Josh.  My Up and Down, In and Out Life  New York: Delacorte Press, [1976].

First edition. Presentation copy, with an excellent inscription by Logan on the front free endpaper: “Palm Springs/5 April 1976/ My Dear darling White Topsy -/This is one of the few first/books of the press and I wanted/you to have it in memory of all/the good times we’ve had together./Boy do I envy you writing/all that wonderful prose. This nearly/killed me./Love/Josh.”

Octavo. [viii], 1-408 pp. Illustrated with many black and white photographs, all reckoned within pagination. Publisher’s black cloth backstrip over grey boards, front cover stamped in silver and gilt, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Some mild wear and chipping to jacket, with a few small tears, minor rubbing to cloth. Overall, a very good copy with an excellent, warm inscription.

Joshua Logan (1908-1988) was a prominent theater and film producer, director and writer. He directed the first runs of Annie Get Your Gun, Mister Roberts, South Pacific and Wish You Were Here. He also won a Tony award for his direction of South Pacific, and a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing it with Rogers and Hammerstein. In Hollywood, he directed Picnic, Bus Stop, South Pacific, Camelot, and Paint Your Wagon. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Director, for Picnic.

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