J.B. A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeish.

MACLEISH, Archibald .

$450.00

Item Number: 131799

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.

First edition of this classic play. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Archibald MacLeish on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Title page by Ismar David.

Based on the story of Job, this drama in verse tells the story of a twentieth-century American banker and millionaire whom God commands be stripped of his family and wealth, but who refuses to turn his back on God. J.B. won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1959 and the Tony Award for best play.