She Loves Me. A Musical Comedy (based on a play by Miklos Laszlo).

MASTEROFF, Joe; Jerry Bock; Sheldon Harnick.

Published by New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964

About this Item

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the writer, composer, and lyricist on the half title to Clive Hirschhorn: "Without whom.? Joe Masteroff", "Good morning, good day, Jerry Bock", "He loves us - ! Sheldon Harnick". "Good Morning, Good Day" is the opening number of the musical. Hirschhorn (b. 1940) spent decades as the film and theatre critic for the Sunday Express. His various histories of Hollywood include The Warner Bros. Story (1978) and The Hollywood Musical (1981). His ownership note is on the front pastedown, dated October 1988. She Loves Me opened at New York's Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 23 April 1963, directed by Harold Prince. Adapted from Miklos Laszlo's 1937 play Parfumerie, it won five Tony Awards and ran for 301 performances. The following year, Fiddler on the Roof premiered, for which Bock and Harnick created the music and lyrics. Octavo. Frontispiece line drawing by Hirschfeld, 6 photographic plates. Original red cloth, spine lettered in white, top edge red. With dust jacket. Spine ends and corners rubbed, edges lightly foxed, nick to pp. 51-60; jacket unclipped with price crossed through in pencil, spine sunned, short closed tear to head of front panel, mark to rear panel, light foxing to flaps and verso: a very good copy in like jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: She Loves Me. A Musical Comedy (based on a play by Miklos Laszlo).
• Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)