The great Magoo : a love-sick charade in three acts and something like eight scenes, recounting the Didoes of two young and amorous souls, who nigh perished when they weren't in the hay together / Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler ; illustrated by Herman Rosse.

Accession number

PML 178630

Creator

Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964, author.

Published

New York : Covici Friede, 1933.

Credit line

The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.

Description

12 unnumbered, 208 numbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

Author's inscription and signature in ink on flyleaf: "To Wilson Mizner, Pilot of Hollywood's glass bottom boat. Show this to the tourists. with true love, Gene Fowler". Author's signature in ink on flyleaf: "Ben Hecht". Inscrption written in ink on flyleaf: "Christmas -- 1932 / Hollywood -- California".

Provenance

Wilson Mizner; Carter Burden.

Binding

Publisher's black boards printed in green with a decorated dust jacket.

Classification

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The great Magoo : a love-sick charade in three acts and something like eight scenes, recounting the Didoes of two young and amorous souls, who nigh perished when they weren't in the hay together / Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler ; illustrated by Herman Rosse.