Description: Archibald MacLeish. J.B., a Play in Verse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. First edition, first printing (so stated on back of the title-page). Pages 153, 6” x 8 ¾”. In dust jacket. Signed in full by the author on the free front endpaper. Good vintage condition with complete dust jacket preserved in an archival wrapper; prior owner’s discrete stamp on front pasted endpaper. Fading at jacket edges and discoloration at extremities of the book. Interior clean. MacLeish (1892-1982) served in the U.S. Army during WWI, lived in Paris in the 1920s, worked as the Librarian of Congress, was a Professor at Harvard, and won three Pulitzer Prizes for his writing. J.B. is a retelling of the Biblical Book of Job, and in 1959 won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Please reference photos for details, and ask questions before bidding. Item will be shipped by USPS Priority Mail, US buyers only, do not ship internationally. Returns not accepted.
Price: 199 USD
Location: Corning, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1958
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Author: Archibald MacLeish
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
