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FACING INFINITUDE / By M. M. M. 1917. In Remembrance / Marion Morse MacKaye / St. Germain-en-Laye / First of June, 1939. Greetings to the Friends of Marion & Percy MacKaye. Littleton, Massachusetts, Christmas & New Year 1942 - 1943.
by MacKaye, Marion Morse; MacKaye, Percy
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
n.p., 1942., 1942.. Very good. - Octavo, self-wraps. A sheet of cream stock, 9 inches high by 13 inches wide, has been folded to form 4 sides. The 4th page is lightly foxed & there is some very light foxing to the edges of the other pages. 1 full-page black-and-white illustration [portrait of Marion MacKaye]. Very good. <p>In a note on the fourth page, Percy MacKaye writes that the photograph of Marion Morse reproduced on page 3 was given to her by him as a wedding present two days before their marriage in October 1898. Twenty years later, at their home in New Hampshire, she wrote the passage from her journal reprinted here about the eternal bond of their love.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35198
- Title
- FACING INFINITUDE / By M. M. M. 1917. In Remembrance / Marion Morse MacKaye / St. Germain-en-Laye / First of June, 1939. Greetings to the Friends of Marion & Percy MacKaye. Littleton, Massachusetts, Christmas & New Year 1942 - 1943.
- Author
- MacKaye, Marion Morse; MacKaye, Percy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- n.p., 1942.
- Date Published
- 1942.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; POET; PERCY MACKAYE; MARION MORSE MACKAYE; JOURNAL; FACING INFINITUDE; In Remembrance Marion Morse MacKaye St. Germain-en-Laye First of June, 1939; CHRISTMAS 1942; PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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