COT 5. 1917. Original wraps. Presentation copy with presentation stamp
on front end paper. Reference to Solomon's Song written on front end paper, otherwise very good. £25.00
reilly 192

Edward Knoblock (April 7, 1874 - July 19, 1945) was a dramatist, scenarist, and novelist who wrote, among many other works, the much revived and re-made 1911 play, Kismet.

Knoblock was born Edward Gustav Knoblauch in New York City of German parents and was the grandson of the Berlin architect Eduard Knoblauch. He graduated from Harvard College in 1896, but he spent much of his professional life in Europe, first in France, then in Great Britain. In 1912, his Milestones, written with Arnold Bennett, became a hit at the Royalty Theatre, playing for over 600 performances.

He became a British subject in 1916 during World War I, anglicized the spelling of his name, received a commission as a Captain in the British Army and served in the Secret Service Bureau in the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Greece