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HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984). Watch on the Rhine. A Play in...

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HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984). Watch on the Rhine. A Play in Three Acts? With Special Foreword by Dorothy Parker. New York: Privately Printed, 1942. 4to. Illustrated with plates by 11 illustrators, including Rockwell Kent, Fritz Eichenberg, Donald Gelb, Luis Quintanilla, and more. [176] pp. Bound in publisher?s full dark purple, spine lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt turn-ins, purple cloth endleaves (spine worn and chipped, joints cracking, boards worn and scuffed). Fair. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, #14/349 COPIES SIGNED BY HELLMAN ON AN INSERTED LEAF. 3 copies of the publisher?s prospectus laid-in. This play won the New York Drama Critics? Circle Award.