Description: Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts by Noel Coward. Garden City New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., REPRINT EDITION [n.d.] c. 1969. 88 p., 8.25 x 5.5”. (Photos 7 - 11 show reprint interior). Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts by Noel Coward. Garden City New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. 88 p., FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FACSIMILE DUST JACKET. 7.5 x 5", 8vo. (Photos 12 - 19 show 1st U.S. Edition interior). In fair condition. Both edition’s boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Reprint’s dust jacket exhibits water or tea dampness staining at head of spine; with soiling & toning to hinges. Reprint dust jacket exhibits some age-staining on rear cover, but text remains legible. Gilt lettering on First American Edition’s spine normally dulled, but still legible. Binding cocked of First American Edition. Bookplate on front paste-down: “From the Library of Frederic W. Brill.” Normal toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Some finger soiling to title page of First American Edition. Both bindings intact. Please see photos. Sir Noël Peirce Coward (1899 – 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter, and Blithe Spirit,have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. In Private Lives, Coward starred alongside his most famous stage partner, Gertrude Lawrence, together with the young Laurence Olivier. It was a highlight of both Coward's and Lawrence's career, selling out in both London and New York. Coward disliked long runs, and after this he made a rule of starring in a play for no more than three months at any venue. First American Edition (Facsimile dust jacket) PLUS a reissue of the first edition, possibly to coincide with the author's 70th birthday in 1969 as this is mentioned on the dust jacket flap. FORN-SHELF-0718-BB-2407-HK1911
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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: Noel Coward
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co
Topic: Drama
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original