The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone by Tennessee Williams

Jacket design by Cecil Beaton The first of only two novels penned by the American playwright Tennessee Williams. The book centres around Mrs. Stone, a famous actress whose star is waning, who finds herself acting out her own personal drama against the backdrop of post-war Rome. Reviews on the jacket blurb compare Williams' novel to Somerset Maugham,Aldous Huxley, Daisy Miller and Death in Venice. Cecil Beaton, provides the illustration for the dust jacket of the British edition, published by John Lehmann. The novel was made into a film in 1961 and again in 2003, starring Vivien Leigh and Helen Mirren respectively in the title role. Some tears and faded on the covers but good condition inside.