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VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET, A COMEDY AKIN TO A VAUDEVILLE
by VIDAL, GORE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Light edge and Corner Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. INSCRIBED TO JOANNE WOODWARD AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. "To Miss Joanne Woodward-for whom the beautiful part of Ellen was written- Gore Vidal, Aug. 1957". One small area of rubbing and brown stain lower 1/3 of spine. Small water mark at top of rear cover. Jacket is darkened at creases, some chipping, with 1" piece missing from spine at lower portion of "Planet". Light water-stain top of rear panel. Original $2.95 price on front blurb. Photo of Cyril Ritchard and Eddie Mayehoff on rear panel.This is the play based on the television script for an episode of Goodyear Television Playhouse aired on May 8, 1955. The play starring Mr. Ritchard, who also directed the play, ran 388 performances in 1957-58. The play was then made into a Hollywood film, starring Jerry Lewis, in 1960. We can find no evidence that Miss Woodward ever played the role of Ellen Spelding. Sylvia Davis is listed in the playbill for the TV episode. Sarah Marshall is cast as Ellen in the Broadway play. Joan Blackman played her in the film adaptation. We know from biographical sources that Miss Woodward was a close friend of the author. Some reports suggest that she was engaged to Vidal prior to marrying Paul Newman. Vidal noted that it was all a stunt to attrract Newman's attention to Miss Woodward. She shared a house with Vidal in Los Angeles for a short time. Furthermore Paul Newman shared living quarters with Vidal at an earlier time. An unusual association copy of a work by the acclaimed American writer (1925-2012).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Green and White Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014037
- Title
- VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET, A COMEDY AKIN TO A VAUDEVILLE
- Author
- VIDAL, GORE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light edge and Corner Wear
- Jacket Condition
- Chipped Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Theater, Plays, Autograph, Joanne Woodward
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Blurb
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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