 Author Name: HELLMAN, LILLIAN.
Title: AN UNFINISHED WOMAN, A MEMOIR.
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good in Very Good dj
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1969.
Seller ID: 2479
Lillian Hellman American playwright: Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine, The Autumn Garden, Toys In the Attic, The Children' s Hour, Pentimento and many other plays describes her childhood in New Orleans, years in Hollywood, many friends including Dorothy Parker and her long term relationship with author Dashiel Hammett. She offers a candid account and passionate account of her life with unsparring self-scrutiny. She details her experiences in Europe during the 1930's when anti-semitism and Fascism were rampant; travelled to the Soviet Union and witnessed the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. Hellman was regulary involved with liberal and leftist organizations and was called to testify before the House of Un-American Activities (which Hammett was also called to and jailed for not testifying). A fascinating, talented and strong woman. Photo section. Orange cloth boards over quarter cloth black spine, gilt lettering to spine.
DW not price clipped, black and white portrait of Hellman, white and black spine. Closed edge tears to lower edge, upper, and head of spine end. Rear two closed edge tears to lower edge one 1 1/2 inches, two to upper edge one 1 1/2 inches. All else, clean text and photos, tightly bound. First Edition, stated. In protective mylar cover. tall 8vo, 280 pp
Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman First Edition, Women Playwrights, American Playwrights, Memoirs Lillian Hellman, Little Foxes, The Children's Hour, Leftist Playwrites 1930's Memoir, Playwright, First Edition
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