The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
1953. First Edition. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Colour frontispiece with B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.