Humpty Dumpty
by Hecht, Ben
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Ownership signature on front endpaper; last pages roughly opened; some light dampstaining affecting front board and preliminarie
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. Ownership signature on front endpaper; last pages roughly opened; some light dampstaining affecting front board and preliminaries; very good in a spine faded dust jacket chipped at the spine ends and along the upper edge.. 8vo, 383pp; yellow cloth stamped in red and black. Versatile and prolific, Ben Hecht was a journalist, novelist, short stories writer, playwright, social critic, activist, and finally a virtually ubiquitous screenwriter -- he won two Academy Awards and was nominated for four others. This early novel is uncommon in jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205097
- Title
- Humpty Dumpty
- Author
- Hecht, Ben
- Book Condition
- Used - Ownership signature on front endpaper; last pages roughly opened; some light dampstaining affecting front board and preliminarie
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
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