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The kingdom of Earth with Hard candy : a book of stories
- Title
- The kingdom of Earth with Hard candy : a book of stories / Tennessee Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
- Publication
- New York : New Directions, 1954.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Berg Coll 22-1967 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 242 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Short stories.
- Juvenile works.
- Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1954.
- Note
- Cancel title page tipped in.
- "This edition is limited to one hundred signed copies. Number ... " -- title page verso.
- In copy Berg Coll 22-1967: "This edition is limited to one hundred signed copies. Number presentation copy" -- title page verso.
- In copy Berg Coll 22-1967: signed by author.
- In slipcase, with paper label on case.
- The final story, "The kingdom of Earth," was not listed in the table of contents and excluded from the regular edition because of its graphic sexual content.
- "A New Directions book" -- title page.
- Indexed In (note)
- Crandell, G. W. Tennessee Williams: a descriptive bibliography
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
- Binding (note)
- bound in publishers' brown cloth; designed by Peter Beilenson.
- Contents
- Three players of a summer game -- Two on a party -- The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin -- Hard candy -- Rubio y Morena -- The mattress by the tomato patch -- The coming of something to the widow Holly -- The vine -- The mysteries of the Joy Rio -- The kingdom of Earth.
- Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-1967
- OCLC
- 5924832
- Author
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
- Title
- The kingdom of Earth with Hard candy : a book of stories / Tennessee Williams.
- Imprint
- New York : New Directions, 1954.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- Crandell, G. W. Tennessee Williams: a descriptive bibliography, A13.1.b
- Indexed In:
- Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 37
- Binding
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-1967 bound in publishers' brown cloth; designed by Peter Beilenson. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Berg Coll 22-1967 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.Copy in Berg Coll 22-1967 is number presentation copy of one hundred copies.
- Added Author
- Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962, bookjacket designer.New Directions Publishing, publisher.Walpole Printing Office, printer.Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.Javitch, Daniel, donor.Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll 22-1967