MOLNAR, Ferenc [Helen HAYES]. The Good Fairy [SIGNED CAST COPY]. New York: Ray Long and Richard R. Smith, 1932.

First Edition. Cecil Beaton dustjacket art. Romantic comedy set partially in a hotel dining room and presented on Broadway with Helen Hayes playing "Lu" for 151 performances in 1931–1932. This copy signed by several members of the cast including Helen Hayes, Walter Connolly, Paul McGrath, Salo Douday, Evelyn Roberts, Ruth Hammond and Jack Lynds. Basis for the William Wyler film in 1935 with Margaret Sullivan, Herbert Marshall and Frank Morgan. Reproduced as a film in 1947 as "I'l Be Yours" with Deanna Durbin. Very Good, top spine end worn, few pages darkened from a newspaper clipping of Molnar's obituary, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge loss, modest soiling to white panels.

Price: $350.00