CHILDREN OF THE RITZ

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Basis for the 1929 silent film of the same name. A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers. Hardcover in a facsimile dust jacket. 271 pages. VG-; spine blue with white lettering; bumping to corners, head and tail of spine; top edge of text block faded green; mild stains within; binding slightly loose; shelved case 7. 1267960. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.