Death of a Salesman : certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem

London: The Cresset Press, 1949. First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression ("First published in Great Britain in 1949") of one of the most important plays of the twentieth century by one of the greatest American playwrights. Small, slim 8vo (185 x 119 cm): 133,[1]pp. Publisher's vivid scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gold, grey dust jacket printed in black and red, unpriced but unclipped (Crandell gives a price of 7/6, but makes no mention of the jacket, whose flaps on our copy are blank, making this jacket an unrecognized variant). Slight oxidation to spine gilt, minor toning to jacket's spine panel, else Fine. Crandell A4e. This, Miller's second play (after All My Sons), premiered in New York at the Morosco Theater, with performances from February, 1949 until mid-November, 1950. It received enthusiastic reviews and numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award for Best Play—the first play to win all three major awards in the same year, establishing Miller 's reputation not only in the theater but in all of American literature. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).