The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Look, I Made a Hat.

SONDHEIM, Stephen [Annie Dillard].

$3,500.00

Item Number: 133175

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First editions of the collected lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page to fellow writer Annie Dillard, “For Annie Best Wishes from Stephen Sondheim.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Annie Dillard.

Stephen Sondheim’s career spanned more than half a century; his lyrics are synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. In Finishing the Hat—titled after perhaps his most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George—Sondheim not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he offered readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. “The book is a masterpiece. There never has been and never will be one like it. It is about the grain of sand that produces the pearl and is indeed as honest and simple as that pearl" (Mike Nichols).