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Look Back in Anger
John Osborne
1957
Faber and Faber : London
8.5" by 5.5"
9-96pp
SUMMARY
The first edition, first impression of this influential 'kitchen sink drama' from English playwright and screenwriter John Osborne.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition, first impression of John Osborne's important realist play, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.
Focussing on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife, the play had an immense cultural impact, spawning the term 'angry young men' to describe Osborne and those of his generation who employed the harshness of realism in theatre, contrasting to the more escapist theatre that characterised the previous generation.
This harsh realism has led to Look Back in Anger being considered one of the first examples of the kitchen sink drama in theatre.
Loosely inserted are a collection of late 1950s newspaper clippings referring to Osborne and this play, taken from both the Observer, and the Sunday Times.
With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Small loss to head of dust wrapper back strip, with small tape repair to dust wrapper reverse. Light edge wear to wrap perimeters. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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