first edition Hardcover
1935 (c.1934) · New York
by Laver, James
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1935 (c.1934). First American Edition. Hardcover. [solid, clean copy, with a bit of wear to cloth at spine extremities; jacket edgeworn and rubbed, some fading to spine, a little paper loss at bottom corners of front panel and top of spine, 3-inch split at bottom front foldover, a few tiny tears and nicks along top edge]. Novel, set in the London art world, with "all the glamour and thrill" attendant thereto: "The London of the galleries, academies, studios in Chelsea and Soho, expensive restaurants, exclusive hotels. Art dealers fighting and double-crossing each other. Artists who fall victims (truncated)