The FORTUN--by Michael Korda, Summit Books, First Edition (number line 1 - 10), 1989, hardcover. Pink cover with MK gold initials at bottom, navy blue cloth spine covering, gold spine lettering, pink end papers, 481 pages.
Signed/Inscribed on front free end paper: For Tony -- With all my good wishes, -- Sincerely, Michael Korda -- 2/21/89
Story is of a great love between a beautiful young woman and an older man. The older man is Arthur Aldon Bennerman, head of America's richest family, perennial condidate for the Republican presidential nomination, philanthropist and art collector on the grand scale. Thus, when Bannerman, at 64, dies in the bed of a young woman of 24, the scandal makes headline news--and soons pits Alexa Walden against the Bannerman family itself, for control of The Fortune.
--Book has some foxing and marks on page edges, a small area of creasing of top corners. Otherwise, clean and in good condition, no cover markings, straight spine. Interior tightly bound with no writing, stamps, torn or loose pages. (Shading on photos is from the 'scan', and not actually on the pages). ....Dust jacket retains flap price of $19.95, is clean and in good condition with no tears or chipping.
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NOTE: I have acquired many hardcover books from an estate that were signed/inscribed to a 'Tony Christy'. They are all from the late 1980's - early 1990's. It appears that he had a brother connected to the California scene, and acquired the signed books for him.
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