# Is "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" by Tennessee Williams a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams (New Directions, 1980) is identified by: New Directions, New York, 1980, first printing. US New Directions 1980 is the true first in book form.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- New Directions, New York, 1980, first printing
- Beige cloth with green spine lettering, in a green pictorial dust jacket; a simultaneous wrappers issue was also published
- Publisher imprint reads New Directions
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tennessee Williams |
| Publisher | New Directions |
| Year | 1980 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | New Directions, New York, 1980, first printing |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
New Directions, New York, 1980, first printing. Beige cloth with green spine lettering, in a green pictorial dust jacket; a simultaneous wrappers issue was also published.

## Is this the true first?
US New Directions 1980 is the true first in book form.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur* by Tennessee Williams a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-lovely-sunday-for-creve-coeur
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.