Post-Mortem: A Play in Eight Scenes [First Edition Hardcover]

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931. [1931] FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket. Green binding, gilt lettering and design, 112 pages. Condition of hardcover: Light age toning, darker on top edge; former owner's name on first free endpaper; else overall Very Good. Free of the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Book kept in temperature-controlled cabinet. Dustjacket: Lightly age toned, darker at spine panel and creases; small piece missing from foot of spine panel; chips and shelf wear to extremities, some abrasion marks (mostly at spine panel); the letters "JJ" stamped on first flap and first paste-down endpaper; else overall Good. Price intact on rear flap. Dustjacket protected in Mylar cover. This is a play, in eight scenes, a devastating comment on the post-war world. It's a brilliant, barbed, and passionate indictment of a world that learned nothing from the war. Author Noel Coward writes with a deeper and mordant style than ever at the time, making this novel a must read. A collectible first edition. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.