Burning Bright
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
First edition. A fine copy. The dust jacket all but fine, only with minor creasing, a slight trace of abrasion at the rear flap, and unessential tape reinforcement along the edges of the verso. An outstanding copy overall, presented in custom velvet-lined clamshell box from Asprey. One of Steinbeck s most ambitious works, in which he experimented with writing a play in the format of a novel.
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
- Canton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- STBUVI50
- Title
- Burning Bright
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...