A Trip to Chinatown
New York: Harms, 1892. First Edition. Wrappers. 1st edition of the vocal score. Original self– wrappers, 20 pages (9 1/4” X 11 5/8”). Upper right corner chipped else good and complete. I guess it’s scarce, but I have no easy way to census that, and I don’t care enough to work at it. Opening night was Nov. 9, 1891. The score was likely first published in 1892, once it was thought there’d be some demand. Our copy is stamped as sold in Sep. 1893, but still, plausibly, from the 1st printing. In this description I have used the words, “guess,” “likely” and “plausibly,” confirming that I’m not absolutely sure about any of this, and that’s why it’s $250, but don’t be shocked. I’m the dope who lives on a one–way, dead end street and I still don’t know how I got there. A Trip to Chinatown held sway as Broadway’s longevity champion for 27 years with 657 consecutive performances, a record not surpassed until Irene in 1919. good. Item #468
I wrote a hyperactively long and detour filled, essay about war, its causes, its consequences, and how to avoid it or how to instigate it, for our description of this book. On reading it over, I erased it. I hope you approve.
Price:
$250.00