Actor: The Life and Times of Paul Muni
Inscribed, signed copy by the author New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 380 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket is chipped and edge worn. On the rear paste down is a typed slip and typed book reviews from various critics and newspapers. One legal size sheet of paper is pasted down with the typed label on the rear paste down. There are two more legal sized typed book reviews laid inside the back cover. The typed label in all caps reads - "Jerome Lawrence's Actor is that rare theatrical which not only recreates the past on stage and screen in vibrant and endearing terms but also goes beyond the Star at Its Center to Offer Us A Warm and Perceptive Portrait of the "Mensch" at the core. It's a clear eyed and affectionate work, jam-packed with the names, anecdotes and gossip that made Milieu irresistible and its protagonist a man worthy of the mark he made on all of us. - Critic Judith Crist." This copy is signed and inscribed to the previous owner on the right front flyleaf. Very good / good. Item #19733
Price: $35.00