The Front Page
by HECHT, Ben and Charles MacArthur
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1928. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige linen, with titles stamped in black on spine; brown topstain; [xvi],189,[3]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, mild hand-soil to covers, with some staining to upper rear hinge, else clean throughout; Very Good+, lacking the scarce dustjacket. Nice copy of Hecht and MacArthur's popular play set in Chicago, centered around newspaper reporters on the police beat. It ran for 278 performances on Broadway between August 14, 1928 - April, 1929, and served as the basis for three film adaptations: Lewis Milestone's The Front Page (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien, Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday (1940), starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and Billy Wilder's 1974 adaptation The Front Page, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56910
- Title
- The Front Page
- Author
- HECHT, Ben and Charles MacArthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Covici Friede Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Drama;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...