Skylark (First Edition) by Samson Raphaelson - 1939

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. G/G. 1939. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 227 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, tears, cover toning, rubbed, page toning .

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, spine end softened, spine mildly sunned. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy. Original cast pictures, including Gertrude Lawrence and Vivian Vance. The play was originally produced by John Golden and opened at the Morosco Theatre, on Broadway, on 10/12/1939.

KNOPF. Good. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear and heavy soil to covers. Small spot of insect damage to top corners of pages near back. Initials on front pastedown. Piece of DJ flap glued to front end page. End pages heavily age toned. A sticker stating "With the Compliments of Mr. Hugh Marting" on half title. Some light soil. Binding sound, text clean. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Random House, 1939. Book. NF/F. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. PO bookplate to front pastedown (hidden by jacket flap), otherwise a clean and bright NF/F in a VG+ dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1941 film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Brian Aherne..

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1941 screwball comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland. Despite a few minor faults, still an attractive copy of an uncommon title. Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has some small chips along the top edge, with a slightly larger one at the top left corner of the rear panel (no lettering affected).

New York: Dramatists Play Services, 1942. Softcover. Near Fine. Revised edition. Near fine in wrappers.

New York: Random House, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Near fine in a very good minus dustwrapper with a tanned spine.

Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1939. Softcover. The pages are very good and clean except for a smudge on a front page. The covers (also a sor to dustjacket) have some average wear. ; The author's first novel. Note -- NOT a play. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 225 pages .

New York: Random House, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A bookplate on the front pastedown, playbill and related material affixed to rear pastedown, spine lettering a trifle rubbed, thus a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. This copy Signed by Samson Raphaelson, producer John Golden and star of the play Gertrude Lawrence. Golden and Lawrence were also the co-dedicatees of the play. Autograph Card Signed laid in from Helen Wayne Rauh, who appeared in the lead of a road production of the play. A play adapted from the author's novel of the same name, and basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes.

New York: Random House, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in an age-toned, very good or a little better dustwrapper with very shallow loss at the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Raphaelson: "Dear Jean - Here it is, much changed, but I hope you approve. Gratefully, Samson Raphaelson. December 12, 1939 New York." A play adapted from the author's novel of the same name, and basis for the 1941 Mark Dansdrich film featuring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, and Binnie Barnes.