Between the Covers

Softcover. Quarto. [16]pp. Stapled wrappers. Slight age-toning, date in ink on front wrap, near fine. Musical with book credited primarily to Nathaniel Benchley (who also created the cover illustration); and the lyrics and music credited in part to Alan Jay Lerner, Class of 1939, with various collaborators. Along with Frederick Loewe, Lerner went on to create many famous musical plays and films including *Brigadoon*, *Paint Your Wagon*, *An American in Paris*, *Gigi*, *My Fair Lady*, and *Camelot*. Lerner began his career with these productions for the Hasty Pudding Club. Benchley, the son of Robert Benchley, went on write *The Off-Islanders*, basis for the film *The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!*.

Item #371387