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Who Goes Home
by Edelman, Maurice [Lauren Bacall]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Who Goes Home by Maurice Edelman, inscribed to Mrs. Lauren Bacall.. Small octavo, 287pp. Blue cloth boards, silver title over spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Dust jacket in very good condition, retail price of $3.50 on front flap, closed tear to front panel, otherwise with bright illustrations and vibrant colors. Inscribed by the author to Mrs. Lauren Bacall on front free endpaper: "To Lauren Bacall - Herself - Maurice Edelman. October, 1953." The author of this book was a member of the British Labour Party and served in the House of Commons for 30 years. The authors other works include: A Trial of Love (1951), Who Goes Home? (1953), A Dream of Treason (1954), The Happy Ones (1957), A Call on Kuprim (1959), The Minister (1961), The Fratricides (1963), The Prime Minister's Daughter (1964), All on a Summer's Night (1969), Disraeli In Love (1972) and Disraeli Rising (1975). Mrs. Lauren Bacall was an Academy Award Nominated Actress, starring along side notable actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. She was also known as a democratic political supporter, with close ties to the Kennedy family and President Harry Truman. She passed away in 2014 in New York City. Provenance: from The Lauren Bacall Collection at Bonhams, May 2015.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 509
- Title
- Who Goes Home
- Author
- Edelman, Maurice [Lauren Bacall]
- Illustrator
- First edition of Who Goes Home by Maurice Edelman, inscribed to Mrs. Lauren Bacall.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Lauren Bacall first edition, signed Lauren Bacall, Lauren Bacall association copy, signed association copy, By Myself and Then Some Bacall, Now Lauren Bacall, Lauren Bacall By Myself first edition
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