first edition Hardcover
1934 · New York
by LANGNER, Lawrence and Armina Marshall Langner
New York: Samuel French, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with tanning to the spine, a little nicking at the crown, and an internal repair. A comedy set in 1776 that revolves around the ancient custom of "bundling" (in which a couple chastely sleeps, clothed, in the same bed with a board between them). A Puritan maiden falls for a Hessian soldier, they bundle. Basis for the 1934 film directed by Alexander Hall, and featuring Francis Lederer, Joan Bennett, and Charles Ruggles.
(Inventory #: 78903)