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“MERRY CHRISTMAS IN JULY”: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION

DAVIES, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1947). Small octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed in the year of publication by the author: “For Irv + Edna, Merry Christmas in July with much love, from Val, July 28, 1947.”

Based on Davies’ original, Oscar-winning screenplay for “the United States Christmas movie” (Clute & Grant, 650)— starring Maureen O’Hara and Edmund Gwenn (who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle)— this book was rushed into publication in 1947 in order to coincide with the film’s debut that summer. With “First Edition” on the copyright page. Owner blindstamps to front free endpaper and half title, not affecting inscription.

Book fine. Spine of near-fine dust jacket very faintly dampstained, edges lightly nicked. A near-fine copy, most desirable inscribed.