A cast-signed rare first edition copy of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire will highlight a June 17 sale.
It's expected to make $15,000-20,000 at Swann Auction Galleries in New York.
 The 1947 lpay is considered Tennessee Williams' masterpiece |
The book features signatures from Williams and the play's original Broadway cast, including Karl Malden, Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando.
It belonged to Max Rehner, a friend of Malden's younger brother, who was introduced to the cast and Williams himself.
The auction house comments: "Rehner was a frequent dinner guest of Williams' during this period, though the extent of their friendship is not well documented…
"Copies signed by the author and cast members are rare, those with a compelling provenance rarer still."
A first American edition copy of Dashiel Hammet's The Glass Key (1931) is expected to make $10,000-15,000.
The lot was published three months after the British release and includes its rare original dust-jacket. Hammett is best known as the author of The Maltese Falcon and is considered the godfather of "hard-boiled" detective fiction.
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