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The Lives of William Benton
por HYMAN, Sidney
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- Capa dura
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 625pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a few edge chips. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty biography of the Encyclopaedia Britannica publisher (1943-73) and United States senator from Connecticut (1949-53). From the library of U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), son of Illinois governor and twice Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II -- both long-time friends of Benton. Governor Stevenson first befriended Benton in the 1940s and they had numerous interactions over the years, including traveling together through South America (pictured in this book). Adlai II makes many appearances in Hyman's book. Tipped to inner flyleaf is a sheet of Senator Stevenson's engraved Chicago letterhead.
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- Livreiro
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 49132
- Título
- The Lives of William Benton
- Autor
- HYMAN, Sidney
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- The University of Chicago Press
- Local de publicação
- Chicago
- Data de publicação
- 1969
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Books; Biography;
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