Salesman in Beijing
by Miller, Arthur; Morath, Inge (photographs)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip stamped in black and gilt; in illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed on the half-title: "To Louis Auchincloss, intimate of the unsaintly Saint Simon whose impassioned percipience he celebrates and shares -- this little chronicle of striving in a poor country. / Arthur Miller / April, 1984." Auchincloss has added, in pencil: "See p. 249. Inge Miller told me that she read aloud to AM from 'The Cat and the King' after they went to bed in the month of rehearsals! Probably to put him to sleep -- LA." Also includes a card with a b/w photograph of Inge printed on the front, thanking Auchincloss for his kind words upon her death. Book is fine. Dust jacket a little sunned along spine, and very lightly rubbed at extremities; looks great in mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JC8199
- Title
- Salesman in Beijing
- Author
- Miller, Arthur; Morath, Inge (photographs)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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