Boothe claire luce (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine with only minor wear to this copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with slight wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Near Fine copy in grey cloth stamped in green, slight toning to spine and front cover, in a Near Fine original black, green and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 324pp. This copy is INSCRIBED by Boothe [Luce] on the free front endpaper "For _____ and _____`/ Jaqayyid lemma tir Kab -- / Gratefully -- / 'Your' Claire Boothe / P.S. these are the good old / (gone) days now !" (Not sure what the foreign phrase means, or what language -- perhaps an obscure idiom from Arabic?) An account of a fact-finding mission by Boothe in the early years of World War II, through France, Portugal, the Low Countries, Italy, by this playwright, fiction writer, and journalist. Q20923.…

framed. Condizione: very good. Personal letter typed and signed by American writer and later politician Claire Boothe Luce. Interesting content regarding her book Europe in the Spring. Framed with a black and white photograph of Luce. Please inquire for more information. Clare Boothe Luce (born Ann Clare Boothe) was an American writer, politician, diplomat, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956, and as a U.S. representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1943 to 1947. She was married to Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated.…