WEST SIDE STORY
1958
First edition, first printing of the Arthur Laurents-penned book of the Tony-award winning musical, a US American ROMEO AND JULIET.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $550.00
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First edition, first printing of the Arthur Laurents-penned book of the Tony-award winning musical, a US American ROMEO AND JULIET.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $550.00
"All the world is only you and me!"
WEST SIDE STORY — with music by Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (his debut), and book by Laurents — took Broadway by storm when it debuted in 1957. John Chapman of the New York Daily News called its story of a love affair across race and class in blue-collar New York "a venturesome forward step" in US theater, adding that he found the music "fascinatingly tricky and melodically beguiling." It would go on to earn six Tony nominations and win two. Its success carried over to Hollywood, where the 1961 film adaptation won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Read more: John Chapman, "West Side Story a Splendid and Super-Modern Musical Drama," New York Daily News 27 September 1957.
New York: Random House, 1958. 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey cloth with black-and-white pictorial paste-on and gilt lettering. Original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Red topstain. Black-and-white photographic illustrations of the Broadway production. 144 pages. Jacket spine mildly sunned. Faint price sticker reside to front panel. Slight lean. Else bright, clean, and sharp.
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