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DAVID, LESTER - Ted Kennedy, Triumphs and Tragedies

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0448017679. DJ has some soiling, small tears and chipping, front free endpaper removed. Corners lightly bumped. ; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Beige cloth covered boards clean ; B&W Photographs; 7.70 X 5.30 X 1.10 inches; 274 pages; A biography of Edward M. Kennedy written three years after the assassination of his brother Robert, and two years after the events at Chappaquiddick Island.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
USD 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 2281] Booknumber: 17440

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WILDER, THORNTON - The Alcestiad, or, a Life in the Sun: A Play in Three Acts: With a Satyr Play, the Drunken Sisters

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Daniel Maffia. Limited First Edition. Full olive leather, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in each compartment, gilt decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. This limited first edition was published by special arrangement with Harper & Row (the publisher of the first trade edition) exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society. "Thornton Wilder was an American icon, and an internationally famous playwright and novelist. To this day, his works are read, performed and appreciated by audiences worldwide. Wilder was a three time Pulitzer Prize winner [for the plays 'Our Town' and 'The Skin of Our Teeth' and the novel 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey']. He is the only winner for both fiction and drama. His plays, like his novels, usually maintain that true meaning and beauty are found in ordinary experience. In addition to the three Pulitzer Prizes Wilder was awarded the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature." - Thornton Wilder Society. "The ancient legend of Alcestis, Queen of Thessaly, who gave her life for her husband Admerus, beloved of the Sun Apollo, and was brought back from Hell by Hercules. Followed by the one-act "diversion" the Drunken Sisters about Apollo's wiles saving the life of Admetus from the Fates. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The Franklin Library Series. Color Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 170 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 93 | £UK 78.75 | JP¥ 15730] Booknumber: 14227

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