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DREAMS DIE FIRST
by Robbins, Harold
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977), 1977. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed Later Printing to the wife of the late Cornelius Ryan, (author of A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day), in the year of publication, "For Kathy, With love and admiration." This provocative novel, mirroring the life and times of Playboy Magazine and its controversial founder, Hugh Hefner, follows Robbins' blockbusters, Never Love A Stranger. A Stone For Danny Fisher, (filmed as King Creole with Elvis Presley) and Robbins' Hollywood trilogy, The Dream Merchants, The Carpetbaggers and T he Inheritors, Robbins' larger than life charcters have captivated millions of readers for nearly forty years. 8vo. 350 pp. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper showing negligible closed tears to the crown and heel of the spine. From the library o f Cornelius Ryan. All of the Presentation Copies to Kathy Ryans and her late husband have been firsts - this one is an exception but shares the same great friendship & literary association spanning three decades. Robbins made it a point to inscri be copies as they were published. This one is dated: NY / 19 Nov. '77.
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- TBCL The Book Collection Library
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12411
- Title
- DREAMS DIE FIRST
- Author
- Robbins, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, (1977)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- LITERATURE/FICTION/NOVEL/AMERICAN AUTHORS/FILM BOOKS/NEVER LOVE A STRANGER/KING CREOLE/ELVIS PRESLEY/CORNELIUS RYAN/A BRIDGE TOO FAR/THE LONGEST DAY/PLAYBOY MAGAZINEHUGH HEFNER/. ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER
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