{"product_id":"perdition-jim-allen-1st-edition","title":"Perdition, Jim Allen — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Ithaca Press, 1987\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 152.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. The original illustrated card wrappers remain impressively bright and crisp, showing only the most trivial hints of shelf-wear to the extremities and a faint trace of rubbing to the upper corners. The binding remains remarkably tight, secure, and perfectly square, indicating the play is likely unread and has been stored carefully. Internally, the text block is exceptionally clean, bright, and entirely free of foxing or age-toning. Both the hand-tipped-in replacement leaves and the loosely inserted publisher's slip are immaculately preserved without any creasing, tearing, or edge-wear, resulting in a highly presentable and rigorously well-preserved example of a fragile production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the scarce true first edition, first printing (first state) of Jim Allen’s highly controversial political drama. This particular copy is of significant bibliographical interest, as it features the original hand-tipped-in replacement pages (pp. 61–64, 77–78, 119–120, and 151–152) alongside the loosely inserted \"Publisher's Note\" dated \"4.vii.87.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eShortly before the play's publication, a libel action was brought against the publisher by Nathan Dror (previously Nathan Schwalb) concerning a specific passage in the text and related commentary. In response to the impending legal action, the publishers were forced to rapidly excise the offending leaves and manually tip-in replacement text just prior to distribution. The accompanying publisher's slip explicitly states that the book was issued with these passages removed so as not to prejudice the ongoing legal process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eUnaltered first-state copies containing the full suite of hand-tipped corrections and the original publisher’s disclaimer are uncommonly encountered on the open market, as subsequent printings either restored certain cuts or underwent further structural alterations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eOriginally scheduled to premiere at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in January 1987, the last-minute cancellation of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"125\"\u003ePerdition\u003c\/i\u003e ignited a fierce and unprecedented controversy across the British press. Drawing heavily on evidence produced during the 1953 Rudolf Kastner libel trial in Israel, Jim Allen's provocative political drama questions the historical role and actions of Zionist leaders in Hungary during the Holocaust. The play delves into deeply uncomfortable historical intersections, exploring allegations of collaboration, the ethics of political maneuvering in the face of the Jewish catastrophe, and the legitimate boundaries of using highly sensitive historical tragedies within theatrical art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55598509261139,"sku":"6498","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261021_124239.jpg?v=1792925381","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/perdition-jim-allen-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}