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WINGED VICTORY: The Army Air Forces Play
by Hart, Moss
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First edition thus, a photoplay edition issued in conjunction with the 20th Century-Fox film adaptation of the play. Inscribed by actors Don Taylor and Edmond O'Brien to studio publicist Art Ronnie on the front flyleaf, and additionally signed on the front endpaper by six other actors who appeared in the film: Lee J. Cobb, Barry Nelson, Whit Bissell, Red Buttons, Alfred Ryder, and Alan Baxter. The story of a group of recruits struggling to make it through pilot training, this play was produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a morale booster and as a fundraiser for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with blue stamping. Minor bump to the bottom corner of the front board. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is a bit chipped at the corners and tips, with some brown paper reinforcement to the verso; else very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69761
- Title
- WINGED VICTORY: The Army Air Forces Play
- Author
- Hart, Moss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Plays, Books into Film, World War II, Second World War, U.S. Army Air Force, Moss Hart
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- New
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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