MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 6″ X 4″ IN EXTRORDINARY CONDITION, LIGHT BLUE BINDING COVER AND BACK.  TITLE ON COVER READS “SOME RAMBLINGS OF EDMUND GOULDING”.  THIS IS TRULY A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND WOULD BE PRICELESS TO THE RIGHT PERSON.  THERE ARE 15 PAGES OF POETRY INSIDE, REALLY FASCINATING MATERIAL.

ONE EXAMPLE:  NUMBER II. PAGE -3-
WHEN THE INSTANT COMES THAT YOU ARE TIRED
OF ME, MY LOVING OR MY WAYS,
IT’S ASKED, IT’S BEGGED, IT’S MOST DESIRED-
GOD END MY DAYS.

WHEN THE INSTANT COMES ANOTHER’S HEART
ATTRACTS YOUR LOVE, WITH ME YOUR KINDNESS STAYS
CRAVING FOR THE ALL, I BEG, WE PART-
GOD END MY DAYS.

WHEN THE INSTANT COMES THAT ONE OF US SHALL DIE
AND WE LEAVE THE OTHER FOR SOME UNKNOWN SHORE,
GOD GRANT THAT WE AS ONE MAY FLY
TO ANYWHERE, TOGETHER EVERMORE.

(20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a film writer and director. Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas and such as Grand Hotel (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis, and The Razor’s Edge (1946) with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power. He also directed the classic film noir Nightmare Alley (1947) with Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and the action drama The Dawn Patrol. He was also a successful songwriter, composer, and produce