Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing of The Screens by Jean Genet. First Edition unstated, 1962 Grove Press. First Printing stated with 62-13055 LOC number on the copyright page and a $1.95 cover price.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s crossed out name on the first free end paper with some ink transfer to the inside cover. No other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership inside. The inside rear cover and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection. Appears unread.
Jean Genet was one of the world’s greatest contemporary dramatists, and his last play, The Screens, is his crowning achievement. and is set within the context of the Algerian War. The play’s cast of over fifty characters moves through seventeen scenes, the world of the living breaching the world of the dead by means of shifting the screensthe only sceneryin a brilliant tour de force of spectacle and drama.
Small Paperback volume with one play ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
