Cat Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing, first issue (with no mention of The New York Times on the copyright page, and no mention of Mielzinger or Ballard on page xii). ***** This book is SIGNED by the author (Tennessee Williams) on the second page. ***** Signed first edition, first issue examples of this key title are rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is not price-clipped ($3.00). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and the dust jacket are in very nice NEAR FINE condition . ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no extra charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying & Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing, first issue (with no mention of The New York Times on the copyright page, and no mention of Mielzinger or Ballard on page xii). ***** This book is SIGNED and inscribed by the author (Tennessee Williams) to the American poet David Posner ("To David / fondly / Tennessee"). We acquired this book directly from Posner in the early 1980's. ***** Signed first edition, first issue examples of this key title are very rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is not price-clipped ($3.00). The dust jacket is the true first printing jacket (with no later printings mentioned at the bottom of the inside front flap). ***** CONDITION: Both the book and the dust jacket are in very nice NEAR FINE condition . ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no extra charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying & Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, boldly signed in ink on a front free flyleaf page. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF was first produced in 1954 according to the information on the dust jacket which refers to this edition as a new edition published in paper back and hard bound in 1975. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xiv, 197. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered silver at the spine. Signed on the half title by Tennessee Williams with his customary scrawled signature at an upward angle. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Signedes.

First printing. Signed first edition of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Tangled in webs of deceit woven for personal safety and personal gain, the characters of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF struggle to come to terms with the truth throughout the play. The 1958 film added another layer to the obfuscation of truth at the heart of the play by removing references Brick's homosexual desires in response to the Hays Code. A beautiful copy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original brown cloth binding with black spine lettering. Original unclipped ($3.00) color pictorial dust jacket, designed by Alvin Lustig. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white plate before "Notes for the Designer." NYT not credited on verso of title page and all other points. xiv, 198 pages. Signed by Williams on the front free endpaper. Trace rubbing to jacket. Top edge of book a little dusty. Else bright and sharp. Near fine in a near fine jacket.

First edition, first issue of one of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on a page bound in. In fine condition. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the public controversy Cat stirred up, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award for that year. "Tennessee Williams never wrote a more explosive play than Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Howard Kissel). It was the basis for the 1958 film, directed by Richard Brooks starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A first edition, first state copy of the third act of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Williams originally wrote it. The appendix gives the third act as he worked out during the pre-Broadway try outs, including the controversial "elephant story". Without the mention of New York times on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by the author on a tipped in leaf at the front of the book. A first issue unclipped dust jacket. Original cloth boards with black lettering on the spine. Slight fading/wear to the extremities. Clean contents.  Dust jacket with chipping and minor loss to the edges. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st English Edition. a fine copy in the original dust jacket. signed by Tennessee a special copy owned by his mother Edwina Williams who lived on Wydown in Clayton Missouri until her death. fine a rare near fine dust jacket. signed boldly in ink on the title page. a special copy of one of his greatest plays. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the public controversy Cat stirred up, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award for that year. "Tennessee Williams never wrote a more explosive play than Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". By the Author.

Rilegato. Condition: molto buono. senza sovraccoperta. prima edizione. A New Directions, NY, 1955. Hardcover, NO dust-jacket. First Edition. Dedication SIGNED by Tennessee Williams on a laid in signature: "To G.L. I hear you liked and I am very glad, Tennesse Williams". The HB in light-orange-cloth is perfect. NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight and the boards are very good. The pages are clean with no writing or marks. Dedica dell'autore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing authentically SIGNED by Tennessee Williams on the page after the endpaper. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears with minor repair. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE First Edition without the New York Times blurb on the copyright page and NO credit to Lucinda Ballard or Joseph Mielzinger on page xii. We buy SIGNED Tennessee Williams First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

1st Edition. Very clean, tight book in bright, mildly worn dustjacket. Because the jacket was made for the larger hardcover edition, it is slightly loose fitting. 8vo, wraps. 197 pp. Plain paper wraps in pictorial dustjacket. Advance copy of the first English edition, signed by the author, without inscription, on the front free endpaper.The striking jacket art mimics that of the trade edition. Scarce.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, no credit to New York Times on verso on copyright page, no credits to Mielziner & Ballard on xii. Signed by Tennessee Williams on the title page. Bound in publisher's original light brown cloth in black lettering. Near Fine with fading to spine and edges, slightly bruised ends. Contents lightly toned. Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with rubbing at extremities; light toning to rear cover; several small tape repairs to the blindside. The first appearance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Later adapted into the 1958 thriller starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor.

Condition: In very good condition. Original, vintage black and white still. Signed and dated by Tennessee Williams (1959) and Richard Brooks (1981). Still from the 1958 drama film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" directed by Richard Brooks, based on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams. The film was one of the top-ten box office hits of 1958, stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives. Original, vintage black and white still. Signed and dated by Tennessee Williams (1959) and Richard Brooks (1981).