The Sophisticates
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Good + / Good +. Item #12242
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buckram in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 306pp. Jacket and cloth extremities rather worn with a number of closed chips and tears to the former, exposure along upper margins to the latter; jacket uniformly dust-soiled and lightly foxed, spine panel faded, front hinge cracked but holding; overall a Good or better copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
Murder mystery involving beautiful but frosty Melton Abbey, the most sought-after woman in her Midwestern town, even after her husband is murdered by poison.
Price: $50.00
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