Arthur Miller; John Osborne — Luther; After the Fall

London, Secker and Warburg; Faber and Faber , 1961-1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of first edition plays by Arthur Miller and John Osborne, complete with their bright unclipped dust wrappers. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers. This set offers the following works:'Luther' by John Osborne (1961) - A play depicting the life of Martin Luther, with the role of Luther created and performed by Albert Finney, who carried out 239 performances for the original West End run at the Phoenix until it ended in March 1962. Luther won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1964.'After the Fall' by Arthur Miller (1965) - This was Milne's first full-length play since 'A View from the Bridge' in 1958, and serves as a thinly-veiled critique of Miller's failed marriage to actress Marilyn Monroe. The story takes place inside the mind of Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual who decides to re-examine his life, in order to determine whether or not he should marry his most recent love, Holga. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, 'After the Fall' is excellent, with only a hint of shelf wear to the tail of the spine. 'Luther' is very smart, with really only fading to the spine and slightly to the boards. Minor bumping to spine. Dust wrappers are excellent, with light shelf wear and the odd handling mark to 'Luther&apos. A couple yellow marks to 'After the Fall' flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with only a contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper and offsetting to both endpapers to 'After the Fall&apos. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.