signed first edition
1936 · New York
by WERTENBAKER, Charles
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards, stamped in orange on spine with pictorial onlay to front board; orange top-stain; dustjacket; 499pp. One of 1500 signed copies. Fine, in crisp, Near Fine dustwrapper slightly dusted on lighter portions. Three generations of an aristocratic family in a Virginia university town, clearly modeled on Charlottesville, the author's home town, and the University of Virginia, the author's alma mater. The third selection of "The Discoverers," a short-lived first-editions club established by Farrar & Rinehart publishers to boost sales during the Great Depression. A prospectus for The Discoverers is laid in. HANNA 3733. (Inventory #: 25497)