MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: A PLAY - SIGNED BY PAUL BOWLES
by Saroyan, William (play); Bowles, Paul (music)
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc, 1939. First Edition. Saroyan's second play. "It is the story of a poet and his son Johnny, and their effort to make the world realize that it must have poetry; of Jasper MacGregor, "the greatest Shakespearean actor who ever lived," who plays marvelous music on the bugle; of people and their laughter and their weeping" (from front flap). Music by Paul Bowles (also titled "My Heart's In The Highlands") appears on pp.105-108, with printed music for voice, oboe, trumpet, bass drum, and Hammond Organ. A well-preserved copy, and uncommon signed. Miller B2. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (22cm); pale grey linen, with titles stamped in red and blue on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-140,[4]pp. Signed by Paul Bowles at his contribution on p.105. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.00), with light wear to extremities, a few tiny tears at crown, and a strip of tape reinforcement on verso of same.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5613
- Title
- MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS: A PLAY - SIGNED BY PAUL BOWLES
- Author
- Saroyan, William (play); Bowles, Paul (music)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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