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New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dj. 1928. 5th/6th printing. Hardcover. [upper corners bumped and slightly worn (minor exposure of boards), some wear to cloth at spine ends; jacket worn and dog-eared along bottom edge, minor paper loss at top of spine, small chip at bottom front hinge, faint dampstaining to rear panel]. One of the more well-known entries in what might be called the "ambitious-girl-makes-good-and-writes-home-about-it" genre of comic novel, this relates the showbizzy adventures of Dixie Dugan, "the hottest little wench that ever shook a scanties at a tired business man." The tale is told in a narrative mash-up consisting of telegrams, news articles, vaudeville blackout skits, business letters, and letters to and from Dixie's boyfriend back home in Muncie, Indiana. Both this book and its follow-up, "Hollywood Girl," were adapted for the movies, and by the end of 1929 a "Dixie Dugan" newspaper comic strip had made… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Boards a bit bowed, spine lettering rubbed and faded, a sound, about very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to director and actor Erich von Stroheim with von Stroheim's bookplate: "To my very good friend 'Von'. Piously, J.P. McEvoy. Jan. 29 - '29 [with a sketch of a person]." The first of McEvoy's novels to feature Dixie Dugan, a Brooklyn-born showgirl who conquers Broadway and Hollywood. Dixie Dugan, based on the life and appearance of Louise Brooks, was the central character in several films including the Alfred Santell-directed *Show Girl* (1928) with Alice White and Donald Reed; Mervyn Leroy's 1930 *Show Girl in Hollywood* with White and Jack Mulhall; *Le Masque d'Hollywood* (1931) directed by Clarence Badger and John Daumery; and *Dixie Dugan* (1943) directed by Otto Brower. McEvoy is also known for his plays and novels which were adapted into films for W.C. Fields including *It's the Old Army… Read More