First edition, stated first printing of Jacquellne Susann’s first novel, published in 1966 by Bernard Geis Associates and distributed by Random House. Basis for the 1967 film starring Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, and Barbara Parkins (and two later films). Despite tepid to negative reviews, the lurid tale of three ambitious young women seeking fame and fortune in show business became the biggest selling novel of 1966; by the time of Susann’s death in 1974 it had sold 17 million copies, making it the best-selling novel in publishing history. 8vo (6” x 8.5”), white cloth-backed black paper boards with three “dolls” to the front, pictorial unclipped dust jacket priced at $5.95, 442 pages. From the library of James Frasher with his signature on the FFE. Frasher was Lillian Gish’s long-term business manager and a minor Hollywood actor himself. Slight lean to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Minor chipping, some rubbing and soiling to dj, with 0.25” open tear to spine head.
First edition, stated first printing of Jacquellne Susann’s first novel, published in 1966 by Bernard Geis Associates and distributed by Random House. Basis for the 1967 film starring Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, and Barbara Parkins (and two later films). Despite tepid to negative reviews, the lurid tale of three ambitious young women seeking fame and fortune in show business became the biggest selling novel of 1966; by the time of Susann’s death in 1974 it had sold 17 million copies, making it the best-selling novel in publishing history. 8vo (6” x 8.5”), white cloth-backed black paper boards with three “dolls” to the front, pictorial unclipped dust jacket priced at $5.95, 442 pages. From the library of James Frasher with his signature on the FFE. Frasher was Lillian Gish’s long-term business manager and a minor Hollywood actor himself. Slight lean to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Minor chipping, some rubbing and soiling to dj, with 0.25” open tear to spine head.
