Lauren Bacall: By Myself.

BACALL, Lauren.

Item Number: 137199

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.

First edition of the autobiography of Lauren Bacall. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 57 black-and-white photographs. Signed by the actress on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bottom front jacket photograph by John Collier. Rear-of-jacket photograph by Bert Longworth.

American actress Lauren Bacall was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. She was known initially for her alluring, sultry presence and her distinctive, husky voice. Bacall was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.