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Harrison, Texas: Eight Television Plays
by Foote, Horton
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. First edition. 8vo, 266pp. Inscribed by Foote to the former owner on the ffep. Terra cotta cloth backed black paper boards decorated in silver and black in illustrated jacket. Page block a bit toned, some bruising at spine ends. Former owner's notes in pencil on table of contents and rear endpaper. Few tick marks in red next to names on the original cast lists at rear. Dust jacket toned, with some smudging to rear panel and a chip from top edge of front. Very good.
Inscribed copy of Horton Foote's first collection of plays, published on the same day as his first novel, The Chase. Contains "The Trip to Bountiful," and seven others. .
Inscribed copy of Horton Foote's first collection of plays, published on the same day as his first novel, The Chase. Contains "The Trip to Bountiful," and seven others. .
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- Title
- Harrison, Texas: Eight Television Plays
- Author
- Foote, Horton
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 266pp. Inscribed by Foote to the former owner on the ffep. Terra cotta cloth backed black paper boards decorated in silver
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
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