The great quotations / compiled by George Seldes ; with an introduction by J. Donald Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seldes, George, 1890-1995, compiler.

Contributor:

Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Charles Lee Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Caesar-Stuart book.

A Caesar-Stuart book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations.

Penn Provenance:

Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)

Lee, Charles, 1911- (inscription) (Lee Collection copy)

Seldes, George, 1890-1995 (autograph) (Lee Collection copy)

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 893 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lyle Stuart, [1960]

Contents:

Introduction

Foreword

Editorial Notes: Sources; Some "Dangerous" Quotations; Uses and Misuses of Quotations; They Never Said It; Who Said it First?; Confirmations and Correspondence

Quotations.

Notes:

"A Caesar-Stuart Book originated and sponsored by Irving Caesar and Lyle Stuart."

" ... Mr. Seldes was moved to compile this book because he had become convinced that earlier dictionaries of quotation had fallen short in their representation of the ideas which have moved mankind - for better or for worse. He felt that they contained too large a proportion of safe sentiments, and I think this objection is substantiated by the contents of his book."--Introduction.

Includes index.

Brown cloth spine lettered in gilt; pale beige boards with red endpapers.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has inscription: "To my dear friend Charles Lee. G. Seldes."

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has dust jacket. Laid in are an newspaper piece on Seldes at 97, and an obituary. Also a photocopied obituary.

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok April 1966 New York".

Potok Collection copy is "Second Printing".

OCLC:

341711