Abe Lincoln in Illinois: A Play in Twelve Scenes
by Sherwood, Robert Emmet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket soiled, tattered and has loss at head of spine.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Charles A. Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket soiled, tattered and . has loss at head of spine.. 1939. First Printing. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Foreword by Carl Sandburg. Blurbs by Heywood Broun, Brooks Atkinson and Richard Watts, Jr on rear jacket panel. [xii], 250 pp. Front jacket portrait of actor Richard Massey portraying Lincoln by Norman Rockwell. Includes cast list from the premiere production of this play at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, on October 3rd, 1938. This play gained Sherwood the second of his three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and was the basis for the 1940 film of the same title. ; 250 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33148
- Title
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois: A Play in Twelve Scenes
- Author
- Sherwood, Robert Emmet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket soiled, tattered and has loss at head of spine.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles A. Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize Winners, Pulitzer Plays, Books Into Film
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre and Film; Books into Film;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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