signed first edition Hardcover
(c.1973) · New York
by Fagyas, M[aria]
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1973). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [no significant wear to book, but some fading to cloth at spine and around edges of covers (apparently the gray-background jacket didn't keep out the sun); jacket has a one-inch closed tear and associated minor creasing at bottom of front panel, a bit of wear along top edge and rubbing and tiny tears at several upper corners and at top of spine]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Historical thriller centering around the assassinations of the King and Queen of Serbia in 1903. Signed books by this Hungarian-born author are exceedingly uncommon; the wife of playwright and screenwriter Ladislaus (aka Leslie) Bush-Fekete, she was also known by her married name, Maria Bush-Fekete. The inscription in this book, to screenwriter Daniel Taradash and his wife, is signed "Marika." Signed by Author . (Inventory #: 18202)