Valley of the Dolls:A Novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966, Hardback) | eBay Valley of the Dolls:A Novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966, Hardback) Free Shipping Was $21.69 Save 20% What does this price mean?This is the price (excluding shipping and handling fees) this seller has provided at which the seller has sold the same item, or one that is virtually identical to it, in the recent past. The "off" amount and percentage simply signifies the calculated difference between the seller-provided original price for the item and the seller's current discounted price. If you have any questions related to the pricing and/or discount offered in a particular listing, please contact the seller for that listing. Condition Very Good A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.

See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. Sold by itsnatural ( 3034 )99.5% Positive Feedback Delivery Est. Jan 23 - Jan 30From Hollywood, Florida Returns Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann, Signed - AbeBooks Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann, Signed You Searched For: Results (1 - 10) of 10 Sort By Published by N.Y.: Bernard Geis Associates (1966) Used Hardcover Signed Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: N.Y.: Bernard Geis Associates, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th printing. Binding tight; pages clean; faint tape stains to edge of front endpaper (see photos); p/o name and "May 1966" on rear endpaper. Unclipped ($5.95) DJ shows some wear to edges and spine ends. Inscribed by Susann to p/o on front endpaper. Author's first novel and second book. 442 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Bookseller Inventory # 3959 Published by Bernard Geis Associates, New York (1966) Used Hardcover Signed Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates, New York, 1966. 442 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Third Printing. Third Printing. 442 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on ffep b"To Will Oursler-The men in this book are not all emasculated! So relax! All the best-Jacqueline Susann." Oursler (1913-1985) was the author of Father Flanagan of Boys' Town amongst many other books. Cloth and boards. Top of spine with rip. Dj also with rip but all present. Bookseller Inventory # 261255 Published by Bernard Geis Associates, New York (1966) Used Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Inscribed by author on front free end page in black pen, "To Rose & Jean- Here it is- Hope you like it- Love Jackie" First printing stated. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding firm, minor bumping to corners else slightly loose boards straight and clean; gently read text has mild toning to edges with minor soiling to few interior pages, mild bump to fore edge. Dust jacket ($5.95) has mild chipping with small paper loss and several short closed tears to spine and flap fold ends, 1" x 1 1/4" paper loss to bottom rear cover with subtle dime sized label shadow and faint lengthy fold to front cover, 1/2" closed tear to bottom front flap fold end. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 111015AD3e Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

The book is beautifully signed in black pen, on the half title page, by the two stars of the 1967 classic film Valley of the Dolls; Patty Duke & Barbara Parkins. The book was signed in person at an event here in Los Angeles. Photo's of the signings will be included with the purchase. The jacket has some small tears and crease marks along the top and bottom edges of the spine and a half inch tear on the bottom middle front edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 060987 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First printing stated on copyright page. Signed by the author without inscription on the front free end paper. Internally, the book has no blemishes.

Externally, it has very slight toning to the textblock edges but with no effect on the page surfaces, the spine (other than having a hint of roll-in at the top and bottom past the textblock) retains (95++%of) its original pure white finish, its lettering is still unrubbed bright red and there is no edgewear or cornerbumps to the boards. Mylar-protected, unclipped($5.95), first edition dustwrapper (later printing dustwrappers have wider black spines because later printings were on thicker paper) has just a hint of toning to the flap fold edges, mild creasing to the spine head and heel, miniscule wear to the top rear panel corner at the flap fold and a tiny ¼" stain to the top outer corner of the rear flap, otherwise it is fine with no fading, rubbing, tears, wrinkling or edgewear. It was The Publishers Weekly-stated best selling book for 1966. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 000604 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates, New York, 1966. Hardcover.

Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The book is beautifully inscribed by Jacqueline Susann and Patty Duke on the first page, then just signed by Barbara Parkins with another inscription on Patty Duke on the second page. Jacqueline Susann's inscription reads "To larry All My Best - Jacqueline Susann". Patty's reads Love to you Larry Patty Duke 4/13/14 Neely O'Hara" and "To Bill with love Patty Duke Neely O'Hara". Pictures of Patty and Barbara signing the book will be included with the purchase. The jacket has a couple of small tears along the front bottom edge and some minor scuffing along the top edge of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 062718 Jacqueline Susann (Author of Valley of the Dolls) edit data Jacqueline Susann was one of the most successful writers in the history of American publishing. Her first novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, is one of the best-selling books of all time.

When The Love Machine was published in 1969, it too became an immediate #1 bestseller and held that position for five months. When Once is Not Enough was published in 1973, it also moved to the top of the best-seller list and established Jackie as the first novelist in history to have three consecutive #1 books on The New York Times Best Seller list. She was a superstar, and became America’s first brand-name author. Jacqueline Susann Dead at 53; Novelist Wrote 'Valley of Dolls' Jacqueline Susann Dead at 53; Novelist Wrote 'Valley of Dolls' By LAURIE JOHNSTON acqueline Susann, whose 1966 book, "Valley of the Dolls," became the world's best-selling novel and made her name a household word, died of cancer Saturday night at doctors Hospital. She was 53 years old. Her husband, Irving Mansfield, television and film producer, said yesterday that Miss Susann had last entered the hospital seven weeks ago.

She had surgery for breast cancer in 1962, he said, and 10 years later began cobalt radiation treatments and chemotherapy when cancer was found in other areas. "Valley of the Dolls" as the country's top-selling book for 22 weeks. With subsequent novels, the former actress and television performer became the first novelist to have three consecutive books ranked No. 1 on The New York Times's list of best-sellers. With more than 17 million copies sold, in hardcover and paperback, "Valley of the Dolls" is recognized by the "Guinness Book of Records" as the best-selling novel of all time surpassing "Peyton Place." In a style that combined soap-opera woes and details with fast-moving action and Broadway-Hollywood settings, the book was a juicy morality tale about the sex lives and aging problems of four 1945-vintage "glamour girls" and their eventual dependence on alcohol and drugs. The pills they took to pep themselves up, to go to sleep and to stay slim were nicknamed "dolls" by the author herself, she said.

A Disapproving Look "The Love Machine," which followed in 1969, remained the No. 1, best-seller for five months. Described by Miss Susann as "an attempt to get into men's ids," the book displayed again her story-telling gift, which was applied this time to the career and sexual perversities of a power-hungry television executive. Miss Susann's last novel, "Once Is Not Enough," was published last year. It continued the through-the-keyhole look--essentially disapproving, despite the four-letter words--at sex and drugs among the so-called "beautiful people" with added overtones of incest and lesbianism. The book inspired fewer guessing games than its predecessors about the real-life persons on whom the characters were based, although Miss Susan always insisted that her characters were her own creations. "They can keep calling it that--it will only make my books sell," she once said of the roman � clef element in her writing. "I start with a theme in my mind. Then I start asking, what kind of a personality? And because I have a good ear, I unconsciously pick up certain people.

When Flaubert wrote 'Madame Bovary,' 20 women in town said they were Emma." All three novels were made into movies, with "Once Is Not Enough" scheduled for release next spring. Comment on Watergate "Once Is Not Enough" moved into first place on the best-seller list in 1973, during one of Miss Susann's increasingly frequent hospital stays. When it dropped to No. 2 after nine weeks, she and Mr. Mansfield were on a promotion tour in Europe. "Watergate has knocked off everything," she said sadly then, comparing the book's sales with her earlier records. "When women get home at night, they want to turn on the television set and watch the hearings on replay, not read novels." In the Mansfields' 24th floor condominium on Central Park South, Miss Susann did her three-finger typing in a study with Pucci-print draperies. Once a book's theme, main characters and ending were chosen, the pink patent-leather walls began to sprout elaborate charts that plotted the addition and evolution of characters and incidents. She sometimes wrote eight hours a day, pausing only to lunch on blueberry yogurt or banana.

Usually she wrote four or five drafts of a book, first on yellow paper, then on pink and blue and green, then finally on white. The last draft of "Valley of the Dolls" was turned in 18 months after it was started, and Miss Susann--occasionally described as "a writing machine"--began at once on "The Love Machine." During her last working months, Mr. Mansfield said she made notes for a new novel and for a sequel to "Every Night, Josephine!" a story about the couple's poodle that was her first book. She called it her favorite. Critics Mostly Unkind Critics were almost unanimously unkind to her books. "The Love Machine" is popcorn," said a relatively gentle review by Christopher Lehman-Haupt in The New York Times. "It goes down quickly and easily. It is the bernel of an idea, the seed of an inspiration, exploded into bite-sized nothingness." The author, outspoken as well as outgoing, had her own standards. "A good writer," she said, "is one who produces books that people read--who communicates. So if I'm selling millions, I'm good." Miss.

Susann and her husband traveled tirelessly to promote her books and she was a frequent television panelist, both before and after she had become a best-selling writer. In one memorable exchange on the David Frost show, John Simon, the critic, asked her: "Do you think you are writing art or are you writing trash to make a lot of money?" Said Miss Susann: "Little man, I am telling a story. Now does that make you happy?" Her books earned $8-million for her in royalties and more than $1-million remained after taxes and expenses, Miss Susann said last November. Sixty per cent was invested in tax-free municipal bonds and the rest in stocks, all of it through two corporations established jointly with her husband, she said. Miss Susann had appeared in mainly minor roles in 21 plays on Broadway and in road companies, including the original production of Clare Boothe's "The Women" in 1937, and was co-author of a play, "Lovely Me," that ran four weeks on Broadway.

Miss Susann, always reluctant to be specific about her age, explained that "I have a cult--it's best for me to be ageless to my readers." She also refused to talk to more than a few intimates about both her original and more recent illnesses, a refusal a close associate attributed to "a sense of pride that could not bear what she called 'eyes of pity.'" "She though it was a very private thing," Mr. Mansfield said yesterday. "But recently she said to me, 'For 10 years I treated cancer as though it were a 'social disease' and I was wrong." Miss Susann was born Aug. 20, 1921, in Philadelphia, were her father, the late Robert Susann, was a portrait artist, and her mother, Rose, was a public school teacher. She worked in New York first as a model and then as a performer until 1962, the year of her first illness and first book. In addition to her husband, whom she married in 1945, and her mother, she is survived by a son, Guy. The funeral will be private. The family has established the Jacqueline Susann Cancer Research Fund at Rockefeller University.

Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls is still my favourite bonkbuster | Books | The Guardian The Observer Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls is still my favourite bonkbuster What strikes me is this 60s bestseller’s essential sincerity, whether in the matter of abortion, adultery or mental illness Patty Duke and Paul Burke in a still from the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls based on Jacqueline Susann’s bestselling bonkbuster. Photograph: Getty Images Share on Messenger Close A while ago, I was asked to write a brief history of the bonkbuster. It began with Kathleen Winsor’s Forever Amber , a Restoration pox and periwigs fantasy that came out in 1944, and ended with Jilly Cooper’s Polo, the third book in the Rutshire Chronicles. In between were Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (adultery and more in 50s New England), and Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann. Valley of the Dolls, my favourite book on that list, celebrates its 50th birthday this year – boozily, one imagines, and perhaps with a shot of Botox, too.

“She doesn’t write, she types,” said Gore Vidal of its author, a good sort who toured her overheated novel relentlessly when it came out 1966. Well, stuff him. Dolls went on to sell 30m copies, and while it might not be Middlemarch, it’s a classic of its kind: Mary McCarthy’s The Group with added barbiturates (the multicoloured “dolls” of the title) and less faffing around, sex-wise. It’s not a feminist text: the story ends in 1963, the year that Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique . Nevertheless, its engine is indignation. Life chews up its heroines, and then spits them out. The realm of Valley of the Dolls is a meat market, a stifling sphere in which women, however talented, are valued only for as long as they’re young and attractive. It has a reputation – the cat fights! the wigs! – for being camp. But this is wrong. What strikes me now is its essential sincerity, whether in the matter of abortion, adultery or mental illness. Our girls meet in a New York talent agency.

Jennifer North is a showgirl who will be diagnosed with breast cancer; Anne Welles is a model with an unfaithful husband; Neely O’Hara is a musical actor (and major bitch) whose drug addiction will put her in a psychiatric unit. It never mattered to me, as a teenager, that it was sometimes difficult to tell them apart. And it still doesn’t. It’s for their collective loss of innocence that you read on, glued as you are from the first page (“She would never go back to Lawrenceville!”). What mystified me then, moreover, still intrigues me now. Were there really doctors who would put women to sleep for a week, the better that they might lose 12 pounds? If you have the answer, put it on a postcard (Arpège-scented), please. From kings' mistresses to lusty housewives and rutting polo players, there's wicked entertainment between the covers, writes Rachel Cooke Published: 28 Jul 2012 Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 novel encapsulated an essence of the female experience, but is it worth reading today?

Published: 18 Jun 2016 A special pink edition of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls is due out this month to mark the book’s 50th anniversary – but no serious fan would be seen without a branded clutch bag, earrings and eyeshadow Published: 4 Jun 2016 On the eve of its reissue, Elizabeth Day assesses Mary McCarthy's seminal work, The Group, and its influence on other writers, including Candace Bushnell and Hilary Mantel Published: 28 Nov 2009 Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - AbeBooks Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann You Searched For: Results (1 - 30) of 31 1 ISBN 10: 1568657145 ISBN 13: 9781568657141 Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell & Co, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good clear condition copy. Dust jacket in good condition with minor shelf wear.

Blue board cover with silver gilted lettering to the spine. Bright and clear pages throughout. Previous owner has written their name in the top corner of the free end page. Structurally sound. A nice copy. Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Bookseller Inventory # mon0006210497 Published by Bantam Books (1967) Used Softcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bantam Books, 1967. Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1967. 500 pages. Paperback rated as Very Good - Cards, pages, and binding are better than usually found for this title and publication year. World of Rare Books specializes in old and hard-to-find titles. book.

Bookseller Inventory # 1483001728KDG ISBN 10: 0802135196 ISBN 13: 9780802135193 Used Soft cover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1997. Soft cover. Book Condition: Good. This listing is for Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann / 1997 / soft cover / book is in good condition. Thank you so much for looking and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. Thank you kindly, LP. Bookseller Inventory # SA5022 ISBN 10: 1568657145 ISBN 13: 9781568657141 Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell & Co, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1966. 442 pages. Good condition hardback; as expected for age. Covers, pages, and binding are presentable with no major defects.

Minor issues may exist such as shelf wear, inscriptions, light foxing and tanning. book. Bookseller Inventory # 1469815252HMB ISBN 10: 0802135196 ISBN 13: 9780802135193 Used Softcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Grove Press, New York, 1997. Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. "Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight -- for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach." Ships same or next business day. Bottom corner is bumped with the front corner creased, the second page of the cover is not attached but present; otherwise, this book is in almost like new condition. ; 1.4 x 8 x 5.4 Inches; 442 pages.

Bookseller Inventory # 45310 ISBN 10: 1568657145 ISBN 13: 9781568657141 Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell & Co, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 1966. 442 pages. Pictorial jacket with blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tanning to text block edge and endpapers with generally clean pages. Inscriptions and small tear to front endpapers. Tape reinforcing partial tear to page 378. Neat cloth boards with mild wear and fading to edges and spine ends. Corners are slightly bumped. Price clipped jacket is sunned with tears to spine ends and has worn edges. Minor rub markings mainly to rear. book.

Bookseller Inventory # 1475232004RF Published by Bantam ., Canada (1967) Used Mass Market Paperback ISBN 10: 1844085252 ISBN 13: 9781844085255 New Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Hardback. Book Condition: New. Not Signed; With a cover design by founder of Biba, Barbara Hulanicki Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published in 1966. Never had a book been so frank about sex, drugs and show business. It is often sited as the bestselling novel of all time. Dolls - red or black; capsules or ta. book. Bookseller Inventory # ria9781844085255_rkm Published by Cassell, London (1966) Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell, London, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK Edition.

Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Text body is clean and un-marked. Binding tight, covers & spine fully intact. Prior owner's signature in ink. Edges slightly browned and foxed. Now protected in non-adhesive clear wrap. Bookseller Inventory # 18258 ISBN 10: 0802135196 ISBN 13: 9780802135193 Used Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Grove Press, New York, 1997. Book Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). PB 13th printing. 21 x 13.9cm. 442 pages. Condition: Slight wear spine seams. Rub top bottom of spine + cover corners. Book has slight lean. Outer edges of pages collectively slight age discolouration. Original price label on back. Otherwise clean, little wear, tight binding, good colour. Bookseller Inventory # 001590 Published by Bantam Book (1967) Used Couverture souple Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bantam Book, 1967.

Couverture souple. Book Condition: Moyen. In-12. RO60079422: 418 pages. Dos plié. Tampon en page de garde. Bantam Book, N 3314. By the author of 'The Love Machine'. In-12 Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Bookseller Inventory # RO60079422 Published by Cassell, London (1966) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell, London, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue cloth titled in bright silver gilt. First British edition. Corners bumped, foxing mostly to eps, PO info to ffep. Small dampstain to fep. Sound binding.

The DJ in mylar is price clipped, small dampstain to top edge front panel, chipped spine ends, large chip at foot, closed tear/crease to back panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 19727 Lyrics By Dorothy Previn. Music By Andre Previn. (Jacqueline Susann). Published by Leo Feist Inc., New York (1967) Used Soft Cover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Leo Feist Inc., New York, 1967. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Sheet music, 3 pp. Name on the front cover, small stain to upper corners visible only on the inside. Very Good. Poster Bin 1. Bookseller Inventory # 245954 Published by London, Cassell, 1966. (1966) Used Hardcover Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London, Cassell, 1966., 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use.

Unclipped dustjacket in Very Good condition with a small closed tear on lower back. Small name and date inked on the upper FFEP. Clean and unmarked text block. Clean boards with tight binding. Mylar dustjacket protector included. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Bookseller Inventory # 1110214346 Published by Random House, New York (1966) Used Hardcover Published by Bernard Geis Associates; distributed by Random House, New York (1966) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis Associates; distributed by Random House, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, by JACQUELINE SUSANN. Published by Bernard Geis Associates; distributed by Random House, New York, 1966. First Edition, FIRST PRINTING, with the statement "First Printing" on the copyright page. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 5.5x8.5 inches, 442 pages. Interesting Association Copy: Previously owned by Mrs. Thomas P.

Raley, wife of the man who started RALEY'S SUPERMARKETS (owner of Raley's, Nob Hill Foods, and Bel Air Markets). I wonder what she was doing reading Valley of the Dolls? Hmmmmm, yummy! Condition: VERY GOOD book, previous owner's name / address stamp on the front free endpaper (as noted above), otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a POOR dustjacket that has chipping and tears along its edges and especially at its spine ends, some tears to the flap folds, tape repairs and reinforcement to the blank backside, toning to the edges and folds, and numerous light creases and superficial scratches from handling and use; nonetheless the dj is still doing its job and retains its original $5.95 price at the top of the front flap. SCARCE FIRST PRINTING (with first printing stated on the copyright page), with a dustjacket that, though in poor condition, retains its $5.95 price. One of the Seminal Books of Popular Culture of the Twentieth Century. Bookseller Inventory # 001111 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Cassell, London, 1966.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. 442 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Lightly tanned pages. Large taped tear on front of dust jacket plus additional smaller tear and wear to bottom edge. Creasing to front flap. Dust Jacket un-clipped. No inscriptions. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. First edition with no reprints stated. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; Inventory No: 12030716. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Bookseller Inventory # 12030716 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London, Cassell, 1966. Second Edition (Printed in the same month as the First Edition - October, 1966). Octavo. 442 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name on endpaper. Valley of the Dolls is a novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann, published in 1966.

The "dolls" within the title is a euphemism for pills, and was created by Susann. The term represents the women's reliance on stimulants, depressants, and sleeping pills, and how substance abuse is reminiscent of children clinging to toy dolls for comfort. An overnight success when it was first published, Valley of the Dolls became the bestselling work of fiction of 1966. Since then it has sold more than 30 million copies, making it one of the bestselling books of all time. As the first roman à clef by a female author to achieve this level of sales in America, it led the way for other authors such as Jackie Collins to depict the private lives of the real-life rich and famous under a veneer of fiction. The 1997 reissue by Grove Press calls the book "The All-Time Pop-Culture Classic" on its back cover. (Wikipedia). Bookseller Inventory # 43183AB Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Bernard Geis, (New York), 1966. Hardcover. First edition. Very slight soiling, fine in near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing and a few modest tears.

Inscribed by the author to a noted jurist: "To Judge Simon H. Rifkind -- my dear friend, Alfred Staelsin[?], hopes you will like this book. All my best -- Jacqueline Susann." Bestseller that was the basis for the scandalous 1967 film, directed by Mark Robson, and featuring a large cast including Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, and with a cameo by Susann herself. A book that usually looks like it has been read to death, this is a nice copy. See this book in 3D on our site. Bookseller Inventory # 335136 Valley of the dolls : a novel (Book, 1966) [WorldCat.org] The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message. E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at Title: Valley of the dolls : a novel Author: Jacqueline Susann Publisher: New York : Newmarket Home Library, ©1966.

ISBN/ISSN: 0937858021 9780937858028 OCLC:7909776 The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version. Jacqueline Susann | Bookreporter.com Jacqueline Susann Biography Jacqueline Susann Jacqueline Susann is a legend in American publishing. Her debut novel, VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, published in 1966, has sold over 40 million copies in 30 languages. Susann was the first author to have three consecutive #1 books on the New York Times bestseller list. She was married to her beloved husband, producer Irving Mansfield, until her untimely death on September 21, 1974, after a courageously fought battle with breast cancer. Susann's intensely private 12-year fight to overcome the disease was not known publicly until after her death. She was 56.

Jacqueline Susann Jacqueline Susann's "My Book Is Not Dirty" Essay | InStyle.com Jacqueline Susann's "My Book Is Not Dirty" Essay "My Book Is Not Dirty": Valley of the Dolls Author Jacqueline Susann Reacts to Critics in 1966 Jacqueline Susann Archive Collection BY: InStyle Staff Fifty years ago, Jacqueline Susann published Valley of the Dolls, a book about power, money, celebrity, and drug addiction that would go on to be hailed as one of the most pioneering and iconic moments of the 1960s, as well as the cinematic vehicle that would propel Patty Duke and Sharon Tate to big-screen stardom. But back then, Dolls—which has sold more than 31 million copies to date—was deemed "trashy," "tawdry," and, according to a 1966 issue of Time magazine, "the dirty book of the month." In response, Susann wrote this never-before-seen essay, "My Book Is Not Dirty," which feels just as prescient as her novel does today.

Read it in full below, and pick up the 50th anniversary edition of Valley of the Dolls on July 4 (available for pre-order, $19; amazon.com ). Jacqueline Susann Archive Collection So many people seem unable to differentiate between the words shocking and dirty. Truth is often shocking. It is not dirty. Life is shocking at times ... it is not dirty. People often confuse the words savage and dirty. Violent and dirty. To me, something in print is dirty only if it is used for prurient reasons ... if it is inserted without necessity to develop a character or plot. There is nothing in Valley of the Dolls that is dirty. There are plenty of savage chapters. There is violence and sometimes shock. But the world of show business is one of the toughest arenas of combat. Every star is a gladiator of the moment. Do you realize that every picture you see, every Broadway show, every actor or actress who scores represents ten thousand performers who tried for the same part and lost out? And then let us examine the chosen few. No Oscar is permanent. It’s always, “What have you done lately?” There is no normal boy-girl relationship between two performers; both are fighting to come off best.

There is no time for second best in show business. A man works his way up to becoming president of a bank. He has it made. A lawyer works his way to the top and has big law offices. He has it made. A star makes it big in a picture. He or she has it made ... for that picture. That season. Two bad pictures and good-by Charlie. A new gladiator is brought into the arena. The King is Dead. Long live the New King. RELATED: Why Hillary Clinton Is My Fashion Icon It’s a business where each candle on a birthday cake becomes a nail in the coffin to a female star. We live in an age of youth. We live in a world where a woman is “over the hill” at thirty, the world of movies. Sounds pretty savage ... pretty shocking. It’s true. And I write about it in Valley of the Dolls. It’s all of those things: savage, shocking, unfair, but not dirty! Jacqueline Susann Archive Collection If it’s like this, you might say, then why do so many young girls make the trek to California with high hopes? They come every year, young beauties filled with pear-shaped vowels they’ve learned from their local drama teachers.

Half of them wind up as topless waitresses. Half of them wind up in the Valley of the Dolls. RELATED: This New YA Novel Could Be the Next Fault in Our Stars It’s the occupational hazard of show business. A scuba diver knows he might run into a shark and lose a leg. But every day there are more and more scuba divers. A sky diver knows that one day his parachute may not open, but we have sky divers. And a professional football player knows he may break his back, his legs, lose his teeth, and even suffer brain damage. Yet each year, beautiful young men, fight to attain this honor. Maybe everything that has a chance to hit the summit carries its own hazard. Maybe it’s worth taking the chance to reach the top of Mount Everest. Ninety-nine percent of the world weighs the chances and decides on the middle road. Thank God. We need mothers and teachers and useful wonderful citizens. They make up our true civilization. But what of that one percent? The smiling boy who becomes President and gets demolished with an impossible long shot bullet in Texas?

The President who is in office and is open to remarks about every coming and going of his family, who must show his gallstone operation to the world to keep the stock market in line. A heart attack scare would start a panic. A gallbladder...fine...on we go. The movie star is made “instant royalty” and then open to instant insult by the fans who claim her. If one writes about war, about battles, one cannot merely write about the bright uniforms, the roll of the drums, the victories. There is mud and slime and amputation and gangrene. Ugly ... shocking ... but truth. And I wrote Valley of the Dolls—what it’s like for a woman to reach the top of Mount Everest in show business. All women do not find the Valley of the Dolls up there. All presidents are not assassinated. But we have lost a few. RELATED: 5 Real Talk Work Tips from The Career Code Sure, Valley of the Dolls is a novel. That makes it fiction. But good fiction has the ring of truth. And truth is not always tied up in pretty packages. My gladiators in Valley of the Dolls are human, not supermen or women.

They have their failings, their weaknesses, and some of them get crushed in combat, or bruised, and I show the gore of the inside battles. That’s how it is. That’s how I see it. Rough, yes. Savage, you bet. But not dirty ...

Question: ‘The Valley of the ‘what’ is a 1966 novel by US author Jacqueline Susann?
Answer: Dolls