New York: Samuel French, 1925.
Price: $375.00
Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Preface by Don Marquis. Black boards with printed spine label. Bookplate of Barrett H. Clark, a few penciled notes in the preface, faint foxing, and a small stain on the topedge, very good or better lacking the dust jacket. A play set at Ohio State University, it ran for only 32 performances, and became the first of director/writer Elliott Nugent's works to be filmed in 1927 directed by Richard Wallace and featuring Jack Mulhall, Charles Murray, and Jean Arthur. This copy Inscribed by a co-author: "To Barrett H. Clark with best wishes from Elliott Nugent. July 29, 1926". Barrett H. Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama. Aside from authoring many books, he served as the longtime literary editor for the drama publisher Samuel French. The hardcover issue is uncommon.
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