Hardcover in dj. 8vo.  377 pp.  First edition of the American actress's autobiography, who has signed and inscribed to both the American playwright and actress on the front free endpaper: "For Adolph and Phyllis / Two of the most valuable people in my life - For friendship + love I thank you / Much, much love / Betty / 5 Dec, 1979".  Mild wear and toning to the dust jacket, else in fine condition.

Lauren "Betty" Bacall was a great friend of playwright Adolph Green and his wife, Tony Award–winning actress Phyllis Newman, and was a regular around the piano at their home.  Bacall first met Green in 1969, when he and his writing partner Betty Comden were hired to write a new book for an in-development musical based on "The Wisdom of Eve," the short story that served as the basis for the 1950 film All About Eve.  The project was ultimately titled Applause and opened on Broadway in 1970, where it won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Bacall won for Best Actress.  In later years, Bacall was a regular contributor to "There's Nothing Like a Dame," the annual benefit presented by Broadway Cares in aid of what is now the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors Fund of America.