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1936 The Infernal Machine, A Play in Four Acts
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first UK edition, first impression. Translated from the original French by Carl Wildman.
In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
Jean Cocteau's play is based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus.
The New York Times referred to The Infernal Machine as having taken 'characters familiar from Greek tragedy off their pedestals and wittily humanized them while remaining true to Sophocles's plot. Oedipus, instead of a tragic hero, is a cocky, virginal youth whose arrogance is matched by his colossal naïveté'.
Inscription to front free endpaper.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light edgewear to back strip tail and minor loss of cloth to back strip head. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper age toned, most significantly to back strip and wrap perimeters, with small losses to back strip head and tail, light edgewear to wrap heads, and small closed tears to fold over front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Very Good
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