8vo. Original black cloth (light rubbing); dust jacket (slight chipping).

FIRST EDITION. BUtterfield 8 is a roman à clef loosely based on the life of Starr Faithfull, a socialite and flapper whose mysterious death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation, and whose diary O'Hara consulted regularly while writing the novel. It was the basis for a 1960 Academy Award-winning movie starring Elizabeth Taylor. Bruccoli A4.1.a.