Hervey

1933 · 031218 — New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Early edition. 1224pp blue cloth Author inscription on the front free endpaper "Edith L. Wells fro Ellen Stevens Whiteall with the cordial best wishes and appreciation of many years continued kindnesses. drawing of a hand with finger pointing Good luck Miss Wells! Hervey Allen Pelham Manor July 1933. Also signed "affecitonately Ellen Stevens Whitall". Minor edgewear internally clean copy.neat previous bookstre stamp on the rear pastedown. "In late 18th century Italy a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. However she is in love with another younger man. When the husband finds out he kills the lover in a swordfight and takes his wife on a long trip throughout Europe. Months later she dies giving birth to a son. The husband leaves the child at a convent where he is raised until the age of 10; then he is apprenticed to a local merchant who gives him the name "Anthony Adverse" because of the adversity in his life. But his adversity has only just begun. Size: Octaavo. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover