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THE LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS: A Play in Two Acts
by Ustinov, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fantasy set around military officers from the four Allied Occupation Powers (American, British, French and Soviet) of postwar Germany. The play premiered at The Alexandria, Birmingham before transferring to London's West End where it ran for 816 performances. It subsequently ran for 141 performances at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway in 1953 with a cast that included Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer. That year it was chosen as the Best Foreign Play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle and won a Donaldson Award. Octavo: 109 p. with photographic illustrations from the 1953 production and staging diagrams. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt and white stamping. The prospectus is laid in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a nearly invisible closed tear to the top of the front panel that has been neatly mended on the verso. Remarkably fresh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75000
- Title
- THE LOVE OF FOUR COLONELS: A Play in Two Acts
- Author
- Ustinov, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Plays, British Literature, Drama, Theatre, Broadway
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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