first edition Softcover
1932 · New York
by DEVAL, Jacques
New York: Viking Press, 1932. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Lawrence S. Morris. Advance Reading Copy. Near fine in unprinted wrappers, in moderately worn, about very good dustwrapper. World weary eighteen-year-old French beauty trapped in Panama becomes involved in international spying and intrigue, and sells herself in order to raise the money to return to France. Basis for the 1934 Henry King film *Marie Galante* featuring Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, and Ned Sparks. The example here in a very uncommon format. (Inventory #: 98490)