Item #002856 Siegfried: A Play in Four Acts. Jean Giraudoux, Philip Carr.

Siegfried: A Play in Four Acts

New York: The Dial Press, 1930. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Very Good / Good. Item #002856

First English edition, version by Philip Carr. 167 p.p. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, publisher's device in blind to front board. Top edge red. Top edge of boards and spine tail sunned, spine ends bumped, small damp stain to rear joint, corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket has small chips to spine ends, perforation to rear joint, short tears to edges, discolouration and scuffing to spine, a few small damp stains to covers.. Edges roughly cut, a few uncut. Bookplate to front pastedown. Siegfried is a play written in 1928 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, adapted from his own 1922 novel Siegfried et le Limousin. We are introduced to Siegfried as the new national hero of Germany, an amnesiac survivor of World War I who sprang from unknown origins to lead the country into a new period of modernization and prosperity.

Price: $45.00

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