Research Catalog

Title

One arm : and other stories / Tennessee Williams.

Author

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

Publication

• [New York] : New Directions, [1948]
• ©1948

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962
• New Directions Publishing, publisher.
• Walpole Printing Office, printer.
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

210 pages : 1 illustration; 26 cm

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

Short stories, American > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Short stories.
• Authors' autographs.
• Limitation statements.
• Slipcases.

Note

• "Of this edition of ONE ARM, fifty copies have been printed on Virgil paper and signed by the author; fifteen hundred copies have been printed on a specially-made laid paper by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon, N.Y." -- colophon.

Indexed In (note)

• Carruth, H. New Directions reader
• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1980 has note in graphite, probably in James Laughlin's hand, about resale value, 10/1978, laid in at front.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1979 bound in publishers' color printed paper with a repeating hand print design in blue and white over boards; rust colored cloth spine stamped in gilt with title, author, and decorations; lacks slipcase.
• Copy in Berg Collection 22-1980 bound in publisher's color printed paper decorated with a wave pattern in black and brick red over boards; white spine stamped in gilt with title, author, and decorations; with slipcase as issued.

Contents

One arm -- The malediction -- The poet -- Chronicle of a demise -- Desire and the black masseur -- Portrait of a girl in glass -- The important thing -- The angel in the alcove -- The field of blue children -- The night of the iguana -- The yellow bird.

Call Number

*KP (Beilenson) (Williams, T. One arm)

LCCN

49001337

OCLC

291447

Author

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983, author.

Title

One arm : and other stories / Tennessee Williams.

Publisher

[New York] : New Directions, [1948]

Copyright Date

©1948

Edition

Limited edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1980 has note in graphite, probably in James Laughlin's hand, about resale value, 10/1978, laid in at front.

Indexed In:

Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 242

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 22

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1979 bound in publishers' color printed paper with a repeating hand print design in blue and white over boards; rust colored cloth spine stamped in gilt with title, author, and decorations; lacks slipcase. NN

Copy in Berg Collection 22-1980 bound in publisher's color printed paper decorated with a wave pattern in black and brick red over boards; white spine stamped in gilt with title, author, and decorations; with slipcase as issued.

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1979 & Berg Coll 22-1890 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1979 is one of 1500 unsigned copies.

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1980 is number 30 of 50 copies signed in ink by the author on added page with limitation statement before title page.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962, printer.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983, inscriber.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Walpole Printing Office, printer.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research Call Number

*KP (Beilenson) (Williams, T. One arm)

Berg Coll 22-1979

Berg Coll 22-1980