Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition first printing of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee. First Edition, stated
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper, and no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with $22.95 price on the front flap, and very mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Goat won four major awards for best new play of the year (Tony, New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle). In the play, Martin, a successful architect who has just turned fifty, leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
