Gift Inscriptin Joan Paley (1 results)
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen, Hans Christian, Color Plates And B/W Illustrations By Tasha Tudor; Gift Inscriptin From Joan Paley.
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, London 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 273 Clean, Unmarked Pages. First Printing, 1945. Spine And 1 3/8" Along Top And Spine Edges Of Front Cover Are Faded. Neatly Inscribed "To Raymond From Joan Paley Xmas 1945" On Front Endpaper. Joan Paley Straus Cullman (1932-2004) Was An American Philanthropist And T…ony Award Broadway Producer. Born Joan Paley To A Jewish Family In 1932 In Far Rockaway, Queens, She Was A Graduate Of Brooklyn College. After School, She Worked For Stan Lee Of Comic Book Fame. She Went On To Produce Nine Broadway Shows Including Yasmina Reza's Art, (1998) Which Won The Tony And New York Drama Critics Circle Awards For Best Play; David Hare's Tony-Nominated Skylight (1996); Tony-Nominated Sweet Smell Of Success (2002); Tony-Nominated The Play What I Wrote (2004); The Rink, A Musical Written By Terrence Mcnally With Music By John Kander And Lyrics By Fred Ebb; David Hare's The Judas Kiss; Carmelina;[1] Amy's View; Oh, Brother!; Mademoiselle Colombe; And Caroline, Or Change. From 1985, Cullman Served On The Board Of The Lincoln Center Theater, And Was Vice Chairman; She Founded The Joan Cullman Award For Extraordinary Creativity Which Has Been Presented To The Likes Of Tom Stoppard, Stockard Channing, Julie Taymor, And Spalding Gray. Paley Was Married Twice. Her First Marriage To Barnard Sachs Straus (Son Of Nathan Straus Jr. And Grandson Of Bernard Sachs) Ended In Divorce; They Had Two Children, Tracy Straus Postel And Barnard S. Straus Jr. Her Second Marriage Was To Joseph F. Cullman Iii. They Divorced Soon After Marrying But Moved Back In Together After Several Years And Remarried In 1988. She Died Of A Heart Attack At Her Vacation Home In Tryall, Jamaica.
