Inscribed
Anthony Adverse.
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933.
Price: $500.00
About the item
First edition, first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Inscribed. Original blue cloth, dust jacket. Spine spotted, jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. (bookplate; presentation inscription).
Item #315784
Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman, Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are [?] to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen"
