Light Your Torches and Pull Up Your Tights
signed first edition
1973 · New Rochelle, NY
by GARNETT, TAY (with FREDDA DUDLEY BALLING)
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author film director Tay Garnett to fellow film director David Bradley. Inscribed: “To David Bradley - a good friend when the chips are down. Tay Garnett.” With recipient’s ownership stamp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some slight fading to the spine and a touch of edge wear. Laid in is a clipping of a moving memorial article about the life and work of Tay Garnett by author and film historian Charles Higham from the Los Angeles Times dated Oct. 16, 1977, nearly two weeks after Garnett’s passing. Garnett was best known for his film The Postman Always Rings Twice. David Bradley directed such cult classics as They Saved Hitler’s Brain and Dragstrip Riot. (Inventory #: 11296E)