All Is Not Quiet on the Potomac by Phyllis Moore Gallagher - 1962

Baltimore: Reid, Alton and Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1962). First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid copy, very light soiling to page edges, minor wear at corners; jacket moderately worn at corners/edges, a bit of soiling, minor chipping at spine ends]. This novel -- the author's "latest novel" and her "first in more than a decade," per the jacket copy (although a LoC search turns up only this one title under her name) -- "takes the reader behind the scenes of social, political and diplomatic Washington. With her singular urbanity and lightness of touch, [the author] delightfully reveals the hidden machinations that led to the twenty-four hour period -- midnight to midnight -- when all involved find the course of their lives changes." The jacket copy proceeds to describe enough stock characters to populate a small city -- Peyton Place, for example -- among them such cliches as: "Washington's most publicized hostess"… Read More

Reid Alton & Company, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 374 pgs. Gift inscription on ffep. Otherwise, clean text. Firm binding. No shelf wear. DJ shows normal wear.