DUMAS; An Autobiography-Anthology Including the Best of Dumas / Edited by Guy Endore
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1 7/8"), black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped),[x] + 469 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 8 oz. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #7449
ISBN: LOC6112517
Engaging anthology with choice autobiographical and oft-related literary contents pertaining to Alexander Dumas, père:
"Selections of the greatest writing from The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Criso, The Autobiography, and many other novels and papers. With a running commentary by the editor, Guy Endore."
Alexandre Dumas (1802 – 1870) aka Dumas père [meaning the "father" of Alexandre Dumas, fils (his talented writer "son") was a bestselling, prolific author who wrote in several genres. He is best known for his historical novels of high adventure including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and Twenty Years After. When Dumas' magazine articles, plays, letters, and travel books are added, his collected works amount to more than 100,000 pages--hence the advantage of having this Excellent selection.
Solid, clean and uncommon copy in a NF unclipped, bright dust jacket with slight edgewear. Offset on front endpapers from a now removed 16mo [news]paper. Light uniform age-toning.
Price: $30.00