THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD. A Comedy In Three Acts.
by Synge, J.M
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- Hardcover
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Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1911., 1911.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-1/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue calf titled in gilt with gilt floral devices within gilt ruled raised bands on the spine. The covers are further enhanced by a gilt-ruled frame. The top edge is gilt and the book is further enhanced by marbled endpapers. The joints are rubbed. 111 & [1] pages. Very good.
First American edition.
With the signature of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh penned in Boston on October 20, 1911. Also with his initials stamped in gilt at the base of the spine.
From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret with their "Arcades ambo" bookplate. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. He served in the Atois, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns of World War I as an aide to the commanding general of the 80th Division and of the Ninth and Sixth Army Corps. He rose to the rank of Major. After the war he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value."
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98667
- Title
- THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD. A Comedy In Three Acts.
- Author
- Synge, J.M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: John W. Luce & Company, 1911.
- Date Published
- 1911.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- THEATRE; LITERATURE; PLAYS; THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD; A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS; LEATHER BINDING; GILT-DECORATED; J.M. SYNGE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; LINCOLN MACVEAGH; AMBASSADOR; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAP
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