Grace Metalious – Peyton Place – First Edition – 1957

A first edition, first printing of ‘Peyton Place published by Muller in 1957. A very good book without inscriptions with some spotting to the prelims and page edges. In a very good (or better) unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the corners and spine tips and light loss and chipping. A 1956 novel by Grace Metalious that shocked readers with its frank portrayal of hidden scandals in a seemingly respectable New England town. The story explores social hypocrisy, class tension, sexuality, and abuse through interconnected residents’ lives. It became a best-seller and cultural phenomenon, later inspiring films and television adaptations. The novel helped popularise small- town melodrama while challenging mid-twentieth-century moral taboos in American popular fiction.