Arsenic and Old Lace * Readers League of America*Green Hardback Cover

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Posted by Hardyat
14 years ago
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I found this book and can find no information on it.  I am perplexed. 

This is the play, The interior pages have no hand writing on them.  It has a Ex Libris Anna Louise Smith.  It has a green cover with red titling of Arsenic and Old Lace with crossbones.  The pages are in excellent condition no pen marks or tears, or other imperfections other than normal aging. 
Category Books and Manuscripts
Medium Hard cover
Distinguishing marks Red Titling * Skull and Cross Bones
Condition Good
Size and dimensions of this item 7" X 5"
Date Period 1940's
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Price Paid (If known) Found In Old Book Collection of relative
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Submitted by pipilo

Readers League of America is like a book club or reprint house where  they pay the original publisher (Random House in this case) to create a reprint of a book.  While the original Arsenic and Old Lace published by Random House with photoplays is worth any where from $50 to $750, your reprint copy published by Readers League of America is being offered elsewhere for $6.   Yours is also appears to be a 2nd printing of a reprint which is not a desirable characteristic in this book. 

Submitted by pipilo

P.S. the Ex-Libris label is a bookplate.  Some of them have a lot of value depending on who the artist is....it looks like yours has an artist's name but I can't read it.  Anna Smith is the person who owned the bookplate....I don't recognize her as being anyone famous....before giving the book away I would so some research on the bookplate...it could have some value but I'm no expert on them.  The bookplate can be removed from the book if it does have value.

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