Rage for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Booth Luce

NY: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1997. Hardcover; Book Club Edition. ISBN: 0394575555. B&W Photographs; 561 pages; First edition stated on this lovely copy but no price on dust wrapper indicates a probable book club edition. Spine ends faintly bumped, a few faint smudges to page edges. Dust wrapper has faint edgedwear and rubbing. ; Morris, the first writer to have exclusive access to the papers of Clare Booth Luce, used this material to write a rather biting portrayal of a talented and driven woman. 'Detailed and rich with mesmerizing narrative, this book recounts the story of the flowering years of Clare Booth Luce--a former congresswoman and editor of Vanity Fair--a striking woman whose private life was as intriguing and spectacular as her public life.'.