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I Wanted to be an Actress. As told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick
by Cornell, Katherine
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original rose watered silk, publisher's box. Some fading of spine, rubbing of box, else a good copy of this autobiography;
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1939. First edition, first printing. Number 265 of 550 copies signed by Katharine Cornell. Frontispiece portrait, 32 photographic illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rose watered silk, publisher's box. Some fading of spine, rubbing of box, else a good copy of this autobiography;. First edition, first printing. Number 265 of 550 copies signed by Katharine Cornell. Frontispiece portrait, 32 photographic illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo.
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- Seller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 19218
- Title
- I Wanted to be an Actress. As told to Ruth Woodbury Sedgwick
- Author
- Cornell, Katherine
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait, 32 photographic illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original rose watered silk, publisher's box. Some fading of spine, rubbing of box, else a good copy of this autobiography;
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing. Number 265 of 550 copies signed b
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Biography | Theater
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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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