PAINTED VEILS by James Huneker (w/Jacket!) 1942
PAINTED VEILS. By James Huneker, With a preface by Benjamin De Cassares, Liveright Publishing Corp., New York, 1942.
American Classic Fiction Novel
Vintage from the 1940s
"The hero is a worldly young drama critic who falls in love with a soprano who refuses to let any emotion halt her career. He courts a Good Girl who fantasizes 'dream-children' and exercises his lust on a perky trollop. Others in the Huneker salon are a gossipy music critic and a seminarian who flies too close to the sun."
Black cover with fancy gilt embellishments, a gilt title over red, a gilt and black center art piece and black endpapers. Secure binding with clean pages and mild cover wear with some color fading (from a damp stain) at the rear board. Original owner bookplate at the inside cover. The jacket is nice overall with some small edge tears and light damp rippling at the rear top portion. About 8-3/4 x 6 with 310 pages.