The Book Class by Auchincloss, Louis - 1984

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean light blue-green boards with ivory cloth spine, blue metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 212 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (14.95 on front inside flap), no chips, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A sparkling and profund consideration of women and power: the power of intellect, of money, of integrity, and of loyalty, love and self-respect. A novel in which twelve women who--as debutantes--instituted his mother's "book class" in 1908 and with admirable tenacity met every month for over sixty years to discuss a selected title, old or new..