Anthony Adverse (EARLY INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR)
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 1224 PP. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #5745
First printing with publisher imprint on copyright page. Original price of $3.00 intact on front flap. Original blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Signed and inscribed by author on the FFEP. Allen's best known work and the basis for the 1936 film of the same name starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland.
Signed:
"Gene Melton Adams, Esq., / Dear Mr. Adams: Lafcadia Hearn, I think in / his "Two Years in the Dutch West Indies, has some remarks on palm groves that gave me the / idea for my remarks on Gothic architecture in / these pages where I describe the Cathedral at / Burgos in Spain. This just because I know you like Hearn - Hervey Allen / 3/12/35" (on the FFEP)
Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed (TLS) from Hervey Allen to Mrs. Margaret Elder Dow. Letter dtated February 14, 1934 and mentions the controversial reception of Anthony Adverse. Letter fine but for original fold marks. (NOTE: Dow was a noted Elisha Kane Kent biographer and an author.).
Price: $800.00