Description
First edition of Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis.
Octavo, [1], 280pp. Black and pink hardcover, title in pink and white on spine. Stated “Twenty-ninth printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, slight toning to endpapers, bumped edges, dust remnants to top edge, a very good example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, light sunning, chipped corners. A very good example of a popular title.
Edward Everett Tanner III (1921-1976), also known by his pseudonym Patrick Dennis, was an American author known most prominently for this book. Auntie Mame was adapted into a stage play in 1956, a film in 1958, a musical in 1966, and a film version of the musical in 1974.
