Description
Signed first edition of Families: A Memoir and Celebration by Wyatt Cooper, the fourth husband of Grace Vanderbilt and father of CNN reporter Anderson Cooper.
Octavo, xv, [1], 199pp, [1]. Tan hardcover, title in gilt on brown cloth spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page, full number line listed. Solid text block, light wear along spine, near fine condition. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price-clipped, closed tears along edges, small chips to corners, sunned spine.
Inscribed by Wyatt Cooper on the front free endpaper: “For the Schneiders / with warm (though late) regards. I promised at the — Hill dinner to send this book but I move slowly these days/ I hope it makes you laugh a little and cry a little since good books, like good lives, are made by — some happy balance between tears and laughter. Wyatt Cooper / Jan 15, 1976.”
Wyatt Cooper (1927-1978) was an author, screenwriter, and actor. Cooper was the fourth husband of socialite Grace Vanderbilt, and father to current CNN reporter Anderson Cooper.
