Description
Author: Williams, Tennessee
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, New York
Date of Publication: 1975
Edition: First Edition
Format: Hardcover
Dust Jacket: None (as issued / lacking)
Pages: 274
Language: English
Condition
Book: Very Good — firm binding; clean interior; light, even age toning; no writing or markings.
Binding: Original publisher’s half black cloth spine over rust-colored patterned boards with gilt lettering; mild rubbing to extremities consistent with age.
A clean, presentable first edition with strong shelf presence.
Description
Memoirs is Tennessee Williams’s candid and often provocative autobiography, first published in 1975 at the height of his literary fame. In this deeply personal work, Williams reflects on his childhood, family life, artistic development, and the emotional landscape that shaped some of the most influential plays of the 20th century.
Written with the lyric intensity and emotional honesty for which Williams is known, the memoir offers insight into his creative process as well as his struggles with addiction, relationships, and fame. Upon publication, the book generated significant discussion for its frank treatment of subjects rarely addressed so openly by major literary figures of the period.
Today, Memoirs remains an essential text for readers interested in modern American drama, literary autobiography, and queer cultural history. A first edition copy is a cornerstone volume for collectors of Tennessee Williams and 20th-century American literature.
