Last month I attended a book launch event at the Corner Bookstore in Manhattan for
Mary Astor's Purple Diary by
Edward Sorel. Mr. Sorel related the story of Mary Astor and how he learned of her now-forgotten sex scandal of 1936. George S. Kaufman, John Barrymore, and Samuel Goldwyn are among those figures involved. After his talk he signed copies of the book.
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The Corner Bookstore October 21, 2016 event
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| Inscribed "For Stephen, With every good wish/Edward Sorel" |
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| Mary Astor's Purple Diary by Edward Sorel |
Note: Of the several books featured on this blog that
Edward Sorel has signed, all are inscribed, but none have original drawings. I would like to hear from anyone fortunate enough to own an original Sorel drawing in a book, if such a thing exists. As with other
New Yorker artists, original drawings published and otherwise are welcome here as well. Help me meet my content quota.
The last time I attended an event at the
Corner Bookstore, I met Thomas Vinciguerra.
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