“Four days like that; groaning, not speaking; the breath a blade in our lungs. Four days, slowly, like flies on a wall; limping flies, dying flies, up an endless wall of rock. A tiny army lost in the creases of the moon.”
Shaffer’s masterpiece—a bold pageant, set in sixteenth-century Peru.
Author: Peter Shaffer
Title: The Royal Hunt of the Sun: A Play Concerning the Conquest of Peru
Edition: First American Edition, first printing
Published: London: Collins, 1961
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 84p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket with edge wear, sunning to spine panel, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine very clean with mild edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding tight and square. Pages toned. Owner’s name on front paste-down. Old bookseller stamp on front free end-paper.
Comments: Collectible copy
