Elysian fields : a dialogue in which Goethe, Mary Stuart, Voltaire, Napoleon, Karl Marx, and President Washington hold discourse on present events, discuss fascism and communism and the organic unity of healthy societies and examine the ill effects of the cinematograph (otherwise known as the moving picture) on the peace of nations as well as the causes of America's reluctance to join the League of Nations ... /
Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978)
Category
Books
Date
1937
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3197884
Summary
Bibliographic description
110, [2] p. ; 18 cm. Minor pencil text marking, with brief rear endpaper page references. Loosely inserted: typescript letter signed from S. de Madariaga to Harold Nicolson; headed: 21 Hampstead Hill Gardens, NW3; dated January 5th [1937?]; sending this book, suggesting formation of liberal opinion group to organize and distribute literature. Provenance: half-title inscribed "Cordially dedicated to Harold Nicolson S de Madariaga". Binding: blue publisher's cloth; with dust jacket, as issued.
Makers and roles
Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978)