FIRST ENCOUNTERS A Book Of Memorable Meetings

First Encounters. From a 12-year engagement in the pages of The Atlantic, 65 wonderfully witty "first encounters" of the great and near great, the famous and infamous, throughout history. This book shows and describes the first meetings of Lenin and Trotsky, Garbo and Barrymore, Mahler and Freud, Chaplin and Cocteau, Lang and Goebbels, Chekhov and Tolstoy, Wilde and Whitman, and De Gaulle and Roosevelt. Brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed, with superb full color drawings. A fascinating book to give as a gift or to enjoy for yourself! Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine./As New.