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New York: New Directions, 1947. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first state binding, variant with author's name in white on spine (no priority thus). 171 pp. Publisher's lavender illustrated boards. Very Good with typical toning to boards, rubbing along bottom edge, slight wave to text block. In a Very Good unclipped ($2.75) dust jacket with sunning to spine panel and along edges, slightly chipped at extremities. The first publication of one of the most popular plays of the 20th century, which inspired a film in 1951. It tells the story of down-and-out Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who has moved in with her sister, Stella, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.