Garden District: Something Unspoken and Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams

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Garden District: Something Unspoken and Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams

Name: Garden District: Something Unspoken and Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5024
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Garden District: Something Unspoken and Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams — First UK Edition

Publication: London, Secker & Warburg, 1959

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 72.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The original bright green cloth boards remain remarkably sharp, exhibiting firm corners, an uncreased spine, and clean gilt lettering that retains its original lustre. The binding is impressively tight, square, and structurally sound. Internally, the text block is clean and well-preserved, displaying only the mild, uniform age-toning customary for paper stock of this era, alongside a faint trace of dusting to the top edge. The original, unclipped dust jacket is largely complete and visually appealing, though it displays characteristic mild darkening (most notably to the spine and rear panel) coupled with minor, superficial edge-wear to the extremities.

Catalogue Note: First UK Edition, first printing. This volume collects two distinct yet thematically resonant plays: Something Unspoken and the critically acclaimed Suddenly Last Summer. The front paste-down bears a standard previous ownership signature, but the text is otherwise free from annotations or defacement.

While American editions of Williams’s plays are thoroughly documented, the UK first printings issued by Secker & Warburg command a dedicated following amongst collectors of mid-century drama. Copies that retain their original, unclipped dust jackets in this degree of preservation have become increasingly uncommon on the open market, representing a solid acquisition for completists of twentieth-century theatre.

First presented off-Broadway in 1958, Garden District brings together two captivating plays by Tennessee Williams, set against the backdrop of New Orleans' affluent Garden District. In Something Unspoken, the veneer of Southern gentility barely conceals the complex, simmering tensions between a wealthy spinster and her long-suffering secretary.

The accompanying piece, Suddenly Last Summer, stands as a harrowing masterpiece of Southern Gothic drama. It plunges into the dark, predatory truths surrounding the mysterious death of a young poet, as his fiercely protective mother attempts to silence the only witness to his gruesome demise. Together, these plays showcase Williams's unparalleled ability to dissect the fragile human psyche.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Tennessee Williams

Book Publisher: Secker & Warburg

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Anthologies & Short Stories

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 72

Book Publication Year: 1959

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover (Cloth)

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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