Six Plays By Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine, Another Part of the Forest, The Autumn Garden and Toys in the Attic (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series)
by HELLMAN, Lillian
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1978. Leather. A collection of six plays by the American playwright, diarist and political activist Lillian Hellman (1905-1984). The plays are presented in a deluxe Franklin Library leatherbound edition with illustrations by Mark Bellerose. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full green bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Green silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An excellent, gift-worthy copy but with light sunning to edges of moire endpapers, otherwise lacking damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 448 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87704
- Title
- Six Plays By Lillian Hellman: The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine, Another Part of the Forest, The Autumn Garden and Toys in the Attic (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series)
- Author
- HELLMAN, Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1978
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