First edition, first printing. A play about the bittersweet romance between a single American executive secretary vacationing in Europe and a shopkeeper she meets in Venice. Directed by Harold Clurman, The Time of the Cuckoo opened at the Empire Theater on October 15, 1952. The production ran for 263 performances, earning Shirley Booth the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. It was adapted for the silver screen under the title Summertime (1955) with Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi starring. Octavo: [iv], 184 p. with a frontispiece photograph by Vandamm. Original cloth binding, with a photographic illustration inset on the front board and decorative black and gilt stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO: A Comedy

Publisher

Random House, New York

Publication Date

1953

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Store Description

Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located at The Book Shop in downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian.

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The Book Shop, LLC - ABAA, ILAB
134 N. Citrus Avenue, Covina, CA, 91723, U.S.A.

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