Signed book: Hirschfeld. First edition, first printing. NY: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1979. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25, 224 pages. Signed inside on the title page in blue felt tip, “Hirschfeld,” adding a small sketch, and signed throughout the book by 90 notables from various fields. Signers include: Andy Warhol, Al Pacino, Arthur Miller, Kirk Douglas, Kay Ballard, Joan Fontaine, Raul Julia, Meryl Streep, Emlyn Williams, Alan J. Lerner, Angela Lansbury, Jules Styne, Eubie Blake, Jack Lemmon, and Bill Cosby. Autographic condition: overall fine, with light bands of toning to pastedown and first free end page affecting a few of the signatures. Book condition: VG+/None. Red paper-covered boards with silver stamped lettering to spine; edges worn, with small tears at corners and spine-ends; textblock edges and eps yellowed; few notes in pencil to eps.
Complete list of signers (the above included): Philip Anglim, Elizabeth Ashley, Kaye Ballard, Eubie Blake, Claire Bloom, Philip Bosco, David Brenner, Georgia Brown, Abe Burrows, Sid Caesar, Zoe Caldwell, Len Cariou (2), Imogene Coca, James Coco, Bill Cosby, Hume Cronyn, John Curry, Billy Daniels, Sandy Dennis, Colleen Dewhurst, Donal Donnelly, Kirk Douglas, Mia Farrow, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Joan Fontaine, Bob Fosse, Al Freeman, Jr., Helen Gallagher, Jack Gilford, Anita Gillette, Hermione Gingold, Ruth Gordon, Elliott Gould, David Groh, Lisa Hartman, Doug Henning, Judd Hirsch, Al Hirschfeld, Geoffrey Holder, Barnard Hughes, Glenda Jackson, Judith Jamison, Raul Julia (2), Swoosie Kurtz, Burton Lane, Hope Lange, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Jack Lemmon, Leo Lernan, Alan Jay Lerner, John Lithgow (2), Dorothy Loudon, Joseph Maher, Marsha Mason (2), Alec McCowen, Arthur Miller, Milo O’Shea, Jerry Orbach, Al Pacino, Geraldine Page, Tony Perkins, Ellis Rabb, Lynn Redgrave, Chita Rivera, Jason Robards, Jr., George Rose, Paul Rudd, Marian Seldes, Carole Shelley, Neil Simon, Maureen Stapleton, Frances Sternhagen, Meryl Streep, Jules Styne, Allen Swift, Liv Ullman, Gwen Verdon, Andy Warhol, Fritz Weaver, Jack Weston, Paxton Whitehead, Emlyn Williams, John Wood (2), Irene Worth. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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