1459300 1958 Tennessee Williams. Sweet Bird of Youth. First Edition.

 

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. (New York): New Directions, (1959). Octavo, original orange cloth, original dust jacket. First edition of Williams’ 1959 Broadway success, starring Geraldine Page, who appeared in both the original stage production and its film adaptation.  "Knowing his subject with chilling intensity, Mr. Williams peels off layer after layer of the skin, body and spirit of his characters and leaves their nature exposed in the hideous humor and pathos of the truth.  One of his finest dramas." (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). The film version starred Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, both of whom originated their roles in the Broadway play. Crandell A21.1.a.  Book fine, faint foxing to original dust jacket.