The Hungerers: A Short Play
by Saroyan, William
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Samuel French, 1939. 24 pp. Spine discolored, stain at top of spine affecting wraps only, repriced with stamp, price sticker shadow, one inch crease extending through all pages. No marks in text. There is a five-page preface by the author. ''Poverty is something I have been privileged to know and respect. It is something I have always wanted to avoid, of course; and being a writer, it is something I have avoided. To be truly alive, in spite of poverty, is to defeat poverty. To be able to write is to be truly alive.'' ''Last year Mr. Saroyan's first play, My Heart's in the Highlands, was successfully produced on Broadway, and this season his The Time of Your Life has won the acclaim of all professional critics.". First Edition. Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000723
- Title
- The Hungerers: A Short Play
- Author
- Saroyan, William
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Samuel French
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- american literature, theater
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theater; American Literature;
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Lake Huntington, New York
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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