Signed book: The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West. Later printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 214 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “To Richard, Your friend, Gary Cooper,” sketching a cowboy below. Also signed and inscribed inside on the first few pages by Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Jessamyn West, William Wyler, Dimitri Tiomkin (adding a brief AMQS), Mark Richman, Phyllis Love, Robert Middleton, Walter Catlett, Marjorie Main, Edna Skinner, Marjorie Durant, and Frances Farwell. Nearly the entire crew has also signed inside the back cover, including Oscar-winning costume designer Dorothy Jeakins. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None. Grey cloth-covered boards; mild wear to edges, with a few tiny tears in cloth; spine and edges sunned; minor soiling; textblock slightly yellowed. Directed by Wyler, West’s book was adapted for the screen in 1956 as Friendly Persuasion, which opened to critical acclaim and was nominated for six Oscars. The inscriptions are to child actor Richard Eyer, who played the important role of Little Jess Birdwell in the film. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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