Lot 5210: STERN, PHILIP VAN DOREN. 1900-1984. The Greatest Gift. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1944].

The Greatest Gift. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1944].
Original pictorial blue boards, dust jacket. Rear hinge starting, lower joint partially torn, jacket with small chip to center and tail of spine, tiny chips to fold edges, three closed tears, else excellent.

FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION to Manny Piller "who was one of the discoverers of this story." Issued by the publisher as a Christmas gift and the basis for the the classic film starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, It's a Wonderful Life.