Tennessee Williams – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – First Edition 1955

First edition, first printing of the classic Tennessee Williams play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Published in 1955 by New Directions. A nice example. Hardback. Brown cloth binding with black spine lettering. Original clipped price jacket, showing $3 retail price, designed by Alvin Lustig. Minor missing areas to extremities of spine jacket and some edgewear. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper, otherwise clean and bright inside.