Item #71569 PROCESSIONAL! A Jazz Symphony of American Life in Four Acts. John Howard Lawson.
PROCESSIONAL! A Jazz Symphony of American Life in Four Acts.
PROCESSIONAL! A Jazz Symphony of American Life in Four Acts.
PROCESSIONAL! A Jazz Symphony of American Life in Four Acts.

PROCESSIONAL! A Jazz Symphony of American Life in Four Acts.

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1925. First edition. INSCRIBED BY LAWSON ON TIPPED-IN LEAF. Early socially conscious play by one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten.” An experimental expressionistic drama centering on a coal strike in a West Virginia town under martial law. 8vo orange cloth boards stamped in black; 218 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs from the Broadway production at Garrick Theatre which opened Jan. 12, 1925, and ran for 96 performances but was a financial failure, making it hard for Lawson to get his next few plays staged. Near fine in good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping though not affecting any lettering or design. An exceedingly scarce to rare book, scarcer still in dust jacket.
Item #71569

Price: $500.00

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