Lot 1306
Coward, Noel. English actor, playwright, and composer.
First Edition Presentation Copy of The Vortex, a three-act play (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925), charmingly signed and inscribed upon publication to George Bernard Shaw's secretary, Blanche Patch: "For Miss Patch/his gratitude for her frequent protection./A happy Christmas/Noel Coward/Do read this I've heard it's so good!/1924" Octavo, original blue cloth with printed labels on the spine and upper cover. A lovely, near-fine copy with light and even browning to the pages and just a little darkening to the spine and the spine-label, all the more appealing because it appears to have been issued without a protective dustwrapper. Signed on the first flyleaf.
Estimated Value $600 - 1,250.
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