Quicksilver Lady by Whitehead, Barbara - 1980

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Book. Illus. by Laurence Schwinger (Jacket Illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 239 pages; First printing; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Has former owners label and publishers label placed to the front paste-down endpaper which says "Compliments of Doubleday & Company, Inc."; Grey boards with a black spine and the title in silver; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf and edge wear including wear to top and tail of spine(with a 1 and a 1/2 inch close tear at bottom of spine), 1/4 inch close tear to front panel top right and a 1/2 inch close tear to the rear flap; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable mylar cover. . (Arabella is a disappointed woman and looks for the cure to be an introduction at the upcoming London season, so with visions of masquerades and theaters, she and a friend are on their way. Yet danger lurks and there's a mysterious gentleman who hides a scandalous secret.).