With Lengthy Inscription: In Old California A Play in Five Acts
Boston: Christopher Publishing House, (1937). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. vii, [1], 9-92. Bound in orange cloth with gilt rules and lettering stamped on front board and spine. Stains to rear endpapers; one leaf with a nickle-size fore-edge chip. In the dust jacket that shows dampstains, edge-wear and a chip to the lower front panel. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very Good / Good-. Item #6214
The inscription by Elovsky, dated 1941, "Hollywood, Calif.," is in an undetermined Slavic language. His play concerns the 1806 intersection of Russians and Spaniards in California, with Spanish Presidio Comandante Don Jose Dario Arguello and Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov being the principal characters, and the historic romance of Rezanov with Arguello's daughter, Concepcion, serving as the narrative. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Price: $30.00