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The Long Christmas Dinner & Other Plays in One Act
by Wilder, Thornton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and what appears to be old tape stains on the first and last free end pages which at one time held the dust jacket in place which no longer exists. Without its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page and dated in the month and year of publication at the University of Chicago. 122 pages of text. A collection of six one act plays.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB29869
- Title
- The Long Christmas Dinner & Other Plays in One Act
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
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