Author: Lawrence P. Bachmann
Title: The Bitter Lake
Description: London, Collins, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this scarce first edition novel by film producer Lawrence Bachmann, inscribed to American author Paul Gallico and his wife Virginia. The first edition of this novel by Lawrence Paul Bachmann, American film producer who also served in the US Army Air Forces and was the principal overseas correspondent for Air Force magazine. After a long career in the motion picture industry, he started writing novels again. A signed presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'For Virgina and Paul, with many thanks for encouraging me to develop my "writing muscle." Affection, Larry,' dated 1969. An association copy, the inscription being to Paul Gallico, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure, and his wife Virginia. This volume was acquired from a sale of his library.The plot concerns a cargo ship stuck in the middle of the Arab-Israel conflict while passing through the Suez Canal, and its direct effect on the war, a mixture of fact and fiction. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed and signed by the author to Paul and Virginia Gallico to the front free endpaper, dated 1969. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart, with minor shelf wear and a minor soiling to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor spotting to the top edge, affecting only slightly the odd margin, the pages are otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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