Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing paperback copy of Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry. First paperback edition described, 1961 New Directions. Second Printing stated with a $1.65 cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases, a few marks on page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a tilted spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
One of the most extraordinary events of the late nineteenth century in Paris was the opening on December 11, 1896, at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, of Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi. The audience was scandalized by this revolutionary satire, developed from a schoolboy farce, which began with a four-letter word, defied all the traditions of the stage, and ridiculed the established values of bourgeois society.
Small thin volume (7.25 x 5.25 x 0.6″) ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
