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The Philadelphia Story; A Play
by Barry, Philip
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-mcCann, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 206 pages, the play which became the movie in 1940 where George Cukor (under the influence of his good friend Kathyrn Hepburn) has taken Barry's fine comedy writing and infused it with Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jimmy Steward and a great cast to keep audiences laughing even today as they did nearly 85 years ago. The play was revived in 1980 and copies with nice dust jackets are uncommon. Bound in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine lettering white, light wear to spine ends, in a good unclipped pictorial dust jacket with edge wear, chipping, and creases, with a few old clear tape mends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031510
- Title
- The Philadelphia Story; A Play
- Author
- Barry, Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-mcCann
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Kathyrn Hepburn "Philadelphia Story"; George Kukor
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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