signed first edition Hardcover
1934 · New York
by Lasky, Jesse Jr.
New York: Ives Washburn. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. [a little wear to spine ends, otherwise a tight clean book; jacket browned at spine and around edges of front panel, with a few shallow nicks along the top edge]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the ffep: "For Soldadera Ruth / from el / Bandido / Jesse Lasky Jr. / Feb. 1940." Youthful poetry by the son of one of the earliest Hollywood moguls, co-founder of the company that eventually became Paramount Pictures. Jr. went on to a notable screenwriting career, and also produced one of the better movie-biz-scion memoirs, "Whatever Happened to Hollywood?" Signed by Author . (Inventory #: 22564)