Nevertheless: A Memoir.

BALDWIN, Alec.

Item Number: 132603

New York: HarperCollins, 2017.

First edition of Baldwin’s memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bill Alec Baldwin. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milan Bozic.

“A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-meet, desultorily functioning Long Island family, in Massapequa, turn into Alec Baldwin, gifted actor, familiar public figure, impressively thoughtful person, notorious pugilist? . . . Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving . . . . Baldwin writes with great knowledge about old films, the art of acting, what he has learned from other actors, and about the differences among television, film and theater. . . . He’s a highly literate and fluent writer" (New York Times).