Christmas Eve: A Morality Play.

£425 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

A special edition of this seasonal play by one of the most influential Hollywood screenplay writers of all time, Ben Hecht (1893-1964), the writer behind the Broadway hit The Front Page (first staged in the same year, 1928), and who had six of his film screenplays nominated for Academy Awards, with two winning. Number 78 of 111 signed copies for presentation; small 4to; signed by Hecht on the colophon; original limp vellum by the American Book Bindery, some rippling, overall very good, original slip-case, slightly toned and rubbed; [4], 111, [1] pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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