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KNIGHT, Eric (1897-1943). Lassie Come Home. Chicago: John C. Winston Company, 1941.
Large 8o. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse. Original pictorial yellow cloth with image of Lassie on the upper cover; pictorial dust jacket (worn, a few tapes repairs on inside along folds); quarter morocco folding case with onlay of Lassie. Provenance: Frank Capra, Jr. (presentation inscription, bookplate).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, later printing, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Knight to Frank Capra Jr.: "For young Frank: Who shall make pictures like his dad -- or write books -- or just grow up to be a good guy -- some day. Eric Knight." Lassie Come Home was made into a 1943 film, and it inspired countless other films, radio and television shows. Knight would never see the completed film; he was killed when his plane was shot down in the Caribbean, reportedly by a German U-boat who mistook it for the plane carrying President Roosevelt to Casablanca. EXTREMELY RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, no signed or inscribed copy has appeared at auction in at least the past 30 years.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, later printing, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Knight to Frank Capra Jr.: "For young Frank: Who shall make pictures like his dad -- or write books -- or just grow up to be a good guy -- some day. Eric Knight." Lassie Come Home was made into a 1943 film, and it inspired countless other films, radio and television shows. Knight would never see the completed film; he was killed when his plane was shot down in the Caribbean, reportedly by a German U-boat who mistook it for the plane carrying President Roosevelt to Casablanca. EXTREMELY RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, no signed or inscribed copy has appeared at auction in at least the past 30 years.