WE, THE PEOPLE
by Rice, Elmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Coward McCann, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Rare first edition of socialist, Pulitzer Prize wiinning playwright Elmer Rice, signed, with obvious sarcasm, on the ffe: "Heil Hitler! E. R. Apr 1933" Rice wrote We, The People as a warning shot to Americans about the rise of Hitler and fascism. Rice was one of the founders in 1938 of the Playwrights' Company, along with Maxwell Anderson, Robert E. Sherwood, Kurt Weil and lawyer John F. Wharton. The Adding Machine has been revived in recent years, this uncommon first edition of the play a production of The Theatre Guild. Rare in first edition; the inscription sui generis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011581
- Title
- WE, THE PEOPLE
- Author
- Rice, Elmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Coward McCann
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ABAA-NY , ,
Terms of Sale
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
returns within 10 days of purchase
About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...