All Fall Down.

HERLIHY, James Leo [Eva Marie Saint].

$2,500.00

Item Number: 147761

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1960.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1962 film directed by John Frankenheimer with the screenplay adapted by playwright William Inge starring Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed To John- All my wishes for the best in life: Love and work, And peace in both. Love, Jim November 27, 1960 New York.” Also signed in full by James Leo Herlihy on the title page and an additionally inscribed by actress Eva Marie Saint on the front free endpaper. The recipient, John Lee Weldon was the author of Thunder in the Heart and a close friend of the author. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. A unique example.

"A teenage boy’s image of his older brother is shattered by tragedy in this 'remarkable first novel' by the author of Midnight Cowboy" (New York Herald Tribune Book Review).