Key Largo. A Play In A Prologue And Two Acts

MAXWELL ANDERSON

Publication: Anderson house, 1939, Washington, D C

First edition. 8vo. Gray cloth, titles printed in red on front cover and spine, dark gray topstain, decorated front and rear endpapers, [6], 125 pp.

A sharp copy of Anderson's hard-hitting play, centered around a disillusioned veteran who arrives on the island of Key Largo, FL in order to visit the family of a man who died under his command during World War II; what unfolds is a deeply tense series of events during a hurricane, where they are unsuspectingly trapped in a motel with a group of gangsters. The Broadway play version, starring Paul Muni, was a huge success, running for 105 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre between November 27, 1939 and February 24, 1940. Basis for John Huston's Oscar-winning 1948 film noir, starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore.

Fine in a bright dust jacket with trivial wear to the spine ends and corners, and the red spine lettering gently faded to a dark orange. As with nearly every example we have handled, the dustjacket measures ca.1/8" taller than the book.