loose ladies inscribed copy de delmar vina (1 résultats)

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Arthur Hawkins, Jr. (illustrateur). First Edition. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-299. Bound in green cloth with black lettering and rules stamped on front cover and spine. A bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that has chips, most notably on the lower edge of the front panel, and head of spine. (Please see photos.) Inscribed by Delmar on the front free endpaper. Inscription, dated 1935, mentions memories of a visit to Palm Springs. In green ink, natch. First book edition of the third novel by Vina Delmar (1903-1990), following her sensational bestseller Bad Girl. Addressing taboo subjects including premarital sex and pregnancy set among tenement life, her novels gained initial notoriety and success by being banned or threatened with bans. To capitalize on the popularity of Bad Girl, Delmar quickly published two successive titles, also suggestive and gritty: Kept Woman and the book at hand. She then departed New York for Hollywood. There she wrote for the movies, with The Awful Truth (Cary Grant and Irene Dunne) garnering lasting fame as one of the best screwball comedies.Dust jacket illustrated by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. with a sensuous tablea amid angular shadows and geometric forms. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. .