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193745110New York: Random House. Very Good. 1937. Hardcover. NY: Random House 1937. 159 pages hardbound. Contents are bright and clean. The black cloth binding is tight with slight fading to top edge and spine. Overall VG. . Random House hardcover books
193733588New York: Random House 1937. Very Good /Good. New York: Random House 1937. First US Edition. Octavo 21 cm; 159pp. Boards in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine wrapped in gilt price-clipped jacket. Jacket overall scuffed rubbed bumped and creased with minor closed tears to margins and minor loss to head of spine. Tape repair to back panel. Board corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed with fading to top margin and dust soiling to top edge. Endsheets offset otherwise pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in a Good only jacket. <br /> <br /> Originally written as a play by Deval in French in 1933 he also directed the 1935 film of the same name. Random House unknown
193723855NY: Random House 1937. First Edition. 8vo pp. 158. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A very good copy in a chipped and partially torn dj. This is a "round-robin" copy signed by the 15 members of the cast at the NY production which opened on October 15 1936. Included are signatures by John Halliday Marta Abba Irina Feodorova Margaret Dale Amanda Duff and others. Random House unknown books
193712974JNew York: Random House 1937. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author Jacques Deval to fellow writer Horace McCoy. Inscribed: “To Horace McCoy with friendly admiration for ‘They Shoot Horses Don’t They’ Jacques Deval.†McCoy is best remembered for his classic thirties novel They Shoot Horses Don’t They a hardboiled portrait of depression era dance marathons. This comedy play was an international success starting in Paris London the capitals of Europe including Berlin where after vetting to make sure the playwright was not Jewish Adolf Hitler saw the play becoming so entranced by it that he eventually saw it three times. The play was an equal smash hit in New York as adapted by Sherwood and was made into charming film starring Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone Anita Louise directed by Anatole Litvak. “Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution a royal Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. They take positions as butler and housemaid in a wealthy household and owing to their impeccable breeding and manners excel in their new jobs. But once they are recognized for the royal couple they are they must face new -- and formidable -- responsibilities.†IMDB. Fine tight copy in a bright gold-foil dust jacket with a few small tears and minute nicking. Rare in a presentation copy from the author and especially so in such an excellent 1930s association. Random House unknown
193712974JNew York: Random House 1937. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author Jacques Deval to fellow writer Horace McCoy. Inscribed: “To Horace McCoy with friendly admiration for ‘They Shoot Horses Don’t They’ Jacques Deval.†McCoy is best remembered for his classic thirties novel They Shoot Horses Don’t They a hardboiled portrait of depression era dance marathons. This comedy play was an international success starting in Paris London the capitals of Europe including Berlin where after vetting to make sure the playwright was not Jewish Adolf Hitler saw the play becoming so entranced by it that he eventually saw it three times. The play was an equal smash hit in New York as adapted by Sherwood and was made into charming film starring Claudette Colbert Charles Boyer Basil Rathbone Anita Louise directed by Anatole Litvak. “Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution a royal Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. They take positions as butler and housemaid in a wealthy household and owing to their impeccable breeding and manners excel in their new jobs. But once they are recognized for the royal couple they are they must face new -- and formidable -- responsibilities.†IMDB. Fine tight copy in a bright gold-foil dust jacket with a few small tears and minute nicking. Rare in a presentation copy from the author and especially so in such an excellent 1930s association. Random House unknown books
1923RO40034638Librairie theatrale. 1923. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 183 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
192381656Librairie Théâtrale 1923 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage bradel papier brun, dos lisse, pièce de titre, couvertures et dos conservés, 183 pp. Première édition en volume enrichie d'un envoi de l'auteur à Jean Sarment. Très bon état.
192381656Librairie Théâtrale 1923 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage bradel papier brun, dos lisse, pièce de titre, couvertures et dos conservés, 183 pp. Première édition en volume enrichie d'un envoi de l'auteur à Jean Sarment. Très bon état.
1923104160Couverture souple. Broché. 184 pages. Papier bruni.
193065247New York: Literary Guild of America 1930. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name and address to FEP. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Literary Guild of America hardcover
193035706NY: Viking Press 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First American Edition. Slight spine lean ink name on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in a chipped and edgeworn jakcet that has an internally repaired closed tear to the front panel. <br/><br/> Viking Press hardcover books