signed first edition Softcover
1963 · New York
by CHAYEFSKY, Paddy
New York: Arthur Cantor, 1963. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. Mimeographed sheets secured with prong fasteners in stiff wrappers with title applied on paper label. Very good. A cheery little musical play about Joseph Stalin that featured Peter Falk in the title role. This copy of the script Inscribed by Chayefsky to New York critic Leonard Lyons: "July 31/63. Dear Lennie - The interpolation on p. 1-3-17 will be in the newly mimeographed scripts - Paddy." On the designated page appears the printed set direction: "It is packed with revolutionaries, men and women... ." Chayefsky has handwritten at the end of the passage a reference to Lyons' wife: "including that notorious terrorist, 'Grandma' Sylvia Lyons." Lyons was a syndicated columnist for *The New York Post*, who wrote the influential column on Broadway, "The Lyon's Den." Rare, and with a nice association. (Inventory #: 86690)