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The book of the homeless = (Le livre des sans-foyer)
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The book of the homeless = (Le livre des sans-foyer) / edited by Edith Wharton ; original articles in verse and prose, illustrations reproduced from original paintings & drawings.
Published
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916.
Physical Description
xxv, 154 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN Conrad +915xb copies 1 & 2: In cases 29 cm.
BEIN Conrad +915xb copy 1: Clippings laid in.
BEIN Za W555 +915bc: Autograph: Helen Hadley, 1915.
BEIN Shirley +540: Bookseller's label: The Old Corner Book Store, Boston, Mass.
Notes
Regular edition.
Added illustrated color t.p.
Contains music.
Authors contributing: Maurice Barrès, Sarah Bernhardt, Laurence Binyon, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy, etc. Artists: Léon Bakst, Max Beerbohm, J.-E. Blanche, etc. Composers: Vincent d'Indy, Igor Stravinsky.
"The book is sold for the benefit of the American hostels for refugees (with the Foyer franco-belge) and of the Children of Flanders rescue committee."
Includes "Wheat" by John Galsworthy.
Includes "Poland revisited" by Joseph Conrad.
Includes a poem by Thomas Hardy, "Cry of the homeless" (p. 16).
Variant and related titles
Livre des sans-foyer
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Purdy, R.L. Hardy, p. 192
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Booksellers' labels (Provenance) - Old Corner Book Store.
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