Sweet Eros, Next and Other Plays [Inscribed to Elaine Steinbeck]
- SIGNED
- New York: Random House, 1969
New York: Random House, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Signed by Terrence McNally at title page to his close friend Elaine Steinbeck with inscription, "For Elaine, Who had more to do with this than she will ever, ever realize. I love you. And that's for life, Ter-le-beau." Octavo. 138 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black and orange boards stamped in gilt. Spine of dust jacket faded and a few nicks along edges. Light shelfwear to boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good.
Steinbeck, wife of the novelist, had an extensive and prestigious career on the stage, though her connection with McNally was more personal, as he tutored her children while she was traveling, and praised her "wisdom, wit, and gusto" in a speech when the Bay Street Theatre stage was named after her.
Steinbeck, wife of the novelist, had an extensive and prestigious career on the stage, though her connection with McNally was more personal, as he tutored her children while she was traveling, and praised her "wisdom, wit, and gusto" in a speech when the Bay Street Theatre stage was named after her.