Publication Date: 1940
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: VG. New York 1940 first edition. Simon Schuster. Hardcover. thick sm4to. 563p. Fascimiles. **Signed by Schuster in presentation to Gene Buck with 5 lines of inscription. Hard to find this book signed. VG + spine a bit faded ; slight cover wear. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; text clean. "The characteristic and crucial communications, and intimate exchanges and cycles of correspondence of many of the outstanding figures of world history.selected, edited and integrated with biographical backgrounds and historical setting and consquences.".
Published by Boston: Christopher Publishing House, [1927], 1927
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in textured black cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, spine somewhat dulled; 104 pages clean tight unmarked, light age toning to pages; Signed by Schuster on dedication page to C. E. Buell [with edit "Abe" to "Able"].Front pastedown bears the large decorative bookplate of Buell's daughter Mary Van Rensselaer Buell, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin. Nice association copy. Signed by Author(s).