Portraits Of The Eighteenth Century Historic And Literary. Part I And Part Ii, Two Paerts In One Volume.

Language: English

Published by G. P. Putnam' Sons, New York, 1905

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X, 475 Pp. Dark Blue Linen, Gilt. First American Printing. Light Wear, Spine Gilt Weak, Front Hinge Cracked Before Frontispiece. Ownership Stamp "Cobina" On Front Free Endpaper, Almost Certainly That Of Cobina Wright Sr. Cobina Wright, Sr. (Born Esther Ellen Cobb, 1887 – 1970) Was An American Opera Singer And Actress Who Appeared In The Razor's Edge (1946). She Gained Later Fame As A Hostess And A Syndicated Gossip Columnist. Wright Was Also Known As Esther Cobb, Esther Johnson, And Esther Cobina. Her First Husband, Whom She Married In 1912, Was American Novelist Owen Johnson. Her Second Husband Was William May Wright, A Stockbroker, By Whom She Had One Child, A Daughter, Cobina Carolyn Wright (Aka Cobina Wright Jr.), (1921—2011), Celebrity Debutante And Briefly A Movie Actress. In The Early Part Of The 20Th Century, Cobina Sr. Was A Coloratura Soprano, Using The Stage Name Esther Cobina. She Had Studied Singing In California, Under Voice Teacher Nettie Snyder, And In Germany, Where She Initially Pursued Her Career On Stage. During World War I, She Performed For French And American Troops In Europe.[10] She Later Made Her American Opera Debut At Carnegie Hall In 1924. She Died In Los Angeles, California In 1970.

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Title
Portraits Of The Eighteenth Century Historic And Literary. Part I And Part Ii, Two Paerts In One Volume.
Author
Sainte-Beuve, C. A.; Katherine P. Wormeley, Trasl.; Edmond Spenser, Critical Introduction; Ownership Stamp Of Cobina Wright Sr.
Publisher
G. P. Putnam' Sons, New York
Publication year
1905
Condition
Very Good
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No Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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Plates
Edition
First American Edition
Printing
1st Printing
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Literature: Eighteenth Century, Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century, Music: Opera

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