Record ID:
184603
Accession number:
MA 5732
Credit:
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description:
1 item ([24] pages), bound ; 28.9 x 23 cm
Notes:
Carbon copy of a typescript of the play, "American blues," by Tennessee Williams, with "Moony's kid don't cry" (13 pages) and "The dark room" (10 pages).
Below title on title page: "1. Moony's Kid Don't Cry. / 2. The Dark Room / 3. Hello From Bertah / 4. The Long Goodbye. / Copyrighted."
Literary agency, Liebling-Wood, Inc., label affixed to first page.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Inscription in unknown hand in pencil next to contents on title page: "no published" [next to Moony's Kid Don't Cry]; "? published" [next to The Dark Room]; "published" [next to Hello From Bertha]; "published" [next to The Long Goodbye]; annotation in pencil, possibly by Tennessee Williams, on page 15.
Binding:
Teal folder with printed label affixed to front: "From / Liebling-Wood / 551 Fifth Avenue / New York 17, N. Y. / Vanderbilt 6-3714 / 'American Blues [in red]' / By / Tennessee Williams" with 3 brass fasteners.
Provenance:
Carter Burden.
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