Mister Roberts (Inscribed by the Broadway cast)
- SIGNED
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First edition. Very Good+. Publisher's tan cloth. Some wear to corners and fraying to cloth at spine. A bit of dampstaining to edges. Illustrated by Samuel Hanks Bryant. The novel was adapted for the stage in 1948; this copy is warmly inscribed by seven members of the original Broadway cast to fellow cast member Harvey Lembeck, who played the character of Insigna in over a thousand performances from 1948 to 1951. The hit production received Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actor (Henry Fonda), Best Producer, Best Author, and Best Director. It also received a Theatre World Award for the performance of Ralph Meeker, whose friendly inscription (“Luck to a wonderful actor, and room-mate”) can be found in this copy.
Thomas Heggen wrote Mister Roberts based on his experiences on a US Navy cargo ship in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. The novel was subsequently adapted into films in 1955 and 1984 and into a television series that ran from 1965-1966. Heggen died just a year after the play was first staged; Mister Roberts was his only major publication.
Inscriptions: Robert Baines (who played the role of Wiley), Steven Hill (Stefanowski), Karl Lukas (Lindstrom), Casey Walters (Dolan), Ralph Meeker (Mannion), Rusty Lane (Chief Johnson), and Joe Marr (Dowdy). Very Good+.
Thomas Heggen wrote Mister Roberts based on his experiences on a US Navy cargo ship in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. The novel was subsequently adapted into films in 1955 and 1984 and into a television series that ran from 1965-1966. Heggen died just a year after the play was first staged; Mister Roberts was his only major publication.
Inscriptions: Robert Baines (who played the role of Wiley), Steven Hill (Stefanowski), Karl Lukas (Lindstrom), Casey Walters (Dolan), Ralph Meeker (Mannion), Rusty Lane (Chief Johnson), and Joe Marr (Dowdy). Very Good+.