"Reno" 1929 VANDERBILT JR, Cornelius (INSCRIBED)

"Reno" 1929 VANDERBILT JR, Cornelius (INSCRIBED)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 caf society types. In the first half of the

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.