Signet movie tie-in edition, of the play that "changed American theater forever" (NEW YORK TIMES).
Very good.
Price: $30.00
First produced on Broadway in 1959 (and published by Random House the same year), RAISIN IN THE SUN received major acclaim and soon opened on West End, as well as being turned into a movie. The 1961 film featured the original Broadway cast, starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, depicted on the front cover of this edition.
Read more: Frank Rich, "'Raisin in the Sun' Anniversary in Chicago," The New York Times, 5 Oct 1983.
First edition thus. (New York): Signet / New American Library, (1961). 7.25'' x 4.25''. Original color photographic wrappers, Signet D1901, cover price 50c. All edges stained red. Publisher's ads at rear. 126, [2] pages. Light edgewear, single short stray ink mark to rear wrapper. Leaves toned. Tight.
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