Things I Did... and Things I Think I Did. New York: Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, 1984.
First edition, first printing.
Quarto. 317 pp., including numerous black and white illustrations. Quarter burgundy cloth over green boards, with original dust jacket. Very mild rubbing to extremities, one quarter inch closed tear to top edge of jacket, but still a near fine copy. Signed with a lengthy inscription and original drawing by the author: "To M.C... / 'Brâncuşi' was a good photographer; / You are a good photographer; / Brancussi [sic] had a sage face; / You have a sage face; / Brrancussi [sic] was a genius.... / Well? / Remember / Jean Negulesco / Beverly Hills / 1985".
First edition of Negulesco's fascinating autobiography, with a delightful inscription.
Negulesco (1900-1993) was an acclaimed artist, writer, and filmmaker, best known as the director of How to Marry a Millionaire, Daddy Long Legs, and Titanic. Negulesco's memoirs include a veritable Who's-Who list of Hollywood stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Isadora Duncan, Bette Davis, and many more.
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8563
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150