E-181: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York, 1951. 124 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Clifford Odets "With Love to Harvey" and dated on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine sunned, piece missing from the front panel of the DJ). Bound in yellow cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (dampstaining present to the edges of the board). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One of America's great dramatists rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and Georgie, his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption. Basis for the George Seaton film with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and William Holden. It was one of Bing's best performances, and both Kelly and Seaton (for his screenplay) won Oscars. Later remade for television with Faye Dunaway, Ken Howard, and Dick Van Dyke. E-181; 8.2 X 5.7 X 0.6 inches; 124 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Last Exit Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 64882
Title: The Country Girl A Play in Three Acts
Author: Odets, Clifford
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: The Viking Press
Place of Publication: E-181
Date Published: 1951

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