Auchincloss, Louis

Pursuit of the Prodigal

Hardcover, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In this book, "Louis Auchincloss tells the story of a rebel, a mature man born to wealth, social position, and the influence they guarantee, who forsakes his wife and children, quits the comfortable world of Parmalee Cove, the family estate on Long Island, spurns the family law firm, even the family money, to seek what love and glory life has for him..." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly loose, minimal edge wear, small bump on bottom right corner of front board and head of spine, pages are clean. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has three small, half-inch tears along tail edge, one-inch tear on head of spine with tape on inside holding it together, half-inch tear on fore-edge of front cover, slightly tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages. [Item #323]

Price: $35.00