Item #499 The Cryptogram. David Mamet.

The Cryptogram

New York: Vintage Books [Random House], 1995. First Edition, First Printing.

Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 132 mm), 101 pages in illustrated wrappers (soft cover).

SIGNED by David Mamet on the title page. Mamet's play about the breakup of a marriage from the viewpoint of a child. "The Cryptogram is a journey back into childhood and the moment of its vanishing--the moment when the sheltering world is suddenly revealed as a place full of dangers." (From the back cover).

This is the scarce soft-cover edition. There was also a hard-cover version published as a book-club edition. Uncommon signed.

CONDITION: A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing. Item #499

Price: $150.00

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