Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]
by [Charles Boyer's copy] Genet, Jean
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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12mo (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 188 x 131 mm), 103, [3] pages, in printed cream wrappers over heavy card stock (soft cover).
Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. One of only 60 hors commerce copies, comprising the entire edition, on Lana de Docelles paper. (Eight of the 60 copies were numbered. Ours is an unnumbered copy.) The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." (See photo). Text in French.
Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch] was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd," the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story [Genet] tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts."
CONDITION: Heavy age toning to the wrappers, far less so internally. Numerous pages are unopened along the top edges. A Very Good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 604
- Title
- Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch]
- Author
- [Charles Boyer's copy] Genet, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Les Cinéastes-Bibliophiles
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Theatre; Jean Genet; Performing Arts; French Authors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre;
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