first edition Hardcover
1933 · New York
by Tonkonogy, Gertrude (later Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, 1908-89)
New York: Samuel French, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Difficulties overtake a well-to-do New York family when they lose all their money in the Great Crash of 1929. Produced on Broadway, this play served as the basis for the 1933 pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford. Octavo: 127 p. Original green cloth binding, with black titles. Minor scuff to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is toned along the spine and folds, with some light edgewear; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 73870)