New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. poor to near fine. Octavo. 564, [1]pp. Black dust jacket with yellow and red lettering on the front, photo-portrait on the back. Sunned yellow lettering on the spine. Page uncut. A first printing of the acclaimed autobiography of the award-winning and prolific playwright, journalist and and Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht. His most notable works include the screenplays for films such as Underworld (1927), Scarface (1932), Gunga Din (1939), Wuthering Heights (1939), Spellbound (1945), and Notorious (1946). The wrote the acclaimed play The Front Page, most famously adapted as the classic film His Girl Friday (1940). Top third of the dust jacket torn off, with additional tears, rubbing and creasing to the jacket. Interior flaps of the jacket unclipped. Binding clean and tight. Interior covers and free endpapers with some light foxing and damp stains. Interior otherwise clean. Binding tight. Dj in poor, binding in near fine, inteiror in very good+ condition overall.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 53231
Title: A Child of the Century
Author: Hecht, Ben
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - poor to near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition, first printing
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: Golden age of Hollywood, studio system, filmmaking, screenwriting, screenwriters, movies, cinema, playwrights, American theater, non-fiction, screwball comedy, dialogue, Jewish writers,

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