Lot 88115: RUDY NAPPI (American b. 1923) Price of Surrender,

RUDY NAPPI (American b. 1923) Price of Surrender, paperback cover, 1983 Oil on board 21.25 x 13.5 in. Signed lower left This illustration appeared on the cover of Stephanie James' romance novel, Price of Surrender, Silhouette Books, 1983. "An affair to remember. Holt Sinclair thought everything had its price -- until he met a woman who couldn't be bought. Adena West had come to him on a matter of business, but suddenly it was a different affair. With reckless courage she entered his corporate jungle, only to become passion's prey. Seduced by his lazy, insinuating grace, she abandoned all caution in his arms, a prisoner of desire..." A printer's proof of the cover, signed by Rudy Nappi, is included in this lot.