This Side of Hollywood; Together with The Private Life of Goldilocks and Other Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups [*SIGNED*]

Pasadena CA: Shaw Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, moderate wear to bottom edge, dust-darkening to top page edges, attractive vintage bookplate on ffep; jacket shows some edgewear, mild soiling, a few small tears, minor chipping at spine ends]. SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "Coast Arabian Nights! You Have a Good Time and Meet Some Extraordinary People in Plush Pasadena and Gaudy Los Angeles." The author was a newspaper columnist, "appraised by many observers as one of the keenest satirical humorists of our day." The book is a mixture of fiction and nonfiction pieces, some previously published (in The New Yorker, Rob Wagner's Script, etc.), some new. Signed by Author .