The Making of No, No, Nanette

by Don Dunn 

First edition, signed.  Secaucus, NJ:  Citadel Press, 1972 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Orange boards quarter bound in teal cloth are mostly clean.  Corners  are sharp.  See photos. 
• Spine has gilt and black text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, staining, gift inscription. 
• Illustrations, a block of b/w photographs, are bright and clear, with scattered foxing.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have publisher's ink at head. 
• PS2025.0910

335 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches

ISBN: 0-8065-0265-7

A Very Good copy, inscribed and signed by the author, of the First Edition of this show business account.  Publisher's orange boards with teal spine, orange dye at head edge.  Some foxing to pastedowns, inscribed on the ffep.  No jacket.

This is the whole story of a modern miracle:  the smash hit revival of a 1920s musical comedy which, in 1972, was one of the greatest theatrical successes of modern times.  Don Dunn has traced the history of the revival from the time it was incubated in the mind of Harry Rigby (who was eventually shaken out of the production) through the planning of the play, the infighting among the producers, the doubts and fears of the cast, to the fantastic reception accorded the play's Boston tryout.  It is a book about Ruby Keeler and Busby Berkeley, about the thirty years between the last film they made together and their reunion with Nanette.  It is about Irving Caesar, and how "Tea for Two" was born in 1925 and reborn in 1971.  The Making of "No, No, Nanette" is a book about the theatre, the meticulously chronicled recording of the production of a single Broadway show.  It is also a book about people -- some with dreams, some with money, some with problems, who worked and fought to reach a goal.  

Inscribed to Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records.    

First edition.  Signed and inscribed by author on free end paper.

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