Clare Boothe Luce inscription signed Kiss The Boys Good-bye 1939 HC/DJ

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Claudia Canby? - I am not sure on the spelling of the last name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Intended as a "political allegory about Facism in America" according to Heywood Broun in the forward, the comedy was short-lived but made into a film in 1941 directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Mary Martin, Don Ameche and Oscar Levant. The plot was inspired by the search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of Gone with the Wind.