ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO MRS. NORMAN HAPGOOD BY DAVID BELASCO - Octavo, light bluish-gray boards titled in blue on white labels mounted on the front cover & the spine and with a device of a bee stamped in blue at bottom right of the front cover. The covers are rubbed and soiled and the labels darkened. 174 pages. There is some minor foxing to the last few leaves. Very good.

First edition. Association copy, inscribed and signed by David Belasco to Mrs. Norman Hapgood on the front endpaper, dated March 19th, 1923.

Norman Hapgood was a well-known editor and publicist with a particular interest in American theatre.

THEATER; PLAY; LITERATURE; THEATRE; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; DAVID BELASCO; THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; DAVID WARWICK; SHYLOCK; INSCRIBED; ASSOCIATION COPY; MODERN; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; MRS. NORMAN HAP