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This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books
that I had bought most inexpensively two or three months
ago. On perusing its contents, I found a copy of Hilton's
Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder & Stoughton, but only a ninth
printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. But there was one
point of interest. There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare
Booth Luce".


Francis A. Miniter

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On Aug 10, 7:47*pm, "Francis A. Miniter"
wrote:
This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books
that I had bought most inexpensively two or three months
ago. *On perusing its contents, I found a copy of Hilton's
Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder & Stoughton, but only a ninth
printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. *But there was one
point of interest. *There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare
Booth Luce".

Nice find!

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"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
. ..
This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books that I had
bought most inexpensively two or three months ago. On perusing its
contents, I found a copy of Hilton's Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder &
Stoughton, but only a ninth printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. But
there was one point of interest. There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare Booth Luce".

Wow! The woman who assassinated old Abe Lincoln at the Chevrolet Theater?
That's a great brag!

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foad wrote:
"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
. ..
This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books that I had
bought most inexpensively two or three months ago. On perusing its
contents, I found a copy of Hilton's Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder &
Stoughton, but only a ninth printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. But
there was one point of interest. There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare Booth Luce".

Wow! The woman who assassinated old Abe Lincoln at the Chevrolet Theater?
That's a great brag!




I suppose the seal might have had an "e" in there!


Francis A. Miniter

Serendipity
 

On Aug 10, 7:47*pm, "Francis A. Miniter"
wrote:
This evening I noticed that I had not opened a box of books
that I had bought most inexpensively two or three months
ago. *On perusing its contents, I found a copy of Hilton's
Goodbye Mr. Chips, Hodder & Stoughton, but only a ninth
printing from 1938 and no dust jacket. *But there was one
point of interest. *There was the imprint of a circular seal
bearing an elaborate design and the words "Ex Libris Clare
Booth Luce".

Francis A. Miniter

In a similar incidence, about 15 years or so ago I found a copy of the
Hardy Boys book "The Tower Treasure" with a bookplate stating it was a
"Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. Office File Copy" complete with printing and
binding information.
A scan of it graces the bottom of the "Original Series" page of my
Hardy Boys site:
http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/hbos.htm