The Last Convertible (Apparent Fist Edition/Apparent First Print/Stated BCE - VG+/F with G/VG DJ)

by Anton Myrer (1922-1996)

Description

Putnam, New York NY (1978) HC w/ DJ, Apparent First Edition/Apparent First Print/Stated BCE, 8vo, 506 pages; Book: VG+/F, clean, tight and sound, near as new, crisp hinges, appears a once read or an unread, very light and very mild tip rub with very light and very mild wear-through to all four but not ragged, mild shelf rub with wear-through to some points on bottom edge but not ragged, elsewise nothing derogatory of note, red boards and spine, tan lettering to spine; Pages: F/VF, clean, white and secure, fancy deckled fore-edges, nothing derogatory of note; DJ: F/VF, clean and bright, original jacket painting by Wendell Minor, mild tip wear top tips, mild tannish patina to white jacket, some mild tannish specks all around, significant chip to top spine edge approximate 1"x1/8", not clipped, no price showing on front inner flap, front inner flap states: book club edition (not a remainder/not a Library ed.) Synopsis: Sometimes there is a golden novel that recaptures a golden time that is never to be again, the lost promise of an entire generation. For American's who came of age in the 1940s -- and for millions more who would have liked to be there -- that novel will be, The Last Convertible. It celebrates the high pride of those innocent years when, top down, racing under the stars or dancing to the big bands of Goodman and Dorsey, that most romantic and exuberant generation faced the dark days of world war. The last convertible is a magnificent, Packard Super 8, owned successively by five Harvard classmates of divergent backgrounds. This unlikely fraternity of five call themselves, the Fusiliers --- as wild, and carefree a bunch that ever danced the Lindy or the Shag. They named the convertible the Empress, and the great car will become their standard --- the setting for their love affairs, rivalries, disasters; shared by the women they will win or lose, the rebellious children they bring up; their quarrels and reconciliation's, loyalties and betrayals. The Empress, is all convertibles ever raced by young men in pursuit of their dreams, into a seemingly boundless future. This is indeed an unchallengeable classic of modern era American literature. This was Anton Myrer's (b: 3 November 1922 - d: 19 January 1996) 7th work.