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A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Hansberry, Lorraine
- Used
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
(New York): Signet / New American Library, 1961. First edition thus. Very good.. Signet movie tie-in edition, of the play that "changed American theater forever" (NEW YORK TIMES). 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. 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.
Synopsis
A Raisin in the Sun is the best-known work of author and playwright Lorraine Hansberry. It debuted on Broadway in 1959, making Hansberry the first African American woman to achieve this honor. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50706
- Title
- A RAISIN IN THE SUN
- Author
- Hansberry, Lorraine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Signet / New American Library
- Place of Publication
- (New York)
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1960s,Theatre,Books to Film,Pulps and Paperbacks,Woman Author,US American,African American subject,African American author
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- 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...
- Wrappers
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Movie tie-in
- an edition of a book which is produced in conjunction with a movie which is usually based on the book, often with a cover image...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- New
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