Quartet. Four Stories by . Screenplays by R.C. Sherriff

Maugham, William Somerset

Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y., 1949

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First American edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed to the wife of New Yor Post columnist, Leonard Lyons, who was for many years one of New York's most prominent journalists. His column in the New York Post, "The Lyons' Den" was widely read and immensely popular during the many years since its commencement in 1934. Unlike many of his colleagues, however, Lyons was highly respected for his fairness and highmindedness. According to Ralph Blumenthal in STORK CLUB (Boston, 2000), "Lyons didn't believe in writing about romances and divorces. Nor, it was said, did he ever violate a confidence . He corresponded with world leaders and literary giants . " (p. 131); and he counted among his friends celebrities as diverse as Ernest Hemingway (at whose funeral Lyons was pallbearer), Marilyn Monroe, and Orson Welles. Maugham has inscribed the flyleaf: "For Sylvia Lyons / W. Somerset Maugham." Black cloth. Upper cover slightly stained, else very good, in soiled and chipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 40822

Bibliographic Details

Title: Quartet. Four Stories by . Screenplays by ...

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y.

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: 1 vols. 12mo

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First American edition.