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[LITERATURE]. A pair of first editions adapted into Broadway plays.
Including: HEYWARD, Dorothy and HEYWARD, DuBose. Porgy. A Play in Four Acts. Garden City: Theatre Guild, 1927. 8vo. Publisher’s stiff wrappers with original dust jacket affixed to wrappers, as issued (some toning, soiling, light rubbing). FIRST EDITION OF THE BASIS FOR THE CLASSIC GERSHWIN MUSICAL, “PORGY AND BESS”. –– JONES, Tom. The Fantasticks. New York: Drama Book Shop, 1964. 8vo. Frontispiece. Publisher’s black cloth, spine stamped in white (light rubbing, soiling to binding, previous owner’s gift inscription on ffep); original dust jacket (jacket toned, worn, with a few short tears). FIRST EDITION. The Fantasticks opened in 1960 (with Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) as El Gallo) and ran off–Broadway until 2002, making it the world’s longest running musical.
Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, condition generally very good.