THE HAT BOX: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim (“FINISHING THE HAT” & “LOOK, I MADE A HAT”)

-First Edition Set Signed in Volume Two and On the Hat Box-

2010 & 2011

First Edition Set

By: Stephen Sondheim

Alfred A. Knopf [New York]

4to (each 480 pages, illustrated)

Hardcover (with Dust Jackets) [Silver cloth]

Item Number: 200070

$2,500.00

Description

A limited number of slipcased “HAT BOXES” were issued by Knopf on the occasion of the publication of “LOOK, I MADE A HAT: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011),” the companion volume to “FINISHING THE HAT: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981).”

This “HAT BOX” has been signed in black ink on the slipcase by Stephen Sondheim. It contains mint dust jacketed copies of both volumes.

Volume I, “FINISHING THE HAT,” is a second printing of the First Edition and is unsigned.

Volume II, “LOOK I MADE A HAT,” is a First Edition signed in ink by Mr. Sondheim on the half-title page.

These sets were signed exclusively for Chartwell Booksellers by Mr. Sondheim at the time of publication.