Item #20433 The Gorgeous Hussy. Samuel Hopkins ADAMS.

The Gorgeous Hussy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1934).

Early Printing without date at title page, but with presumed first issue dustjacket. R. F. Cosimini dustjacket art. Rare historical novel of the Andrew Jackson era to be found in its original published version. Novel of a "hot blooded, clear-headed, self willed, valiant, and joyous" woman with an "incredible infatuation for the first gigolo in American history". Basis for the 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture starring Joan Crawford. Near Fine, contemporary bookplate, in Very Good dustjacket.

Price: $150.00

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