Watch on the Rhine

Published by Random House, New York, 1941

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Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA

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Octavo, 170pp., illustrated. No printing statement, which typically indicates a later printing, per Random House's contemporary style. A superb copy, SIGNED by Hellman and director Shumlin on the verso of the dedication page (Hellman dedicated the book to Shumlin), and also SIGNED by the entire Broadway cast on the following leaf. Each of the actors has signed their name in the space between the actor's name and their respective role. Among the actors are Anne Blyth and Paul Lukas. This copy also bears a 5" x 7" photograph of a scene in the play, pasted to the front paste-down. On the opposite flyleaf, the actress Lycile Watson (who plays Fanny Farrelly) has written: "'I love a good potato pancake!' To my beloved Zelma, with Lucile's love." Droplet stains to the top edge, and there are a few inexplicable defects to the book - evidence of bookplate removal to the half-title page, a large and amateur paper repair to the dedication leaf, two corner clips excised (about 2" x 2") from pp. 167 and 169, which affect just a few words of text, and the outer half of pp. 11-12 replaced with that part of the same leaf from another copy, re-attached with glue. All of these defects rather bizarre and inexplicable, and rendering the condition as merely "good," despite its owtherwise crisp, clean state. In a good dust jacket, with several medium chips. The pervious owner has also annotated the rear jacket flap with some personal notes. With all defects, still a marvelous example. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Watch on the Rhine
Author
HELLMAN, Lilian
Publisher
Random House, New York
Publication year
1941
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Later printing (?).
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.…

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