Description: Title: 1001 Afternoons in Chicago Category: Journalistic caricaturization of urban American life in the jazz age Editor: Ben Hecht Publisher: Covici-Friede Publishers - New York Date of publication: 1931 (Fourth Printing) Format/binding: Dark blue cloth over cardboard with gilt authors signature on front cover. Book condition: Cover material on the spine is missing, beyond that, this copy is in overall very good condition for the age, and the book remains secure in the binding. Some browning to many of the pages in the book, same with interior of front cover and back cover. There are numerous hight quality interior illustrations in black and white throughout including full page and double page images. No dust jacket. Number of pages: 289 Size: 8 1/4 X 6 inches Language: English Other relevant information: The author, Ben Hecht (1894-1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. In 1921, Hecht inaugurated the Daily News column, One Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago. He wrote 35 books as well as numerous screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. Hecht received the first Academy Award for Best Story for Underworld (1927). All illustrations are by Hermann Rosse (1887-1965) who was a Dutch-American architect, illustrator, painter, theatrical designer, and art director. In 1918, he moved to Illinois, where he accepted an appointment to head the Design Department of the School at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, Rosse provided stunning illustrations for Ben Hecht's column in the Chicago Daily News; These were collected into a book titled, 1001 Afternoons in Chicago, which also featured Rosse's strikingly bold pen drawings. Dedication: A printed signature is inside the front cover and reads as follows, “Miss Sid Ellman 620 W. Montgomery Ave” Price: $150.00
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Binding: Hardcover
Author: Ben Hecht
Publisher: Covici-Friede Publishers - New York
Topic: Journalistic caricaturization of urban American life in the jazz
