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1958 The Balcony
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Description
First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first UK edition. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman.
In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
This play was written by Jean Genet (titled 'Le Balcon' in French) and is set in a unnamed city which is experiencing an uprising, with most of the play taking place in a brothel. The English version of the play was first directed at the Arts Theatre Club in London in 1957.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with very minimal shelf wear. A bookseller's label and a small past owner's signature to the front pastedown and scattered spotting to the endpapers. The wrap is generally smart with slight fading to the spine, handling marks to the rear, a closed tear to the head of the spine and to the tail of the front and the odd chip. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with spotting to the front and rear.
Near Fine
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