow met in New York and later shared rooms together in Macon, Georgia where they spent time with the Massee family. Jordan Massee was Williams's lover, and his father William Massee would become the inspiration for the character of Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The Glass Menagerie won the author a New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award. Crandell A1.1.a.
Octavo (184 x 119mm). 4 photographic plates from the first stage production at New York City's Playhouse Theatre. Original blue cloth; dust jacket (some chipping to edges); in custom slipcase. Provenance: Paul Bigelow (1905-1988; inscription).