Buy this book on-line TENNESSEE WILLIAMS : Battle of Angels. A playPharos, Utah, spring, 1945
First edition of the author's first book, which comprises the whole issue of the first and second number (a double issue) of the periodical 'Pharos'. Tall 8vo. 123pp + [iv] advertisements. Red lettered card wrappers, rubbed and a little nicked at the yapped edges. Former owner name inked to the head of the half-title. Faint tape residue marks to the endpaper corners. A very good copy. The full text of the author's three act play followed by his twelve-page 'The History of the Play (With Parentheses)' which details its composition and disastrous opening in Boston in 1940, and is followed by a brief 'Note of the Battle of Angels' by the director, Margaret Webster. Williams subsequently rewrote the play under the title 'Orpheus Descending' but its opening run in 1957 was brief and modestly received (although almost a smash hit in comparison to the original production).. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS : Battle of Angels. A play. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, used books, libri rari, livres illustrées and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |