Fiddler on the Roof

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. (c.1964). 5th printing. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, tiny stain at bottom corner of front endpaper; the jacket is somewhat unevenly faded, with some light spotting/dampstaining along the bottom edge of the front panel, a very tiny chip at the upper front hinge, and a long vertical crease in the rear flap]. (B&W photographs) Musical play about Jewish life under Czarist rule, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Filmed (or, one might say, inflated to the big screen) in 1971 by Norman Jewison -- without Zero Mostel, who had originated the role of Tevye on Broadway, but with Israeli (truncated) actor Topol (who had headlined the West End production of the show in 1967) stepping in and ultimately making the character his own. . (Inventory #: 28319)