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The Reds And The Blacks – A Personal Adventure

First Edition

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Description

First edition of The Reds And The Blacks by William Attwood, inscribed to Mrs. Lauren Bacall. Octavo, ix, 341pp. Red cloth spine, black cloth covers, title in gilt on spine. Light dust along top edge. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Publishers first edition dust jacket, very good, with $5.95 price on front flap, closed tear along top edge of front panel. Inscribed by author to actress Lauren Bacall: “For Betty – With affection – as Adlai [Stevenson] would have said – and admiration – Bill Attwood.”

Comments: Mrs. Lauren Bacall was an Academy Award Nominated Actress, staring 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.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Harper & Row, Publishers

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1967

ISBN
Binding

Cloth

Condition

Near fine

Jacket Condition

very good

Author

Attwood | William (Association Copy)