"Live Bait: Shorter Romances" 1932 DELL, Ethel Ogden Pleissner w/ marbled papier interior lining

w/ marbled papier interior lining

the party blonde

in Sparse Gray Hackle’s words

But the War was over now

"Live Bait: Shorter Romances" 1932 DELL, Ethel Ogden Pleissner w/ marbled papier interior liningDELL, Ethel M. [295] pp. A. L. Burt Company 1932 7 5 8" x 5 1 2" VG VG Stephanie Despard beautiful, yet unconscious of her beauty is a pawn in the hands of her father, Gustave Despard a gentleman gambler. Eager to escape the degrading lot which is hers, she is unable to accomplish this until the appearance on the scene of young Dudley Wroxted, whose cleverness and perception triumph over Despard's insidious and subtle power.