Vieux Carre

New York: New Directions, 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition of one of the playwright's autobiographical memory plays, treating the central figure's homosexuality more openly than "The Glass Menagerie," in its day, was able. 8vo: [10],116,[6]pp. Publisher's olive-green coarsely woven V cloth, spine lettered in gold, pictorial dust jacket priced $9.50. An exceptional example (apparently unread), tightly bound and clean throughout. Crandell A46.I.a. Set in a once-respectable but now run-down boarding house in the French Quarter of New Orleans, at 722 Toulouse Street, the address that was home to Williams in the late 1930s. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).