Tribute - A Play

New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1978. First Hardbound Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Bernard Slade, to writer Wayne Warga. Inscribed: To Wayne, With nice memories of a pleasant afternoon with a good listener. Bern - May 23/79 - Los Angeles.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Issued first paperbound, this Doubleday book club edition is the first and only hardbound edition. The play starred Jack Lemmon and the dust jacket is illustrated with a terrific Al Hirschfeld caricature of Lemmon in the play. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy’s race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.