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RODGERS, Richard, composer. -- LINDSAY, Howard (1889-1968) and Russel CROUSE (1893-1966). The Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. New York: Random House, 1960.
8o. Original cloth-backed boards with pictorial cover label (cloth lightly faded); pictorial dust jacket (some minor darkening and chipping); colorful quarter morocco folding case with leather onlays of a mountain scene.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Crouse on the front endpaper: "To Jean and Ted our angelic 'angels' + Russel." The musical play was first performed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City in 1959 with Mary Martin playing Maria. The classic film version was released in 1965 starring Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning five of them including Best Picture.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Crouse on the front endpaper: "To Jean and Ted our angelic 'angels' + Russel." The musical play was first performed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City in 1959 with Mary Martin playing Maria. The classic film version was released in 1965 starring Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning five of them including Best Picture.