Penthouse.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #33161
249pp. Violet cloth lettered in black on the front and the spine. From the flap: "... a dynamic, rapid-fire tale of ruthless gangsters and chorus girls and police... " Basis for the 1933 MGM W.S. Van Dyke movie featuring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy, and the 1938 Edwin L. Marin movie (titled Society Lawyer) featuring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. Toning to endpapers, light wear to spine ends. About near fine in the scarce good+ price-clipped dustjacket completely split at spine, and with a few small chips. In Hubin, 1994, p. 692.; Octavo.
Price: $200.00
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