The Show-Off

Published by Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1924

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Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books

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First Edition. Charles Buckles Falls dustjacket art. Based on the play by George Kelly. "Aubrey Piper was a clerk in a railroad office, earning thirty-two dollars a week, but to hear him talk you'd have thought he was head of the freight department. He wore white vests and patent-leather shoes, wing collars and bow ties, and a flower in his button-hole, and strutted, and frequently looked in the mirror. He believed the only way for a fellow to get along was to try to make an impression." A very successful Broadway comedy that made George Kelly's career. Basis for three films; a 1926 adaptation featuring Louise Brooks and Ford Sterling; a 1934 Charles Reisner directed feature re-scripted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and featuring Spencer Tracy; and a 1946 Harry Beaumont directed film with Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell. Very uncommon as a true first edition, and not the more oft found Grosset and Dunlap printing. Near Fine but for contemporary owner's address stamp at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, foxing and soiling to panels.…

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Title
The Show-Off
Author
WOLFF, William Almon (George KELLY)
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co, Boston
Publication year
1924
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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Babylon Revisited Rare Books

Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

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We strive to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. With over 12,000 such titles in our inventory, it is one of the largest ¿for sale¿ collections of such material in the world. While our specialty is Jazz Age and Depression Era literature, we also maintain a growing collection of Children's and 19th Century Literature. We pride themselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in all fields of literature. …

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