Literature - 33 - Bauman Rare Books “A Salesman Is Got To Dream, Boy. It Comes With The Territory”: First Edition Of Death Of A Salesman, Inscribed By Arthur Miller 30. MILLER, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York, 1949. Octavo, original orange cloth, dust jacket. $7000. First edition of Miller’s Pulitzer Prizewinning classic, boldly inscribed: "For Rachel, Best Wishes, Arthur Miller." "Miller came into his own with Death of a Salesman, thought by some critics to be the most significant of modern tragedies; the drama won a Pulitzer Prize and a Critics' Circle Award" (American Literature, 286). First-issue dust jacket, without mention of New York Drama Critics Circle Award for 1949, with Esther Handler photo credit on rear flap, and with no mention of the book club. While there is a small dot on the rear board similar to the book club issue, this copy conforms to all to all first-issue points laid out by Jensen including the place of publication (New York rather than Camp Hill) and the lack of a letter "W" on the copyright page. Jensen A.IV1a. Book with interior fine and only faint soiling to original cloth. Dust jacket with slightest soiling, light rubbing to extremities, and closed tear to front joint. A near-fine inscribed copy. “After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.”
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