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BURNING BRIGHT
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- About fine in near fine jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. About fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work, an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well, but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs, but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" (Interview, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 18 September 1952). A lovely copy. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth, front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket in yellow, grey, and orange. Orange topstain. 159, [1] pages. Lightest edgewear to jacket extremities. Tiny spot to fore edge. Overall clear and bright.
Synopsis
Burning Bright is a 1950 novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1195
- Title
- BURNING BRIGHT
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Book Condition
- Used - About fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,Nobel,Theatre,US American
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Fore Edge
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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