Soldiers: An Obituary for Geneva. A Tragedy [SIGNED]

Rolf Hochhuth / Robert David MacDonald (Trans.) / [John Colicos]

Verlag: Andre Deutsch with Penguin Books, London, 1968

Beschreibung

Dust jacket: Slight browning. Light creasing and a few short tears to top edge. Foxing to flaps. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Purple cloth binding. Bump to upper corner of front board, small bump to edge of rear board. A few scratches to upper edge of page block. Slight ripple to upper corner of page block. Tanning to endpapers, very clean text throughout. First English language edition of Hochhuth's second play (Soldaten. Nekrolog auf Genf). A controversial work that alleged Winston Churchill was complicit in the murder of Polish Prime Minister Wladyslaw Sikorski and supported carpet bombing of German cities in 1943. The play was originally banned from the stage of the National Theatre and was also beset by a libel case. The play finally premiered in 1968 with Churchill portrayed by Canadian actor John Colicos. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Colicos to the front free endpaper: 'With thanks and all good wishes, John Colicos'. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (14 x 20.5 cm). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1234T008

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Soldiers: An Obituary for Geneva. A Tragedy ...

Verlag: Andre Deutsch with Penguin Books, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1968

Einband: Hardback. Printed pages: 256

Zustand: Very Good Minus

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author

Auflage: 1st Edition.