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The Seven Who Slept
by PORTER, A. Kingsley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1919. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth-backed with paper label and large pictorial plates to both boards. 96pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear and hint of age toning to endpapers. A tight and nice first edition of this play by the mysterious American archaeologist and art historian (1833-1933) and "Indiana Jones" prototype. From the library of Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (b. 1930), son of Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65) and certainly belonging to the governor's wife, noted socialite Ellen Borden Stevenson (1908-72), a noted poetry and literature enthusiast. On the front flyleaf, she boldly pencils her initials, one other unknown abbreviation and the date "Apr 7 -- '23." Also interesting is that the endpaper age toning is possibly smoking caused by a fire in the couples' Libertyville home, which burned down shortly after being built in 1935, destroying many of their possessions and antiques (rebuilt 1938) -- this small volume was apparently one of the rare survivors. A most unusual copy of a rather scarce title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45380
- Title
- The Seven Who Slept
- Author
- PORTER, A. Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Marshall Jones Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1919
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Drama;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...