TINY ALICE

New York: Atheneum, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Edward Albee to New York bookseller Allan Elsner, with a handwritten Christmas note from the Albee laid in. Three-act play about the corruption involved in mixing religion and money. Tiny Alice premiered on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theatre in 1964 with a coast that included John Gielgud, Irene Worth, William Hutt, and Eric Berry. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt- and blind-stamped titles. The dust jacket is a touch sun faded along the spine, with a short tear to the front panel; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 77564)