Hardcover. 8vo. 30 pp. Signed and inscribed by the American actor on a bookplate affixed to the front the fly leaf, "Jimmy Stewart" in blue ink. Fully illustrated by Cheryl Gross. With original dust jacket, some scuffs on the front right upper corner and back, boards and interior pages clean. Very fine overall.
“In Jimmy Stewart and His Poems,” the book’s dust jacket reads, “the consummate Everyman shares tales from his everyday life...The book confirms what we all expected—that the real Jimmy Stewart is every bit as endearing as the film characters he’s portrayed,." If you ask yourself in what possible universe could one understand James Maitland Stewart, star of Vertigo, The Philadelphia Story, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life—as an “Everyman”, you are not alone! And, critically, why is this book of poems touted as a way to know the “real Jimmy Stewart”? Certainly Jimmy Stewart and His Poems has a lot to teach us about what poetry can do precisely because it doesn’t do that. And yet, this weird little book, for all its mediocrity, would certainly make a fun holiday gift for the film fan in your life!
Hardcover. 8vo. 30 pp. Signed and inscribed by the American actor on a bookplate affixed to the front the fly leaf, "Jimmy Stewart" in blue ink. Fully illustrated by Cheryl Gross. With original dust jacket, some scuffs on the front right upper corner and back, boards and interior pages clean. Very fine overall.
“In Jimmy Stewart and His Poems,” the book’s dust jacket reads, “the consummate Everyman shares tales from his everyday life...The book confirms what we all expected—that the real Jimmy Stewart is every bit as endearing as the film characters he’s portrayed,." If you ask yourself in what possible universe could one understand James Maitland Stewart, star of Vertigo, The Philadelphia Story, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life—as an “Everyman”, you are not alone! And, critically, why is this book of poems touted as a way to know the “real Jimmy Stewart”? Certainly Jimmy Stewart and His Poems has a lot to teach us about what poetry can do precisely because it doesn’t do that. And yet, this weird little book, for all its mediocrity, would certainly make a fun holiday gift for the film fan in your life!