The Lady of Gestures

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good original jacket. Jacket a bit rubbed with 2 inch closed tear on front panel and 1 inch tear to spine head. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1927 Hard Cover. 317, [3] pp. By the author of the hit Broadway play Ladies' Night (1920), who also wrote the novels The Butterfly Murder, The Affair of the Malacca Stick, and The Affair of the Syrian Dagger. From the jacket: 'To Amber Lorne - beautiful, indulged and adored - life becomes a series of dramatic gestures. Glorified press-agentry combined with her own high gifts make this American girl the idol of Paris. There she reigns in a super-Bohemia of art and diplomacy, a Queen of unconventionality. With all desirable men at her feet, she wants an unattainable prince. Her gestures become a pattern of tragedy. She lives 'a play' - a tense melodrama. Her supreme gesture is to avenge old wrongs and unravel the mystery of her own origin. Amber Lorne's triumphs in the gay and sometimes grim world of make-believe make this an unforgettable romance of daring, colorful and celebrated people.