Love Story.

SEGAL, Erich.

Item Number: 120989

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1970.

Special limited edition, which was distributed to bookstores of this best-selling work, basis for the acclaimed film bearing the same name. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Winnie Apt- Greetings- Thanks. Sincerely Erich Segal 9 June 1970 Washington, D.C.” Additionally signed by actress Ali MacGraw on the front free endpaper. MacGraw starred in the film. In fine condition, no dust jacket was issued for this edition.

"Not just a story--Love Story is an experience. The reader who responds to this little book will feel less like a reader than an unwritten Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an observer" (Christian Science Monitor). Basis for the 1970 film produced by Howard G. Minsky and directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, alongside John Marley, Ray Milland, and Tommy Lee Jones. It is considered one of the most romantic by the American Film Institute (#9 on the list) and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time.