J. B
by Archibald MacLeish
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/G
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Play in verse centred round modern take on Book of Job. Green boards with cream spine with red and green lettering, 153pp, with illustrated endpapers, green top edges and rough-cut fore edges. Covers have lightly-sunned top edges, but no obvious wear. Top page edges have a couple of very light, small marks. Fore edges dusty and a little foxed. Previous owner's name on ffep, otherwise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general moderate wear, several small closed tears and nicks and a 2cm loss at head of spine. DJ is also overall grubby, with several small marks. Ref:104382. Sixth Printing. Paper-Cov Boards/cloth Spine. VG-/G. 15x22cm.
Synopsis
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. More important, the play sparked a national conversation about the nature of God, the meaning of hope, and the role of the artist in society.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004382
- Title
- J. B
- Author
- Archibald MacLeish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- G
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 15x22cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...