The Slide Area: Scenes of Hollywood Life, Gavin Lambert, First Edition Thus, 1968, HC, VG.

Lambert, Gavin. New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968.

English, First Dial Printing, Very Good, HC, 12mo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2", [8] 223 + 1 pp.

Purple cloth over board, stamped metallic blue lettering and illustration to spine, light wear to head and tail, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, featuring a multi-color illustration designed by American graphic designer and illustrator, Seymour Chwast (b.1931) to front panel and spine, white, pink, purple, and black lettering to front panel, black lettering to back panel, spine, and interior flaps. 1/4" closed tear to front panel, 1/8" closed tear to head, 3 tiny closed tears to back panel, minor wear to edges and tail, some sunning to front, back, and spine, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [8] 223 + 1 pp. Includes seven chapters: "The Slide Area," "Nukuhiva!," "The End of the Line," "The Closed Set," "Dreaming Emma," "Sometimes I'm Blue," "News from the Slide Area," and About the Author. From inside dust jacket: "There are seven stories in THE SLIDE AREA -- the first, the title piece, is a brief but indelible sketch of the Hollywood scene; others tell of individuals with a depth and implicitness that suggest lifetimes out of a few moments."