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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Peyton Place is a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious that reveals the dark secrets and scandalous behavior hidden beneath the idyllic surface of a small New Hampshire town. The story follows three women?Constance MacKenzie, her daughter Allison, and the working-class Selena Cross?as they navigate societal hypocrisy, abusive relationships, and their own desires. Metalious's frank depiction of controversial topics shocked readers and made the book a cultural phenomenon, though it also led to bans and controversy.This first edition is bound in black publisher's cloth. Covers are plain with silver foil lettering and ornamentation on the spine. Deckled foredge. 372 pp. Dust jacket is black with white, red, and yellow lettering. EXCERPT FROM THE DUST JACKET: "This big, richly diverse novel of life in a small New England town teems with incident, vitality and character. Its people are presented in the full dimensions of their lives - their corruptions and kindnesses, their high hopes and secret drives. None of the vices of Peyton Place are hidden, and if the story seems shocking it still rings true to the place, to the time and to human nature.Grace Metalious has done a superb job of creating this community of people in an old, rigid, ingrown small town. Not since Kings Row has there appeared such a penetrating study of human nature, such a frank uninhibited story of violet emotions." CONDITION: Both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Book shows mild wear along the extremities and lightly toned leaves. Some discoloration within endpapers, yet the entire textblock is unmarked. Dust jacket is moderately worn with some crinkling at the edges and mild rubbing. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.