This Room and This Gin and These Sandwiches [Three Plays: The Crime in the Whistler Room, A Winter in Beech Street, Beppo and Beth]
by Wilson, Edmund
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The New Republic, 1937. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback, tan illustrated wraps, 7-1/2" x 4-7/8", 298 pp. + publishers' ads. Short tear to bottom of front joint, what appears to be silverfish nibbling to some areas of wraps (no bugs now), some toning to spine. Inscribed thus: "Roger Senhouse | from | Edmund Wilson | 1941. | no sincerity, no sandwiches -- that's your motto, is it? -- Act II, 'Dangerous Corner' JBP". Roger Senhouse was then co-owner of Secker and Warburg; he knew both Wilson and Priestley (he introduced Wilson to Sartre's works, and worked with both authors); Priestley's line about the sandwiches refers to the false illusion of comfort and security created by wealth and status. Wilson would have enjoyed that; perhaps it inspired the title to this collection? A nice association copy.
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- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002207
- Title
- This Room and This Gin and These Sandwiches [Three Plays: The Crime in the Whistler Room, A Winter in Beech Street, Beppo and Beth]
- Author
- Wilson, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The New Republic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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