HANFF, Helene [Sally Soames].

84, Charing Cross Road.

"To Sally Soames- a photographer of taste, talent and great sensitivity- from an author who hates to be photographed- and always did- and found her session with you the first painless and enlightening photosession she'd ever had. With admiration and thanks": 84, Charing Cross Road; Lengthily Inscribed by Helene Hanff to Photographer Sally Soames

London: Andre Deutsch, 1973.

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First edition, early printing of this classic work, basis for the 1987 drama film directed by David Jones, starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Mercedes Ruehl, and Jean De Baer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Sally Soames- a photographer of taste, talent and great sensitivity- from an author who hates to be photographed- and always did- and found her session with you the first painless and enlightening photosession she'd ever had. With admiration and thanks, Helene Hanff New York City October 1, '91 (the best time to see our town. Enjoy it!)." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name above inscription. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Jacket photograph by Alec Bolton.

84, Charing Cross Road is an epistolary memoir composed of letters from the twenty-year correspondence between the author and Frank Doel, chief buyer for Marks & Co antiquarian booksellers, located at the eponymous address in London. It was later adapted into a 1975 television play, a 1976 radio drama, a 1981 stage play, and a 1987 film.