[the book itself is just lightly worn at the extremities, and has a bit of age-toning to the edges of the text block; the jacket, as typical with this book, has quite a bit of surface- and edge-wear, with a handful of tiny chips and tears, and a 1.5-inch split at the top front flapfold]. (B&W photographs) Autobiography of the screenwriter-playwright-novelist-journalist who was responsible for some of the Twentieth Century's finest works of popular entertainment (including "Twentieth Century" itself, both the play and the movie version co-written with his longtime partner Charles MacArthur). K... View More...
(price-clipped) [a good solid copy, with a little deterioration to cloth at spine ends and a bit of wear to the lower extremities; jacket is modestly edgeworn, with a shallow chip at the top of the spine]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED to N.Y. newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons and his wife Sylvia, and SIGNED by the author on the ffep, who adds "Oceanside Exile" beneath his signature, which is also dated June 8, 1954, just two weeks after the book's publication date. Autobiography of the screenwriter-playwright-novelist-journalist who was responsible for some of the Twentieth Century's finest w... View More...
(plastic-comb binding with wraparound illustrated boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [nice copy, as-new except for a tiny circle of indentations on the front cover]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) A collection of long out-of-print pieces by Hecht, assembled within a kind of artist's-book format, with numerous illustrations, many of which are glued in by hand (they are referred to by the publisher as "color appliques," and were replaced in later editions with printed versions); a few are printed on clear mylar. Artists and illustrators whose work is reproduced include Herman Rosse, Frank Char... View More...
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