^#546 ^Lot 573 Morrill Cody

Diplomat and author (1901–1987) who served in the United States Foreign Service for over two decades, including under Edward R. Murrow at the USIA. Cody was a friend to Ernest Hemingway, and author of Hemingway's Paris.
Signed book: The Favorite Restaurants of an American in Paris. Later printing. France: Noveau Quartier Latin, 1966, with illustrations by Man Ray. Softcover, 4.75 x 7, 225 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page, “For Mr. & Mrs. Henry Steeger, ‘You should be eating so well you Bastards! Irene & Carol.’ As for me—good luck! Morrill Cody, Paris, Dec. 8, 1967.” In very good condition, with a mild shade of toning to signed page, uniform toning to a section of inside pages, scattered creasing and soiling to covers and spine, and a small area of surface loss to front cover.