Published by NEW DIRECTIONS., NEW YORK., 1951
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First EditioN. TIGHT CLEAN COPY.INK NAME ON FFEP.PAGES 78-79 BROWNED BY A NEWSPAPER CUTTING.BRIGHT CLEAN DUSTJACKET HAS LIGHT EDGEWEAR.SOME FOXING AND SMALL WATERSTAIN AT BASE OF THE SPINE.LOOKS GOOD IN A BRODART COVER.NOT BOOK CLUB,NOT PRICE-CLIPPED.NOT EX-LIBRARY.
Seller: Antiquariaat Colombine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
First Edition
London, Cresset Press ,1946, 118p, linen, outside slightly browned slight traces of use excellent copy 1st UK edition no dust jacket -.
Published by New York: New Directions, 1951. dj, 1951
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. The uncommon book of the play by McCullers based on her 1946 novel. Winner of the Donaldson Award and the New York Drama Critics' Prize for the Best American Play of the 1950 season. Photograph of Ethel Waters as Berenice Sadie Brown on the front cover; frontispiece of the set by Lester Polansky for the Broadway Production. Near very good (some toning to endpapers, bumping of corners) in a slightly worn and crinkled dustjacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. First Edition (no additional printings noted) of the drama, adapted by the author from her novel for the stage. 8vo; [10],118pp. Publisher's mauve cloth, spine titled in burgundy, fore-edge untrimmed, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, featuring a photo of a scene from the play. Fine, binding square and secure, pages bright and fresh, in Very Good or better jacket, spine panel lightly faded and rubbed at both ends with several small nicks and chips, front panel with one or two light creases and two barely discernible circular stains (pea-sized or less). Flora & Bain, p. 308. The Broadway production, directed by Harold Clurman, opened on January 5, 1950, at the Empire Theatre, running for 501 performances. The cast included Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandon De Wilde. The production "solidified her [McCullers] popular sucess." (Flora & Bain) 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.).
Published by NY: New Directions (1951)., 1951
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 118 pp. Light foxing to top edge, some offsetting to endpapers. In all, near fine in near fine dust jacket with light overall edgewear.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Book has very light wear with minor rubbing at corners along with expected aging, mostly light interior toning along edges. Square and securely bound.The jacket has some wear with small chips at corners and spine ends and some creasing on front bottom edge. There are also some small, black (ink?) blots on the back in a blandk area. This is the first edition of this title as a drama. There is a picture of Ethel Waters on the front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 118 pages.
Published by New Directions, (New York), 1951
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Page toning and small spots on the title page and frontispiece else near fine in a good only dust jacket with a large chip on the rear panel, tears, and toning. This play, adapted by the author from her own novel, opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and won numerous awards.
Published by Library of America, 2017
ISBN 10: 1598535110 ISBN 13: 9781598535112
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy in near fine slipcase. Scarce!.
Published by New Directions, (New York), 1951
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 118pp. Light foxing on preliminary pages, spine ends lightly bumped, near fine lacking the dustwrapper This play, adapted by the author from her own novel, opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and won numerous awards.
Published by New Directions (c.1951), New York, 1951
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [light shelfwear to top and bottom edges of book; the jacket is nicer than usually seen on this title, with some age-toning but no tears or chips, and just a teensy bit of paper loss at the top of the spine. (B&W photo frontispiece) McCullers's play, adapted from her own 1946 novel, opened on Broadway on January 5, 1950, and ran for 14 months (501 performances). A movie adaptation followed, with Ethel Waters, Julie Harris and Brandon de Wilde all reprising their stage roles (the latter two making their film debuts); directed by Fred Zinnemann, the film was released in December 1952. There have been several subsequent adaptations for American television, the most recent being a 1997 Hallmark production starring Alfre Woodard and Anna Paquin.
Published by New Directions Books, New York, 1949
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. iv + 118 pp, previous owner's name & date inked on ffep, frontis b&w photo. A Play in three Acts. 5.5" x 8.2" light brown cloth boards in sepia photo illustrated DJ - unclipped in acetate protector. DJ with photo of Carson McCullers, an enigmatic persona Size: Slim Small Octavo. Book.
Published by New Directions, (New York), 1951
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 118pp. Faint offsetting on the front fly, else near fine in spine-toned, very good or better dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip and letter laid in. This play, adapted by the author from her own novel, opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and won numerous awards. Uncommon.
Published by New Directions, 1951
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Clipped DJ in archival cover, chips, folds, edge wear, damp stain on rear.
Published by New York New Directions 1951, 1951
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a couple of tiny edge nicks. The front panel of the dust jacket is a photograph of a scene from the play featuring actresses Ethel Waters and Julie Harris.
Published by New York New Directions 1951, 1951
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with a couple of small tears. The front panel of the dust jacket is a photograph of a scene from the play featuring actresses Ethel Waters and Julie Harris.
Published by New Directions, 1951
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 118 pages. 5-1/2 by 8-1/4 inches. A play version adapted by McCullers of her 1946 novel of the same name. Published in an edition of 8,000 copies. First edition (first printing). A touch of wear to the corners and very light offsetting to endpapers from jacket, else a fine copy; in a lightly toned dust jacket, $2.75 price intact, with a short closed tear to the front edge of the spine foot. A very nice copy. [JSP02].
Published by A New Directions Books, (New York), 1951
First Edition
First edition. About fine in a price-clipped d/w with a trace of wear to the foot of the spine and 1" chip out of the top of the rear panel but o/w very nice.
Published by New Directions, New York. (1951), 1951
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Octavo. pp x, 118. Frontispiece.Inscribed by the author on the recto of the frontispiece: ''For John - love - Carson''.Front free endpaper faintly tanned. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with a few nicks.
Published by New Directions Books, New York, 1951
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
First Edition
First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine; yellowish-brown topstain; dustjacket; [x],118; illustrated frontispiece. Inscribed by the author (in ink) on the front endpaper: "For Emily Stewart / with best wishes / Carson McCullers." Beneath the inscription is the recipient's holograph (in pencil) account of the events which led to her meeting McCullers: "I bought this book on board the S.S. Constitution in March, 1952. I then discerned that Carson McCullers was on board the ship and asked her to autograph it. She was partially crippled, and very peculiar looking & acting. She and her husband were on their way to Vienna, where, as he remarked "they could live much cheaper than in New York." Emily Stewart." Recipient's armorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, with faint offset front glue onto front endpaper; hint of sunning to upper board edges, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, with a single closed tear to upper edge, and a few faint splash marks to spine panel; Very Good+ or better, with the spine lettering unfaded. McCullers adapted her 1946 novel of the same name for the Broadway production directed by Harold Clurman; it opened on January 5, 1950, at the Empire Theatre, where it ran for 501 performances. The cast included Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, and Brandon deWilde, who made his debut at 7 years-old. The play won the Donaldson Award and the New York Drama Critics' Prize for Best American Play of the 1950 season. An exceptionally well-preserved copy with interesting provenance. Carson and husband Reeves, re-married at this point for seven tumultuous years, were on their way to Europe; 20 months after this book was inscribed, Reeves died of an overdose of sleeping pills in their Paris apartment, after trying to convince Carson to commit suicide with him.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1946
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Offering as a pair, housed in a custom clamshell box by Don Kobetsky of Chicago. Book: Inscribed on front free end paper "To.Best Wishes Carson McCullers, Near fine pale yellow boards, tight text block, slight toning to dust jacket, closed tear junction lower spine and front panel, wrinkle bottom front panel, small chip head of spine. First issue dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin 1946 Play: Near fine, some toning to junction of rear paste down. New Directions 1949.
Published by New Directions [1951], New York, 1951
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
FIRST EDITION in play form. 210 x 137 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). 5 p.l., 118 pp. Publisher's red cloth boards, flat spine with title in darker red lettering. In the original dust jacket with a photograph of a scene from the Broadway production on the front. In a fine linen clamshell box, black buckram label on the spine. Frontispiece illustration of Lester Polakov's sketch for the set of the Broadway production. Front free endpaper with SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM MCCULLERS TO DAVID DIAMOND: "Dearest David / tenderly / Carson"; title page with ownership blind-stamp of David Diamond. See: Virginia Spencer Carr, "The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers." âLight rubbing to extremities, but a mint copy of the book in an excellent jacket (with half-inch tear to crease of front flap and minor creasing to the adjacent area on the front). This is an extraordinary association copy of McCullers' most successful theatrical adaptation, based on her poignant semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story. Originally published as a novel in 1946, "The Member of the Wedding" is told through the eyes of Frankie Addams, a 12-year-old girl whose older brother is about to get married. With her mother deceased and her father reserved and unapproachable, Frankie feels disconnected with those around her and fixates on the upcoming wedding, becoming increasingly convinced that she belongs with and to the betrothed couple, saying "They are the we of me." McCullers adapted the novel into a play, starring Ethel Waters and Julie Harris, which opened on Broadway in 1950 and ran for 501 performances; in 1952 it was turned into a film. Carson McCullers (1917-67) was born in Columbus, Georgia, and moved to New York City at the age of 17--ostensibly to study piano at Julliard, but instead taking odd jobs while attending night school and working on her writing. She met and married Reeves McCullers in 1937, and three years later published her first novel, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," to critical acclaim. Carson had a tumultuous personal life involving frequent bouts of poor health, battles with alcoholism, and a complicated relationship with her husband. Both partners were bisexual, and at one point found themselves in love with the same person--American composer David Diamond (1915-2005). As noted in McCullers' biography by Virginia Spencer Carr, Diamond acknowledged his own feelings for both Carson and Reeves in his diary in 1941: "What has happened to me since meeting Carson and now Reeves, her husband[?] . . . [Carson's] . . . magnetism and strange sickly beauty stifles me, gnaws at me, and I know it is that I love these two human beings. It is a great love I feel. It will nourish me or destroy me." (p. 148) The resulting love triangle was intense, profoundly emotional, and, ultimately, unsustainable; it also partly inspired the present work, as well as aspects of Carson's collection of stories titled "The Ballad of the Sad Café." Despite the inevitable change in their relationship, Carson and Diamond maintained a devoted friendship over the following years, and the present work could hardly have a more desirable association: inscribed "Dearest David / tenderly / Carson," the author communicates in a few words the deep emotional connection and loving kindness still felt a decade after their first fateful meeting.