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144 PAGES. THE CHEAP PAPER IS TONED WITH AGE. THERE IS WEAR TO THE EDGES OF THE OVERSIZE COVERS (YAPPED) AS IS USUALLY FOUND IN EARLY ISSUES OF THIS MAGAZINE. THE TITLE AND CONTENTS PAGES HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE COVER AND SPINE IS PARTIALLY SEPARATED AND THE BINDING IS BROKEN WITH RUSTED STAPLES. THE COMTENTS BEGINNING WITH PAGE 3 INCLUDE AN EARLY BEN HECHT STORY, "THE MONSTER" IN "THE SMART SET" MAGAZINE, VOLUME LII, NUMBER 4, AUGUST 1917, PAGES 45-52. THE MAGAZINE ALSO, INCLUDES A ONE ACT PLAY BY MAXWELL BODENHEIM AND BEN HECHT, THE PLAY IS ENTITLED "MRS. MARGARET CALHOUN" ON PAGES 73-77. THIS PLAY IS PRIOR TO THE PUBLICATION OF THEIR FIRST COLLABORATIVE BOOK PUBLICATION OF ANOTHER PLAY "THE MASTER POISONER" IN 1918. COVER ART BY GENE KESSLER. AN UNCOMMON AND VERY HARD TO FIND ISSUE OF BEN HECHT'S EARLY WORK THATIS OVER 100 YEARS OLD. .ALSO, THEATER COMMENTARY BY GEORGE JEAN NATHAN "THE DIARY OF A PLAY REVIEWER" AND AN ESSAY BY H. L. MENCKEN ENTITLED ":CRITICISM OF CRITICISM OF CRITICISM." Size: 6 7/8" X 10". Seller Inventory # 222010
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE SMART SET A MAGAZINE OF CLEVERNESS . VOL...
Publisher: THE SMART SET CO., INC, NY, NY & CHICAGO, IL
Publication Date: 1917
Binding: PICTORIAL PRINTED STIFF PAPER
Condition: POOR CONDITION
Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED
Edition: FIRST EDITION THUS.
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