Schmitt, Gladys — Alexandra

New York, The Dial Press, 1947. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn at extremities, spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat. First Edition. Bound in pumpkin-colored cloth with dark blue author's signature in facsimile stamped to front cover, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. From the publisher's blurb, a "story of a great actress who turned violently away from the world at the height of her fame, renouncing honor and wealth and perfect love- all for strange reasons which the people around her could not understand." 316 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,