BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE : A PLAY (SIGNED) and BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE PLAYBILL, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 8
New York: Dial Press and Playbill Incorporate, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.3 in., pp. 121, [2]. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author. Navy cloth boards with light blue author signature stamped to front. Light blue title to spine. Touch of sunning to spine and rear boards. Unmarked interior. Very light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar.
Also:
Playbill, Vol. 1, No. 8 (August 1964): "Blues for Mr Charlie" at the Anto Theatre, Directed by Burgess Meredith. pp. 48. Includes the essay "Is There a Negro in the House" by Theodore Mann and a drawing of Jimmy Durante by Hirschfeld. Moisture stain to bottom right corner of Playbill. Very Good condition. The cast includes: Richard Henry, Ralph Waite, David Baldwin, Sam Laws, Beverly Todd, and others.
Laid-in: Ticket stub to see "Blues for Mister Charlie" at the ANTA Theatre on August 2, 1964.
Also laid in:
Two cut-out newspaper articles that review a performance of "Blues for Mister Charlie" with the original cast members. One from "The Stage and Television Today", dated May 6, 1963; the second from "he London Times", dated May 4, 1965. Very Good / Very Good Plus. Item #100776
The previous owner of the book, playbill, and ticket attended "Blues for Mister Charlie" on August 2, 1964, and at that performance was able to obtain James Baldwin's signature for his book in person.
Price: $2,000.00