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First edition, number 147 of 150 copies signed by the author. The novel was adapted into a movie starring Pat O'Brien in 1981 and a Broadway musical in 1998. Provenance: from the collection of the publishing couple Selma Shapiro and Jim Silberman, who met while working at Random House, where he was an editor and she was the vice president of publicity. Their book label is loosely inserted. Octavo. Original linen, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt and silver, blue endpapers, top edge blue. In the original card slipcase. Spine lightly toned: a near fine copy in the slipcase.