[Rarebooks] fs: Unusual Samuel Eliot Morison item

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Wed Nov 10 12:02:30 EST 2004


FULLNESS OF LIFE.
A MEMOIR OF ELIZABETH SHAW MORISON, 1886-1945.

-Samuel Eliot Morison.

Privately printed: 1945.
Edition limited to 200 copies.

Samuel Eliot Morison's dignified and moving tribute to his late wife. 
Morison, a Captain in the Naval Reserves, was a famous historian and author 
of a number of nautical histories, including the famous 15-volume official 
"History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War Two".

Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", 63 pages, 5 b/w illustrations; marbled board covers, 
cloth spine; "Bound in paper designed and executed by Rosamond B. Loring 
[and] printed by The Merrymount Press, Boston. This copy for David and 
Eloise". Light wear, partially unopened; a nice copy. Morison's calling 
card, listing his address as the Army and Navy Club, loosely laid in. 
[06271] $300.00

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