VALLEY OF THE DOLLS BY: JACQUELINE SUSANN

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A) CONDITION BOOK: GOOD - HARD BOUND

B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: GOOD - PRICE CLIPPED BRODART

C) FIRST BRITISH EDITION, FIRST PRINTING - CASSELL PUBLISHERS 1966

D) NOTE: FIRST BRITISH PUBLICATION OF THE MASSIVE BEST SELLING NOVEL, MADE INTO A MOVIE A YEAR LATER.  SHEET MUSIC FROM THE FILM STARRING SHARON TATE OF CHARLES MANSON FAME, AND RETROSPECTIVE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE LAID-IN.   
442 PAGES.

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VALLEY OF THE DOLLS  BY: JACQUELINE SUSANN   

Valley of the Dolls is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest selling novel of its year.^[1] As of 2016, it has sold more than 31 million copies,^[2] making it one of the all-time fictional best-selling works in publishing history.  Jacqueline Susann (August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974) was an American novelist and actress. Her iconic novel, Valley of the Dolls (1966), is one of the best-selling books in publishing history.^[2] With her two subsequent works, The Love Machine (1969) and Once Is Not Enough (1973), Susann became the first author to have three novels top The New York Times Best Seller List consecutively.^[3]

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In 1945, beautiful ingenue Anne Welles moves to New York City to escape the ennui of her Massachusetts hometown. She finds work as a secretary to Henry Bellamy, an entertainment lawyer, and befriends Neely O'Hara, an ebullient vaudevillian and aspiring stage actress. Henry's employee, Lyon Burke, returns to the agency after World War II, and Anne quickly falls in love with him despite Henry's warning her not to. Meanwhile, Anne goes on some dates with a small-time salesman named Allen Cooper. Allen suddenly reveals that he is a millionaire, pretending to be a regular guy in order to make sure Anne's feelings are genuine. He proposes to Anne, and their love story becomes a media sensation.

Anne befriends Helen Lawson, a brilliant, ruthless, unhappy Broadway legend. Neely is hired onto Helen's latest show, but Helen takes a dislike to Neely and minimizes her role. Anne uses her friendship with Lyon to secure Neely a bigger role, and Neely becomes a breakout star; Helen cruelly rejects Anne by revealing she was only interested in Anne's friendship for the chance at a sexual relationship with Allen's father. Anne also befriends Jennifer North, a kindhearted young actress famous for her attractive figure.

On the night of the show's opening, Anne and Lyon consummate their feelings, and Anne and Allen break up. The production is a massive success. Neely enjoys a meteoric rise to fame and moves to California to begin a film career. Anne's mother dies and she returns to her hometown with Lyon, who wants to quit the agency, live in Anne's family home, and write novels. Though Anne loves Lyon deeply, she refuses to move back to Massachusetts. Lyon breaks up with Anne and moves to England to write, leaving Anne heartbroken. Though Anne takes years to move on, she eventually becomes a model for beauty products and starts dating the cosmetics company owner, the older, wealthy Kevin Gillmore.

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