Racket by Bartlett Cormack, First Edition (4 results)

PAMPHLET. Condition: NEAR FINE++. *FIRST EDITION*. BEGINNING "FEBRUARY 6, 1928". CONTAINS COLORFUL PERIOD ADVERTISING. THERE IS A LAID-IN FOLDED ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE A NEW PLAY "THE SILENT HOUSE. THE AMBASSADOR THEATRE WAS A SHUBERT THEATRE AT 49th STREET BETWEEN BROADWAY AND EIGHTH AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY. Size: 12MO.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Drama of two Chicago cops going against mob corruption, a Broadway success in 1927/8 featuring Edward G. Robinson; filmed in 1928 and again in 1951. Small hardcover, as pictured; lacking the jacket. General wear, some spotting/mottling to cover, sunned spine with bumped ends, little bit of paint on bottom edge of boards; endsheets & page edges lightly foxed, hints of foxing to other pages. Text clean; [x], 134 pages. Size: Small Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Blue cloth lettered in silver. Modest spotting on the boards, and a little toning at the spine, very good lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Barrett H. Clark, his editor at Samuel French: "For Barrett H. Clark, my first play, but I hope not our last association. Sincerely, Bartlett Cormack." With Clark's bookplate on the front pastedown. This play was a success on Broadway and was Edward G. Robinson's first starring role, and was the basis for the silent film adapted by Cormack from his play and directed by Lewis Milestone in 1928, which was one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929. The film was remade in 1951 John Cromwell film noir starring actor Robert Mitchum. Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama, aside from authoring many books, he served as the longtime literary editor for the drama publisher Samuel French.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Fritz Lang: "For Fritz Lang / Bartlett McCormack / Beverly Hills, CA / 1935." Play that is the basis for the 1951 film noir directed by John Cromwell and starring Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, and Robert Ryan. Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the rare dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned, with several nicks at the extremities. The Dark Page II: 1959-1965, p. 38. Signed.