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Noel Coward, This Was a Man, A Comedy in Three Acts, Harper & Brothers 1926

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Noel Coward, This Was a Man, A Comedy in Three Acts, Harper & Brothers 1926

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Noel Coward, This Was a Man, A Comedy in Three Acts, Published New York and London, Harper & Brothers 1926. With dust jacket. First American Edition, hard cover. 0.75lb First edition, published in America when British censors banned Coward's then-scandalous comedy about adultery, issued the same year as the play's world premiere in New York, in rarely found dust jacket. phb915 Approx.
Measurements: 5.5" x 7.875" x 1.25".
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Book in near fine condition, slight wear to corner. DJ chipped and toned areas.

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Noel Coward, This Was a Man, A Comedy in Three Acts, Harper & Brothers 1926

Name: Noel Coward, This Was a Man, A Comedy in Three Acts, Harper & Brothers 1926
SKU: 135022697
Price: 400 USD
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