Sovereign: A Poetic Drama in Five Scenes, With Prologue and Epilogue

  • Hardcover
  • New York: Somerset Publishing Company, (c.1937)
By Zimmerman, Hazel
New York: Somerset Publishing Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. [very slight fading along edges of covers, no significant wear; jacket modestly edgeworn, tiny chip at bottom edge of front panel, some soiling to rear panel]. A poetic dramatization, by a San Francisco-based poet who was also (per the jacket blurb) "one of the most successful business women on the Pacific Coast," of the romance between King Edward VII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson (the future Duke and Duchess of Windsor), and the former's abdication of the throne of England. Ms. Zimmerman was an investment advisor who wrote a financial newspaper column and published a related newsletter, and specialized in advising women clients. .

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