Sweet Bird of Youth Typescript
$1,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus
First edition
1959. Loose sheets typed on versos only, letter size, 127 leaves. The typescript of the play used for publication of the first edition by New Directions. The sheets are accompanied by an envelope addressed to New Directions with a handwritten note from Edwin Erbe, former publicity director for the publisher. Near fine. Item #1353 Sweet Bird of Youth opened on Broadway in March 1959, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, and it
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