Dustwrapper with $2.50 price and author's photograph on the back flap. Following points of issue: broken type on page 11, line 7 (solid), and tinted top edge. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. Jacket shows minor scuffing and creasing, with small chips to spine ends. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket. Tony and Pulitzer-winning, Academy Award-nominated, and hailed as one of 'the century's most durable dramatic myths,' DEATH OF A SALESMAN continues to exert its presence on stage, screen, and in classrooms (Ratcliffe). The play was an immediate hit upon its release this copy is the first edition in book form, includes glowing reviews of the play to the rear flap. Arthur Miller, 'always a willing critic of the injustices in the American system,' uses the pressures of capitalism and masculinity to convey the tragic story of traveling salesman Willy Loman, who, after realizing his insurance policy is worth more to his family than his life, dies in a 'shameful, culpably American suicide' (Otten and Ratcliffe). 'Even if you don't know Willy Loman from Willie Nelson, you're living in a world shaped by SALESMAN,' writes Julia Keller of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Attention must be paid to this handsome first printing of the classic play by a giant of the American theater. It would also be adapted into a 1951 film in which Fredric March was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.Ĭondition: Fine in very good plus jacket. A literary and theatrical success, it won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1949. Death of a Salesman debuted on Broadway in New York on February 10, 1949, starring Lee J.

The story is told in stream-of-consciousness style, with Loman drifting between the reality of his shabby apartment and the idyllic memories of a more prosperous yesteryear. Death of a Salesman is Miller's best known play about Willy Loman, an aging traveling salesman who struggles financially and emotionally after losing his job. Wrapper has modest chipping and toning, but colors are sharp. Spine has minor bumping, but overall a very firm copy. Book's orange, cloth boards are bright, binding is tight, leaves are crisp and without marks.

1949 death of a salesman