"Reno" 1929 VANDERBILT JR, Cornelius (INSCRIBED)
$1,400
VANDERBILT, Cornelius Jr.
INSCRIBED:
To William B. Mayo,
whose mechanical mind may be tempered a bit
if he reads this "gush" for a little while,
with best wishes CV, Jr. Feb 14, 1929
[251] pp.
The Macaulay Company
1929
Special Edition No. 51
7 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Jacket design by Winn
VG/ VG
Cary Grant commented, “Divorce is a game played by lawyers.” It was not always that way. It once resembled a summer camp for café society types. In the first half of the 20th Century, those wanting a no-fault divorce would establish residency in then-glamorous Reno. The author, a Vanderbilt scion, was intimately familiar with the process and was inspired to write this novel about it. Published in the last moments of pre-Depression high society, the mise-en-scène is as important as the plot.
“It does not matter a damn what a man’s habits are, so long as [they are] regular.”
--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.