signed first edition
1959 · Cleveland, OH
by [Ruth Ford] Peter S. Feibleman
Cleveland, OH: World, 1959. First Edition. First Edition. Briefly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Ruth / Love / Peter / April 30, '66." Ford has paper-clipped an excised photograph of the author in his youth, with another inscription beneath the photograph: "Get well / Love / Peter."
Ruth Ford was an American stage and film actress, sister to the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. She began her career as a model for the likes of Harper's and Mademoiselle, and early on was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. With Welles' help she went on to land work in Hollywood. Her best known films include "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944), Anthony Mann's "Strange Impersonation" (1946), and Frank Perry's "Play It As It Lays" (1972).
Her persona was as important-if not more important-than her career in film and on the stage. For more than 40 years, her apartment in the Dakota, the gabled, fortress-like building on 72nd Street, welcomed the likes of William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, Stephen Sondheim, and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to the pair's collaboration on "West Side Story."
Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, and a touch of rubbing to the top page edges. Moderate shelfwear to the jacket extremities, slight toning to the folds and fading to the spine, and faint indentations to the flap from the paperclip (affected the front endpaper).
From the estate of Ruth Ford. (Inventory #: 128009)
Ruth Ford was an American stage and film actress, sister to the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. She began her career as a model for the likes of Harper's and Mademoiselle, and early on was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. With Welles' help she went on to land work in Hollywood. Her best known films include "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944), Anthony Mann's "Strange Impersonation" (1946), and Frank Perry's "Play It As It Lays" (1972).
Her persona was as important-if not more important-than her career in film and on the stage. For more than 40 years, her apartment in the Dakota, the gabled, fortress-like building on 72nd Street, welcomed the likes of William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, Stephen Sondheim, and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to the pair's collaboration on "West Side Story."
Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, and a touch of rubbing to the top page edges. Moderate shelfwear to the jacket extremities, slight toning to the folds and fading to the spine, and faint indentations to the flap from the paperclip (affected the front endpaper).
From the estate of Ruth Ford. (Inventory #: 128009)