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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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PARKER, Dorothy (1893-1967). Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker. New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1939.
8vo. Publisher's green cloth; original dust jacket (rubbing to spine, toning). Provenance: Rosemary Alexander (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY DOROTHY PARKER to Rosemary Alexander: "With best wishes." Dorothy Parker, one of the great social satirists of early 20th century America, worked later in her life as a screenwriter in Hollywood, where she would receive two Academy Award nominations, one of which was for her work on the 1937 film, A Star is Born.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota