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London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Mild foxing, browning to endpapers. Near Fine. Green cloth with approximately 330 pages printed on thin (but strong) India paper. An anthology of inspirational writing first published in 1916 during the First World War. With a SIGNED gift inscription from three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thornton Wilder on the front free endpaper: "Charlotte Lincoln/from Thornton/Jan. 3. 1936." The recipient was evidently a relative, as both Charlotte and Lincoln are Wilder family names. Thornton Wilder's paternal grandparents were Amos Lincoln Wilder and Charlotte Topliff Wilder. His great-grandmother was Lucy Lincoln. Thornton's Wilder's sister was named Charlotte, and he had at least one other close family member (an aunt) by that name. Our research indicates the Lincoln in "Charlotte Lincoln" was probably a middle name, since the Wilders often used family surnames as middle names. Thornton Wilder's middle name, for example, was Niven, his mother's…
Read More The Spirit of Man, An Anthology in English & French from the Philosophers and Poets Made By the Poet Laureate in 1915 & Dedicated By Gracious Permission to His Majesty The King by Robert Bridges - 1927
by Robert Bridges
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The Spirit of Man, An Anthology in English & French from the Philosophers and Poets Made By the Poet Laureate in 1915 & Dedicated By Gracious Permission to His Majesty The King
by Robert Bridges
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London: Longmans Green and Co, 1927. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 145 12mo. Reprinting, 1927. Robert Bridges. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine, unpaginated. Each item is numbered, and the collection comprises 449 items, indexed on author. A quick glance at the Index offers Thucydides, Wordsworth, Epictetus, Donne among many others. India paper. Condition notes: A little bumping and wear to the boards, very occasional pencil notes to the margin, but a clean, sound copy.
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THE SPIRIT OF MAN. AN ANTHOLOGY IN ENGLISH & FRENCH FROM THE PHILOSOPHERS & POETS MADE BY THE POET LAUREATE IN 1915 & DEDICATED BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING
by [WILDER, Thornton] Various Authors
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