it is, indeed, a wonderful life

According to his daughter, the idea came to in a dream during the night and Stern wrote it up and had 200 copies printed for use as his Christmas card for 1943. It was noticed and subsequently issued commercially the year after. Its fame, however is due to the film that was made, based upon this story. The film was, of course, It's A Wonderful Life.

One of the scarcest filmed books and a classic piece of modern Americana.

First edition, sole printing; one of 200 signed copies privately printed for the author and distributed by him as a Christmas card; presentation copy inscribed by the author; 8vo; single gathering, wire stitched into the original tan wrappers, cream paper title label to front wrapper printed in black, tiny loss at one corner, light crease to another, professionally repaired at fold, a very decent copy of a rare and vulnerable book.