Main entry:

Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943, author.

Title & Author:

While Rome burns / by Alexander Woollcott.

Edition:

Pocket Books edition.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Pocket Books, Inc., 1941.
©1934

Description:

vi, 335 pages ; 17 cm.

Series:

[Pocket book] ; 131

Notes:
"Published, by arrangement with The Viking press ..."--Facing title page.
"Pocket Book edition published December, 1941. 1st printing: December, 1941"--Title page verso.
"About the author": page [337]; publisher's advertisements (dated December, 1941) on pages [339]-[346].
Pagination varies in later printings.
"131"--Spine.
In that state of life -- The sacred grove -- A plot for Mr. Dreiser -- Reunion in Paris -- Hansom is -- Hands across the sea -- My friend Harpo -- Reunion in Newark -- Father Duffy -- Obituary -- The editor's easy chair -- For Alpha Delta Phi -- Aunti Mary's Doctor -- The truth about Jessica Dermot -- Entrance fee -- Moonlight sonata -- Full fathom five -- Rien ne va plus -- The little fox-terrier -- Believe it or not -- A portrait of Kathleen Norris -- Colossal bronze -- The first Mrs. Tanqueray -- Our Mrs. Parker -- The mysteries of Rudolfo -- The legend of Sleepless Hollow -- The prodigal father -- The young monk of Siberia -- By the rude bridge -- In behalf of an absentee -- The mystery of the Hansom cab -- La belle Hélène and Mr. B. -- Murder for publicity -- An exotic figure in Moscow -- The corporal of St.-Aignan -- Comrade Woollcott goes to the play -- The retreat from Moscow -- Going to pieces in the Orient -- How to go to Japan -- Charlie, as ever was -- Camille at Yale -- Lest we forget -- Mourning becomes Electra -- This thing called they -- Good life -- The wife of Henry Adams -- The gentle Julians -- The last of Frank Harris -- The nostrils of G.B.S. -- Wisteria -- The triumph of Newtie Cootie.
Reginald, R. Cumulative paperback index, 1939-1959, page 227
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1934.
Library copy: signed W. Ed? Morgan, 1/5/48.

Subject:

Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 Literary collections.
Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943
Dramatic criticism United States Literary collections.
Dramatic criticism United States.
Critique dramatique États-Unis.
Critique dramatique États-Unis Anthologies.
Dramatic criticism
United States

Form/genre:

Literature.
Paperbacks.
Publishers' advertisements.
Littérature.

Added entries:

Pocket Books, publisher.
C. Donald Cook Frank Lloyd Wright Collection
Pocket book ; 131.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 92646
Call No.: IDY PS3545.O77.W5; ID:95-B8
Status: Available