A Raisin in the Sun: A Drama in Three Acts
by Lorraine Hansberry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen and Co Ltd, 1960. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Light rubbing to edges, very slight marking to rear cover. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Scarce first printing of the first UK edition. Blue cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges, a few light spots to margins, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. First performed and published in the US in the previous year. This was the first Broadway production to be written by a black woman and the first with a black director. It won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play of 1959. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 107
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
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1190E087
- Title
- A Raisin in the Sun: A Drama in Three Acts
- Author
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm)
- Keywords
- Play, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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