Nine books from the library of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Nine books from the library of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Albert & Charles Boni, 1928 (17th printing & in a Grosset & Dunlap binding), signed on a front blank by Newman's father, "Arthur S. Newman Jan 22, 1931" — Maxim Gorky, Bystander (trans. B. G. Gurney), The Literary Guild, 1930, signed on a front blank by Newman's father, "Arthur S. Newman September 1930" — Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors, Houghton Mifflin, 1967 (2nd printing), inscribed on the half-title by the author to Newman and Woodward with a quotation from Virgil; in 1970, Stone adapted the novel into a movie called WUSA, starring Newman and Woodward — Glendon Swarthout, The Tin Lizzie Troop, Doubleday, 1972, underlined throughout in pencil by Newman, with occasional annotations, evidently in anticipation of making a film of the novel — Richard Russo, Empire Falls, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, with a few underlinings and other reader's marks by Newman, evidently in preparation for his appearance in the 2005 HBO miniseries based on the novel — Allan Gurganus, Blessed Assurance: A Moral Tale, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1990, no. 382 of 2,000 signed copies, with a further effusive inscription to Newman and Woodward signed by Gurganus on a front blank, "Some artists are born. Some artists are made. The greatest artists are both. …" — Allan Gurganus, The Practical Heart, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1993, no. 936 of 1,000 signed copies, with a further inscription to Newman and Woodward signed by Gurganus on the half-title, "From a fellow laborer who knows and loves their work. …" — Elliott Baker, A Fine Madness, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Joanne—'I understand a lot of your stuff.' with love, Elliott, Oct. 1965"; Baker's novel was made into a comedic film in 1966 starring Woodward and Sean Connery — Damon Runyon, More Guys and Dolls, Garden City Books, 1951, inscribed by a friend to Newman as a birthday gift. 

Together 9 volumes, various sizes. Various publisher's bindings and conditions.

(Sold as a group — not subject to return.)