Comedy, Satire, Irony & Deeper Meaning. A Play in 3 Acts
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1955. 8vo, 62 pp, bound in black cloth titled in red at the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Translated into English by Barbara Wright, who also provides a foreword. Illustrated with collages by D. S. Willoughby, including a fold-up sheet printed on orange coated paper stock. Printed in tow colors on three different colors of paper stock.
The first English language edition of this proto-absurdist play, written by the eccentric poet in 1822. Jarry had published some of the scenes from the play into French, as Barbara Wright writes in her foreword.
Fine in a ragged, torn, and faded dust jacket. Item #30098
Price: $75.00
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