Criminal Code by Flavin Martin, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Pale brown cloth titled in black. Light soiling on the boards, near fine lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "To Barrett H. Clark Sincerely Martin Flavin. 12/10/29." Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama, aside from authoring and translating many plays, he served as the longtime literary editor for the drama publisher Samuel French. This play was the basis for the 1950 film noir *Convicted,* starring Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, and Dorothy Malone. Johnson. *The Dark Page II*: p.64.

First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 200. Frontispiece photograph of a cast member and nine plates from the set designs by Albert R. Johnson. A play in three acts which attacked the American prison system.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: ''To T. Brooks Atkinson appreciatively - Martin Flavin 11/27-29''. From 1925 to 1960 Atkinson was the theatre critic for the New York Times. On the rear panel of the dustwrapper is an extract from his enthusiastic review of this play.Fine in good, rubbed and chipped dustwrapper with some loss along the bottom edge.