New York: Horace Liveright. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1931. 4th printing. Hardcover. [nice tight copy, apparently unread, just a trace of wear to bottom edge, vintage price sticker (from the famous San Francisco department store, The White House) on rear pastedown; jacket a little rubbed and soiled, with a few tiny edge-nicks, soft diagonal crease in rear flap]. Novel about the "young, beautiful and incomprehensible ruler of the sophisticated set in a middle Western town," a woman who compensates for her unhappy marriage to a middle-aged banker by channeling her intellectual striving into the organization of a salon comprised of the local intelligentsia, such as they are. "Fascinating, enigmatic, maddening to the half dozen men who adored her, she seemed to be a woman of ice. Was she also a murderess?" (The latter question arises when her husband is found poisoned, and she is subsequently put on trial for the crime.) .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19272
Title: The Sophisticates
Author: Atherton, Gertrude
Illustrator: (dj design) Jacks
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Edition: 4th printing
Publisher: Horace Liveright
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: Midwest, Marriage, Murder Trials, Dust Jacket Art 1930s

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Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...