Mountain Language Signed by Harold Pinter first edition 1988

London: Faber & Faber, 1988
 
Small 8vo., in the dust jacket with blood splatter design on the front, unclipped correctly priced at £7.95 net on the inside flap; black boards with silver lettering to the spine; pp. [x], 11-47, [i]; Fine condition overall, the jacket and book are essentially without fault except the pages have browned as is typical of this book; comes from a collection of unread signed first editions by Harold Pinter. 
 
First UK edition. Harold Pinter has signed his name to the title page without dedication.
 
The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in October 1988 starring Michael Gambon and Miranda Richardson. It was a short one act play based in and outside of a prison following a group of prisoners as they come to terms with their native language being banned. There was a theme from Pinter throughout of the use of language and oppression, perhaps in reference to political events in the country at that time.