Candide: A Comic Operetta based on Voltaire's Satire
Random House, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Wilbur on FFEP 'For Stathis' d. 1987 in Cummington. Stathis Orphanos was a noted photographer and half of the Los Angeles-based fine-press publishing duo Sylvester and Orphanos. 143pp. Brown buckram, pasted on plate of an actor to front cover, gilt lettering to front cover and spine title-blocked in black, b/w plate title of a performance of the play, black topstain, b/w plate of performance to page 140pp. Some light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean and crisp. Dust jacket has some light stains to front cover, spine a bit toned. First book appearance of the theater production first performed in 1956 with score by Leonard Bernstein; the libretto was first drafted by Lillian Hellman and then developed by Richard Wilbur with additional input from Dorothy Parker, John Latouche, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, as well as Leonard Bernstein. NEAR FINE / Very Good. Item #509174
Price: $350.00