[Literature] Dryden, John. All for Love: or, the World well Lost. A Tragedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; And Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile

In the Savoy: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, 1678. First edition. 8vo. (xx), 78, (2) pp. Early 20th century brown cloth, gilt arms of the Groton School on front board, spine lettered in gilt; all edges trimmed; prize book-plate on front free endpaper for author Louis Auchincloss for the 1935 English Essay Prize at Groton, with a calligraphic inscription and signed by school founder and headmaster Endicott Peabody; book-plate of John Haven Ferguson on front paste-down; text leaves toned; scattered wear to extremities; bottom corner I2 repaired, affecting a few letters; repair top edge K1. Pforzheimer 313; Wing D-2229

First edition of Dryden's adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra. From the library of American author Louis Auchincloss (1917-2010), chronicler of America's upper society. His most famous novel was The Rector of Justin (1964) and a finalist for the National Book Award. That work was inspired by his years at Groton School, where he was awarded this book as a prize in 1935. Groton's headmaster, Endicott Peabody, who awarded this prize to Auchincloss, is often assumed to be the inspiration for that novel's titular character, Reverend Francis Prescott.

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[Literature] Dryden, John. All for Love: or, the World well Lost. A Tragedy, As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal; And Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile

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