Fine Literature & Modern Firsts

Lot #172:

MILLER, Arthur (1915–2005). Death of a Salesman. New York: ...

MILLER, Arthur (1915–2005). Death of a Salesman. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. 8vo. Original publisher’s orange cloth stamped in brown, illustrated endpapers; original unclipped dust jacket (spine and front panel gently sunned, some light dust soiling). FIRST EDITION of the author’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play considered by critics to be the most significant of modern tragedies. In a FIRST ISSUE dust jacket without mention of New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for 1949 and with Esther Handler photo credit on rear flap. SIGNED BY MILLER on title–page. Bruccoli & Clark, p. 265; Jensen A.IV.1a.