Famous last words, fond farewells, deathbed diatribes, and exclamations upon expiration
2003, First Edition. New York : Workman Publishing. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, leather-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some light dust-toning to boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages; Description: xi, 177 p. ; 16 cm. This collection of the notable last recorded words of the dying include those of writers, philosophers, athletes, gangsters, kings, queens, movie stars and politicians in all sorts of moods and states of preparedness. Compiles farewell utterances from such notables as Douglas Fairbanks, Thomas Edison, John Maynard Keynes, Eugene O'Neill, Huey Long, Malcolm X, Indira Gandhi, and Conrad Hilton. Item #213818
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