Boothe clare clare booth luce (2 risultati)

Reprint (originally published 1909). i-l, 1-249 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket toned/foxed and soiled; shallow chipping and several tears; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping to spine. Darkened top edge; toning to deckle fore-edge. Endpapers foxed/toned; O'Casey family Mississippi and Ireland genealogical-themed bookplate affixed upon front pastedown; slight toning at margins but interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. With introductory essay "The Valor of Homer Lea" by Clare Boothe [Luce], Preface by Homer Lea, Introduction by Major-General J.P. Story, eleven charts, two text sections - "The Decline of Militancy and the Control of the Western Hemisphere" and "The Decline of Militancy and the Control of the Pacific" - with concluding appendix featuring twelve tables. Acquired from the estate of Birmingham, Alabama pathologist, bibliophile, and genealogist Dr. Albert Eugene Casey (1903-1982) who served as director of laboratories at Birmingham Baptist Hospitals from 1942-1972.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition Stated. Jacket has a couple of small closed tears mended on rear with archival tape, over an immaculate book. A lovely copy of this comical murder mystery about the murder of a German consul, by the author of the vitriolic "The Women". Extremely rare title, especially in jacket, especially in this condition.…