[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Archibald MacLeish Pulitzer & Tony Award Winner: J. B.
Charles Agvent
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MacLEISH, Archibald. J. B. A Play in Verse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1958. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with the
review slip laid in. INSCRIBED "For Lee & J/with my love" and SIGNED in
March 1958 by the poet on the half-title page. Also included are two
playbills, including one for the premiere performance on 11 December
1958, starring Pat Hingle, Christopher Plummer, and Raymond Massey. All
in a protective cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco label
on the backstrip. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a
Tony Award. Just about Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with mild
sunning to the spine.
Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as
Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he
used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning
three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES
to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he
entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of
the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper. (#020280) $850
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/020280/archibald-macleish/j-b-a-play-in-verse
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