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Author Name: Huston, John (1st book)
Title: Frankie and Johnny (1st ed)
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Plays
Edition: First Edition
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: New York Albert & Charles Boni 1930
Illustrator: Covarrubias, Miguel
Seller ID: 004884
REDUCED PRICE. first edition. 8vo. red cloth over boards with black and gilt titles on cover and spine. 161 pages. top edge blue. fore-edge uncut. illustrated endpapers. illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. Full color tipped in frontispiece. Other wonderful black and white full-page illustrations throughout. Author's first book. FINE condition. A RARE title in this condition. Dramatic adaptation of the American folk song "Frankie and Johnny", concerning the ill-fated relationship between a sporting woman and an unfaithful gambler. This is followed by the verses of twenty different versions of the song, as researched by the author. Includes what appears to be the original true story on which song is based - of Frankie Baker, who shot and killed Allen 'Albert' Britton on October 15, 1899. This was the first play written by John Huston (1906-1987), the Academy Award-winning film director whose work includes The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), and The African Queen (1951).
Classics Books Into Film John Huston Aothor's First Books
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100.00 USD
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