THE TEMPTATION OF DON VOLPI by HAYES, ALFRED - 1961

Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1961. First edition, octavo, red boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 175pp, VG+ ( light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy tanningn to spine, lighter tanning elsewhere, light creasing to edges)

Atheneum, New York. Fine. 1960. 1st ed.. 8vo, ¼ cloth, maroon boards. Stated First Edition. . s was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, and novelis t. He wrote the screenplays for Clash by Night [ Fritz Lang], Isl and in the Sun, and was a co-writer on Roberto Rossellini's Paisa n in 1946 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He rec eived another nomination for the film Teresa in 1951. In televis ion he wrote for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mannix, Logan’sRun, and Nero Wolfe. This copy is inscribed on the front end paper to Hollywood film producer/director Jerry Wald. “It isn’t any s horter than ’Loss of Roses’”. The reference is to William I nge’s 1959 Broadway play “A Loss of Roses” which Wald had o ptioned and later filmed in 1963 with Joanne Woodward and Carol L inley. A fine copy in near fine… Read More