Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Albee, Edward (1928-2016)
A Pair of Inscribed First Editions.

The Zoo Story. The Death of Bessie Smith. The Sandbox. Three Plays Introduced by the Author. New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. First edition, octavo, inscribed by Albee to his longtime friend, composer Noel Farrand: "For Noel- who was with me In The Beginning, and is now kind enough to accompany me into my crotchety middle-age," dated 1960 on the front free fly leaf; bound in original light blue publisher's cloth; lacking dust jacket; occasional thumbing; spine sunned, rubbed at extremities with chipped and fraying endcaps and corners; 8 x 5 1/4 in.

[Together with] The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? New York: The Overlook Press, 2003. First edition, octavo; inscribed by Albee to Michael Feingold: "For Michael- Who understands far more often than most people," dated 2010 on the half-title, publisher's gray cloth, with original green pictorial dust jacket; lightly bumped at corners; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (2)

Property from the Estate of Michael Feingold (1945-2022).