#although simply

There were two issues of the First Edition, one had the frontis-drawing of a magician by Mathers' wife, Moina, the other had it carefully removed. This is the issue WITHOUT the drawing. Sadly it is not known why the drawing was removed - although it may simply be that the author and publishers changed their minds about it. It does have a certain childish quality (to a modern eye it is not entirely unlike something one would find in a 1970s Dungeons and Dragons book) and it may be that they decided it was inappropriate to a serious work. This particular volume also has what is presumably a later issue binding. It is clearly original to the volume, but is of a fine weave - almost silk-like - cloth, to that normally encountered, and does not have the elaborate magical square on the front cover.

(1999-05-08) The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, adap Toby Horton)

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Keith E. Gottfried W’87 e-mails, “I recently left Borland Software, a Silicon Valley software company, where I had served as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief legal officer, to pursue other opportunities, including various political activities. I also recently became engaged to be married to Cindy Goldwasser, a resident of Mountain View, and a graduate of Northeastern University and the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. We plan to marry in the spring. I currently live in San Jose, and can be reached at <[email protected] >.”

There were two issues of the First Edition, one had the frontis-drawing of a magician by Mathers' wife, Moina, the other had it carefully removed. This is the issue WITHOUT the drawing. Sadly it is not known why the drawing was removed - although it may simply be that the author and publishers changed their minds about it. It does have a certain childish quality (to a modern eye it is not entirely unlike something one would find in a 1970s Dungeons and Dragons book) and it may be that they decided it was inappropriate to a serious work. This particular volume also has what is presumably a later issue binding. It is clearly original to the volume, but is of a fine weave - almost silk-like - cloth, to that normally encountered, and does not have the elaborate magical square on the front cover.

(1999-05-08) The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas, adap Toby Horton)

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Keith E. Gottfried W’87 e-mails, “I recently left Borland Software, a Silicon Valley software company, where I had served as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief legal officer, to pursue other opportunities, including various political activities. I also recently became engaged to be married to Cindy Goldwasser, a resident of Mountain View, and a graduate of Northeastern University and the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. We plan to marry in the spring. I currently live in San Jose, and can be reached at <[email protected] >.”