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The Great Magoo
by Hecht, Ben; Fowler, Gene
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Covici-Friede, Publishers, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Herman Rosse. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally toned, rubbed at the edges, chipped at the top. Black buckram with green ink on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, pen name on the half-title and front endpaper, clean otherwise. Hecht and Fowler's three-act play about "the didoes of two young and amorous souls who nigh perished when they weren't in the hay together.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4717
- Title
- The Great Magoo
- Author
- Hecht, Ben; Fowler, Gene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Covici-Friede, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Theatre, Drama, American Literature, Romeo and Juliet, Romance, New York City, Coney Island
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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