CAREER - A NEW PLAY

JAMES LEE - HAND SIGNED

Published by Random House, New York, 1957

About this Item

1st/1st - James Lee, was a successful writer for the stage, screen and television. Among his most acclaimed works was ''Career,'' the fifth play he wrote, which opened in 1957, off Broadway. He got the idea for it while walking home after acting in ''The Seven Year Itch". When it opened at the Seventh Avenue South Playhouse, critics for The New York Times, wrote that it was ''fundamentally knowledgeable and discerning.'' Mr. Lee also wrote the script for the 1959 movie adaptation of ''Career,'' which starred Anthony Franciosa, Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine. Career is a 1959 blacklist film drama co-written by Dalton Trumbo. Condition & Description of this book: The dustjacket retains price to front prelim, [$2.95] light creasing down the front prelim edge. Lightly soiled in general. Now housed in a removable plastic archival sleeve. Beige cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and decoration to the spine and the front board.Very good overall condition, very clean. James Lee dedication to the first front blank end page reads: For Peter, with friendship and best wishes, James Lee. [written in blue ink]. All the pages throughout the book are clean and tightly bound. - END - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like the book enough to buy it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CAREER - A NEW PLAY
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: -
• Edition: FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • MODERN FIRST EDITIONS - HAND SIGNED