MILLER, Arthur.
Death of a Salesman.
Death of a Salesman.
Stock Code 121584
New York, The Viking Press, 1949.
major association copy
Major association copy, inscribed by the author to two-time Academy Award-winning composer Leslie Bricusse in blue ink on the half-title: 'To Leslie Bricusse / with best wishes. / Arthur Miller'.The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in 1940s New York told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist William Loman, a travelling salesman who is disappointed with his life, and appears to be slipping into senility.
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; Leslie Bricusse's bookplate to verso of front free endpaper, unmarked internally; publisher's orange boards, stamped device on upper board, grey topstain, illustrated endpapers, with the unclipped first state dustjacket designed by Joseph Hirsch, slight rubbing to extremities, short closed tear to top edge of rear panel, else very good.
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