My Heart Belongs.

MARTIN, Mary.

Item Number: 115702

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976.

First edition of Mary Martin’s compelling autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page “[My Heart Belongs] to Winnie – with Love Mary Martin.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy Fehr. Jacket photographs by John Engstead and Manchester Magazine.

A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, American actress Mary Martin performed many originating roles throughout her career including the leading roles of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949) and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). Perhaps her most memorable role was that of Peter Pan in the 1954 Broadway production for which she won a Tony Award.