Alexsandre Dumas: Father and Son 1930 Francis Gribble ~ a dual biography

Title: Dumas: Father and Son
Author: Francis Gribble
Publication: New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1930

Description: First Edition. Boards in red cloth with gilt stamped title on spine and front cover. Bit of foxing along fore-edge of first few pages; small bookseller label on recto of rear free endpaper, else interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows shallow chipping at extremities; short tear to top edge of front panel; moderate general soiling; in an archival mylar sleeve. Seven portrait illustrations on plates, including frontispiece. 279 pages. A handsome copy in an uncommon, though worn, dust jacket.

A dual-biography of the French novelists and playwrights Alexandre Dumas pere (1802-1870), author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, and his son, Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895), author of Camille, later adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata.

''a brilliant, dashing account... rich in anecdote, frank, shrewd, amusing... one of the most entertaining biographies of these two bizarre figures that we are likely to have in our own language'' (front flap).

Francis Gribble (1862-1946) was a British novelist and biographer. His works include biographies of Lord Byron, Shelley, and the Habsburg dual-monarch Franz Joseph.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG+
Jacket Condition: Good

Keywords: Alexandre Dumas, pere, fils, Alexander Dumas,