signed first edition Hardcover
1931 · Garden City
by JOHNSON, Nunnally
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Some soiling to the spine, else very good, lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Holger, representing Sweden in a tremendous international friendship with that true blue American, Nunnally. June 20, 1931." The recipient, Holger Cahill, was the National Director of the Federal Art Project, Works Projects Administration (1935 to 1943) - Johnson was either mistaken, or being facetious: Cahill was actually born in Iceland. Author's first book, a collection of short stories. Johnson directed several good films, including *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* and *The Three Faces of Eve*, and wrote the screenplays for many more. (Inventory #: 78936)