New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Octavo, biege cloth covered boards with red and gilt titles and spine titles. 380 pp. including index and "Acknowledgements" (The acknowledgements are actually more or less detailed notes on sources and persons appearing in the biography.) Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and movie stills. Written by one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, Jerome Lawrence was not only the author of the famous Inherit the Wind but also the founder of the American Playwright's Theatre. Includes details of Muni's almost 300 performances in the Yiddish theater before he began his Broadway career. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR JEROME LAWRENCE, IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION on free front endpaper. This copy in excellent collector's condition. Fresh cloth, bright gilt, clean interior, unmarked, unblemished and apparently unread in a tight, crisp, sharp, glossy price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 09969
Title: Actor: The Life and Times of Paul Muni
Author: Lawrence, Jerome
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: MUNI, PAUL, BIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL, ACTOR, ACTING, STAGE, FILM, MOVIE, CINEMA, LAWRENCE, JEROME, ACADEMY, AWARD, WINNER, WINNING, MODERN, SIGNED, FIRST, EDITION, YIDDDISH, BROADWAY, ILLUSTRATED, PHOTOGRAPHS, JEWISH, PLAYWRIGHT, WRITER
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