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A Child of the Century [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]

by Hecht, Ben

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
vg- to near fine
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. vg- 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. Inscribed, signed and dated by Hecht on the front free endpaper, in pen. 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). Original dust jacket with some minor rubbing and creasing to extremities, with light sunning to the spine. Interior flaps of the jacket unclipped with light foxing and water stains. Binding with light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Covers with minor scratches and smudges. Close tear to the head of the spine. Interior front cover with the ink stamp of a previous owner. Interior otherwise clean. Binding tight. Dj and binding in very good-, interior in near fine condition overall.

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Bookseller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
53210
Title
A Child of the Century [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]
Author
Hecht, Ben
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - vg- 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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Jacket
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Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Flap(s)
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Spine
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Inscribed
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Sunned
Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Octavo
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Fine
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