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- From the Silent Earth: A Report on the Greek Bronze Age - John ALSOP (Inscribed to Lady Diana Cooper)
From the Silent Earth: A Report on the Greek Bronze Age - John ALSOP (Inscribed to Lady Diana Cooper)
ALSOP, Joseph. From the Silent Earth: A Report on the Greek Bronze Age. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
First edition. Signed presentation to Lady Diana Cooper: ‘For dearest Diana, with infinite admiration & much love.’ ' From the library of Lady Diana’s son, John Julius Norwich, with his bookplate.
Joseph Alsop was the dean of Washington foreign policy columnists, a close confidante to presidents and Washington grandees - and secretly gay. He was the second husband of Susan Mary Alsop, known as the grand dame of Washington society, Joseph Alsop was the stepfather of John Julius’ half-brother, Bill Patten, the son of Susan Mary Alsop and Duff Cooper, Lady Diana's husband.
Lady Diana Cooper (1892-1986) was a star of the early twentieth century stage, screen and social scene. She married Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, one of the Second World War’s key politicians.
296 pp, b/w illus. Original cloth. Very good in good dust jacket (tear to bottom of front face, neatly repaired with tape; in clear, removable protective sleeve)