Baby, It’s Cold Inside
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First edition · Signed
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from S.J. Perelman to his daughter Abby, inscribed by the author: “To Abby with much love, Sid. 5 July, 1970.” Fine bright copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor dust soiling and a trace of edge wear. A collection of thirty-two pieces, including ‘To Err is Human, to Forgive, Supine,’ ‘Too Many Undies Spoil the Crix,’ and ‘The Skin You Love to Watch.’ Sidney Joseph Perelman, popularly known as S. J. Perelman (1904 – 1979), was one of the most widely read literary icons of the Golden Age of American Humor. His New Yorker pieces, fiction, and collected essays are legendary for their biting wit and mastery of caricature and language. Off and on throughout his career he worked in film, notably as a contributing screenwriter on such Hollywood comedy classics as Monkey Business and Horse Feathers with the Marx Brothers, Mike Todd’s Around the World in 80 Days (for which he won an Oscar), co-creator of the hit Broadway musical comedy One Touch of Venus starring Mary Martin, as well as many publishing (including twenty-one books), radio, television, and travel writing ventures. He was the brother-in-law of the writer Nathanael West with whom he shared a close relationship up until West’s death in a car accident in 1940 at age thirty-seven, and whose memory and literary reputation he devoted himself to maintaining. His inner circle of literary and show-business friends and associates included F. Scott Fi
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Year: 1970
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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