J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.
MACLEISH, Archibald .
J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.
J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish; Inscribed by Him
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
$400.00
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Item Number: 138201
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First edition, early printing of this classic play. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Benjamin Epstein cordially Archibald MacLeish.” Near fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ismar David.
Based on the story of Job, this drama in verse tells the story of a twentieth-century American banker and millionaire whom God commands be stripped of his family and wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J.B. won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1959 and the Tony Award for best play.
