Description
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, New York. Published 1931. Hardcover, 481 pp; 21 cm; First Edition.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition, no dust jacket. Black cloth boards lettered in red and white on the front cover and in white on the spine; mild to moderate shelf wear with scuffing to the rear cover and mild color loss along the hinges. Spine cloth lightly creased. A thin crack to the rear binding along the rear hinge, but the binding is otherwise solid. An original bookseller's small label to the front pastedown; a small white stain to the front free endpaper. Pages mildly toned but otherwise unmarked.Fannie Hurst's best-known novel, a bestselling melodrama of a woman who sacrifices her independence to live as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. Adapted to film three times (1932 with Irene Dunne, 1941 with Charles Boyer, and 1961 with Susan Hayward). First edition, trade issue, in the publisher's black cloth.