30 Burning Bright Oct 20 1950

30 Burning Bright Oct 20 1950 ............................................................. 1

30a Burning Bright First Edition.................................................................. 1

References: G&P A29a, Harmon 4a October 20, 1950 ............................................... 1

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Images.......................................... 2

30b Burning Bright Acting (Second) Edition................................................ 7

References: G&P A29d, Harmon 5 1951 ................................................................... 7

30b Burning Bright Acting (Second) Edition – Images.................. 8

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30a Burning Bright First Edition

References: G&P A29a, Harmon 4a October 20, 1950

1. The Viking Press; October 20, 1950*; 159 pages; $2.50

2. 15,000 copies in the first issue

3. Printed by H Wolff Book Manufacturing Company

4. Beige-gray cloth, Spine and front cover lettered in red

a. Title on Cover within a curved irregular double line

5. Top edges stained salmon orange, all edges trimmed

6. Dust wrapper colored in yellow, gray and red, printed in black. Title on both panels.

a. A few dust wrappers with the original title “In The Forests of the Night”

were printed but the producers of the play; Rogers and Hammerstein

rejected the title as “too literary” [Harmon, p32].

* Publication date from a Review Copy Slip

ABE 1/03 - $549 - $25

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30a Burning Bright First Edition - Images

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Entire Dust Wrapper

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30a Burning Bright First Edition - Price on front dust wrapper flap

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Copyright page

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Spine and Front Cover

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Top Stain

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Title Page

30a Burning Bright First Edition - Dust Wrapper with Rejected Title

From Harmon, p 33, with permission

30b Burning Bright Acting (Second) Edition

References: G&P A29d, Harmon 5 1951

1. Dramatists Play Service; 1951; 56 pages; 85 cents

2. Bound in light red wrappers, printed in black; stapled

3. Contains 2 photos – frontispiece and page 24.

4. Produced by Rogers and Hammerstein, Oct 18, 1950, at the Broadhurst Theatre,

New York

5. Directed by Guthrie McClintic

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