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THE ADOPTED SON: A Play in Four Acts.
by Hurwitz, Bertha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in brown boards with gilt lettering and a black cloth spine (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine)
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: The Stratford Company, , 1920.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in brown boards with gilt lettering and a black cloth spine (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine) . First printing. Apparently the author's only published work, a play set in ancient Rome. INSCRIBED opposite the title page to Col. Nathan Hurwitz. and a small neat donation notice on front pastedown from 'Colonel Nathan Hurwitz, retired, class of 1905, Point West.' 90 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88121
- Title
- THE ADOPTED SON: A Play in Four Acts.
- Author
- Hurwitz, Bertha
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in brown boards with gilt lettering and a black cloth spine (some rubbing to the lettering on the spine)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Stratford Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1920.
- Keywords
- women authors, ancient rome,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama, dance and film;
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