The Story of a Soul: Based, in Outline, on Edith O'Shaugnessy's "Life of Marie Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg" and on the Official Proceedings of the Luxemburg Parliament

Published by Durance and Company. Philadelphia, 1938

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Bound in black pebbled leather stamped b rightly in gold.Chipping along the top of the left side of rat front panel and rear panels. Wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends as well. A fascinating play and association copy. Signed presentation of Douglas Fairbanks descendant: "To Mary Lee Fairbanks with the warm regards of the author's son Charles E. Marburg. April 1958 With Douglas Fairbanks bookplate. Marburg was born on November 27, 1893, in France to Theodore Marburg, the United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1912 to 1914. He was educated at Oxford University. After graduation he joined the Royal Flying Corps in England. While on a mission to photograph the German lines in 1915, his plane crashed and a strut pierced his left knee, requiring the leg to be amputated.[1][2] In 1917 he served as a wing examining officer at Canadian headquarters in Canada, and then he returned to England and flew at Shoreham in the south of England before becoming an instructor at Gosport.[3]. First Edition. 1938 Copyrighted by the author.. …

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Title
The Story of a Soul: Based, in Outline, on Edith O'Shaugnessy's "Life of Marie Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg" and on the Official Proceedings of the Luxemburg Parliament
Author
Marburg, Theodore 1862-1946 (Signed/Presentation)
Publisher
Durance and Company. Philadelphia
Publication year
1938
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Signed
Binding
Hardcover
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Signed presentation of Douglas Fairbanks descendant: "To Mary Lee Fairbanks with the warm regards of the author's son Charles E. Marburg. April 1958 With Douglas Fairbanks bookplate.
Edition
1st Edition

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