Farewell to Fifth Avenue
by Vanderbilt, Cornelius Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Warsaw, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1935 Vanderbilt's autobiography written at the age of 35. He covers his military history in WWI, his growing up in opulence, associations with the crowned heads of Europe and the ultra-rich Americans like The Carnegies, Mellons, Morgans Astors, etc., meeting Al Capone, Hitler, presidents of the United States from Roosevelt to Roosevelt and many others. This book is his statement of belief that the society of his youth was ending and his separation from it. There is a lengthy inscription in pencil; To Josephine Sibley /with all good wishes/ and I'm sorry we / Didn't have a dance! Neil Vanderbilt/ Feb 1935. Jacket is chipped at spine extremities and at the top back. I suspect this Josephine Sibley is Josephine Sibley Couper, wealthy socialite and artist. Neil was the nickname Cornelius employed among his close friends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003182
- Title
- Farewell to Fifth Avenue
- Author
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
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About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
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Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
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