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Stevenson (Robert Louis)

Virginibus Puerisque and other Papers.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1910.,

118.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Stevenson (Robert Louis)
Publishers
London: Chatto & Windus, 1910.
Keyword
ENGLISH LITERATURE PRESENTATION COPY

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Fine-paper edition, small 8vo, vii, [3], 4-193, [1]pp., half-title, title in red and black, presentation inscription on fly-leaf ìJ. H. A. Sparrow from Anthony Asquith, December 21st. 1920.î, cont. vellum, decorated in gilt. Anthony Asquith was a respected English film director, he was the son of Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister during World War I. Between 1927 and 1964 he directed 40 films, his first successful film was ëPygmalioní (1938), his later films included ëThe Winslow Boyí (1948) and ëThe Browning Versioní (1951). At the height of the Profumo scandal, Asquith is widely believed to have been the ëman in the maskí at an orgy attended by Stephen Ward, Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies and a host of top establishment figures.
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