MacLeish, Archibald

Herakles A Play in Verse

Hardcover, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Copyright page reads, "First printing w." "In his new play, his first since J. B. , MacLeish turns to the counter myth, the story of the Greek hero Herakles, who masters the evils of the universe and becomes a god himself only to find that he has murdered his own sons." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine head, minor edge wear, lightly faded along head and tail edges of boards, small bump on top left corner of back board; overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear, small chips on top corners and spine ends, some discoloration on front cover from stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 91 pages. [Item #68854]

Price: $35.00