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The World of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

Thu, Jul 13, 2023 10:00AM EDT
Lot 185

Group of Books on Old New York, Merchant Ivory Productions and The Age of Innocence from the Library of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

Estimate: $200 - $400
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Including: The Children, Edith Wharton, Appleto- Century-Crofts Inc., 1956, with Edith Wharton bookmark and Joanne Newman bookplate; Hullabaloo in Old Jeypore: The Marking of the Deceivers, Ismail Merchant, Doubleday, 1989, with inscription by Ismail Merchant to Paul and Joanne; My Passage from India, Ismail Merchant, Viking Studio, 2002, with inscription by Ismail Merchant to Paul and Joanne dated 2003; Manhattan Manners: Architecture and Style 1850-1900, M. Christine Boyer, Rizzoli New York, 1985, with New York Public Library bookplate signed 'Joanne Woodward;' The Films of Merchant Ivory, Robert Emmet Long, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1991, with inscription to Joanne and Paul; The Age of InnocenceA Portrait of the Film, Robin Standefer, editor, Newmarket Press, 1993. 

Note: Joanne Woodward had a keen interest in the cultural history of New York. She narrated the 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, directed by Martin Scorcese. Woodward and Newman starred together in the Merchant Ivory film Mr. and Mrs. Bridge.

Condition

All with wear consistent with age and use.

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