New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition. Illustrated with drawings by Warren Chappell. From the screenwriter David Lloyd (1934–2009) wrote television comedies for series such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier and Wings. Lloyd wrote "Chuckles Bites the Dust", an October 1975 episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and is regarded today as one of most famous television episodes of all time. In 2009, this episode was ranked No. 1 on TV Guide's "100 Greatest Episodes Of All Time". Scarce first edition of this imaginative version of the "The Ring", the series of four famous operas by Richard Wagner, with fantastic drawings by Warren Chappell, this is a compelling adaptation by John Updike (1932–2009), the famed American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, literary critic and one of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. Bound in the publisher's red cloth covered boards, with black titles. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. Fine in a bright jacket with a very faint hint of wear.

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Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16600J
Title: The Ring - With Musical Themes by Richard Wagner
Author: UPDIKE, JOHN & RICHARD WAGNER
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1964

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