Author: Hayes, Helen
Title: A Gift of Joy
Description: New York: M. Evans & Co.& Lippincott, (1965), 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed First Edition of this autobiographical portrait of the "First Lady of The American stage," as she was dubbed by the millions she captivated with her talent, grace, and charm. Revealing her thoughts, anecdotes on her career, reminiscences of t he famous and infamous she came to know through stage and film, Hayes' offers her legion of admirers a unique glimpse into her life. Best known for her roles as Queen Victoria, Mary, Queen of Scots, Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cl e opatra, Maggie Wylie in J.M. Barrie's, What Every Woman Knows, as Amanda Wingfield in, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams and opposite Gary Cooper in the film version of Hemingway's, A Farewell to Arms, Hayes' garnered numerous awards inc lu d ing three Tony awards, plus a coveted Tony for career achievement, two Oscars, an Emmy for her work in television and a Grammy for her unique recording of the Bill of Rights. New York's Fulton Theater was renamed in her honor on November 21, 19 55, "An actress always knows when she's hit it and mostly you haven't but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that's good enough for one life." 8vo. 254 pp. Book design by Edward Gorey. Near Fine in original blue and purple boards (light sp otting at the top edge) in a near fine dustwrapper showing one closed tear on the front panel adjacent to the spine crown (two tiny closed tears on the back panel), a portrait of Helen Hayes, with some light offsetting at the spine fold on the i nsid e of the dustwrapper . Elegantly signed by Hayes on the ffe. A bright copy. /Dust Jacket Included.

Keywords: LITERATURE/NONFICTION/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/AMERICAN ACTRESSES/AMERICANTHEATER/AMERICANFILM/EDWARD GOREY/ACADEMY AWARD WINNER/MOVIE BOOKS/HARRIET BEECHER STOWE/TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/GLASS MENAGERIE/ERNEST HEMINGWAY/A FAREWELL TO ARMS/ ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER


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