1. Waiting For Joanna. London: Chatto and Windus, 1938.
First Edition. Hagadorn dustjacket art. Italy set romance novel. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #30738
First Edition. Hagadorn dustjacket art. Italy set romance novel. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #30738
First Edition. Original printed wrappers, with two tone printing. Collection of short stories in original Czech, originally banned in Germany. Almost Near Fine, but for browning from adhesive to corners of front and rear free endpapers, slight crease to front cover and slightest wear to spine ends, otherwise, clean, bright and solid. Item #24344
First Edition. A collection of stories set in France all concerning women "from Valserine, the smuggler's little daughter, to the old peasant woman brought to Paris against her will under stress of poverty". Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and general shelf wear. Item #15170
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Author's second book. "The central character is Francis Charing, an Englishman who goes to Spain to lead and direct the revolutionary movement there. This is the story of his activities until he is forced to make his escape over the frontier into France". Near Fine, some minor foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, some modest wear, tiny edge chips. Item #27076
First American Edition. Swedish novel in which the "author has selected one single, eventful day in the annals of a little Swedish town, and between sunrise and sunset, a story is unfolded which is lacking in no element of humor, suspense and surprise". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some soiling mostly to rear panel. Item #21301
First Edition stated. D. W. dustjacket art. Novel of a family living in an Austrian castle who rent rooms to pay for its up keep. "A novel of the romantic past and the practical present". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple inch closed tear at top front panel, nicked at spine ends. Item #27145
First Edition. German printed novel of a dancer. Uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good but for boards bowing, in dustjacket with lower third of spine lacking, nickel sized chip at top flap corner. Item #22340
First Edition. N. V. dustjacket art. "Catherine-Paris is a young Rumanian princess who fails to find herself at ease in the feudal magnificence of life on the estates of her Polish husband". Near Fine but for light stain at lower rear panel, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, light stain to lower portion of rear panel, some scuffs and wear at front panel, modest shelf wear. Item #26343
Fifth Printing, same year as First. Norwegian novel of a young man raised in poverty who raises himself up to success but "dimly conscious of not having reached the heart of his own existence". Very Good, some dampstains to cloth, cloth nick to lower spine end, foxing to endpapers, in edge chipped dustjacket, few centimeters off lower spine end. Item #21720
First Edition stated. Norwegian set novel of a married woman who returns to the small town she grew up in where she had a great love affair that ended in scandal. An uncommon title. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and rubbing at spine ends and flap corners. Item #37100
First American Edition. Translated by Harold Harper. 'A deeply moving story of the life of a French family in the mountains bordering on Switzerland'. Very scarce title. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #41470
First Edition. Busoni dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of exiled Europeans. Author's first novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, chips at top spine end. Item #10896
First Edition. Collection of three novels by Bromfield investigating international life. "Here are the international glamour girls, the razzle-dazzle cosmopolitans who drift from Deauville to the Lido, to Biarritz, Morocco...the gay Nineties and the hectic Thirties, glamour girl, crook, reformer, demimondaine and great lady, the forgotten and the famous here find definition and brilliant life". Near Fine, slightest page wave noticeable at top edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine colors fading, small chips at top spine end. Item #7826
First Edition stated. David Berger dustjacket art. Romance novel of a passionate affair between a young man, who vacations on an island off the coast of France, and an island girl whose more liberal social attitude conflicts with the young man's parents' sense of propriety. Uncommon. Very Good, front free endpaper removed, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, wear at flap folds. Item #23103
First Edition. Humorous novel of an Englishman on holiday in France. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips and modest shelf wear. Item #16856
First Edition. Humorous novel of an Englishman on holiday in France. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #40776
First Edition. W. D. Stevens dustjacket art and illustrations. World War One themed novel of intrigue and espionage. "Thrilling story of adventure based upon the work of the German and Turkish secret service and their attempts to recover the lost plans of the fortifications of Gallipoli". Near Fine but for soiling to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25168
First Edition. E. M. B. dustjacket art. "The humorous of hotel life at the new health resort on the shores of the Mediterranean. A young Italian nobleman, on whose property this is built, falls in love with a charming English girl who, with her mother , has come to stay there, and very warm, ardent and Italian love making it is. But his family disapprove, and all sorts of hindrances are put in the course of true love. A tragic adventure brings the affair to a crisis. We recommend those who are going to the Riviera, this winter, to invest in a copy of this novel; while those who cannot go may travel with it at second hand, while they sit by the fire amidst our fogs and rains at home. 7/6 is a small price to pay for a ticket to the Italian Riviera!". Very scarce. Near Fine but for foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners. Item #29625
First Edition. Gorara dustjacket art. "Three delightful young English people in Italy, a marriage de convenance which threatens to entrap one of their Italian friends, the attempted theft of a priceless Andrea del Sarto - these are the materials of her charming gossamer tales". Near Fine, contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. small chip at top spine end. Item #24705
First American Edition. Stories from La Paix Chez Les Betes. Uncommon title in dustjacket. Very Good bright copy, bumped at top rear cover, in Very Good dustjacket, bit of a stain at top front panel, some soiling and wear. Item #41669
First Edition, Review Slip laid in. Novel that tells "the story of the break-up of an old family; the tragedy of decent and intelligent men and women losing their heads under strain and turning to desperate remedies; the age-old human dilemma of what used to be called the conflict of love and duty - complicated in this case by the interference of a third party. its background is country house England, but it reaches out indirectly to street-fighting in Vienna and ultimately to Spain. This is very much a story of our day." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small stain at lower spine end. Item #30754
First American Edition, with publisher's advance review and order sheet laid in. Complete in two volumes, original decorative cloth and publisher dustjackets. A not uncommon Crawford title, but very rare in original dustjackets. Italian set romance and adventure. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjackets. Item #41211
First Edition. Romance novel set in Hungary. Wonderful colorful dustjacket art of a Jazz Age couple. Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with wear to spine ends, shallow chipping to front bottom edge, and general shelf wear. Item #14119
First Edition. Illustrated by the author. Large octavo, gilt top page edge. "A story of France of to-day, bearing upon the present crisis of Church and State; a story of a conspiracy in the province of Brittany, which in race and feeling is to the rest of France what Ireland is to England. Opening with a unique and striking drama of the sea, it is interwoven throughout with a vivid love interest. The beautiful wife of an English diplomat, in the absence of her husband on a difficult Asiatic mission, returns to her native Brittany to satisfy her longing for her land and people by a lengthy sojourn there. Her name and antecedents are discovered, and she suddenly finds herself in the position of a feudal Princess, whose word is law throughout the countryside." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss along top edge, very light staining along flap edges. Item #27700
First Edition. French novel of a man's struggle against destiny and winner of the Gringoire Prize of 1930. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some mild soiling, small abrasion at front panel, few nicks. Item #30687
Fifth Printing (four months after First Printing, but likely first issue dustjacket). Walter Stone wrap-around dustjacket art. Novel of a man seeking love in England, Italy, France and America. 'An Anglo-French girl, his childhood friend, an exquisite American and the exotic half Italian Fiesole. A clean-souled rebel, with a sense of loyalty and a sense of humor, whose puritan conscience was at war with his pagan imagination'. Scarce printing of Dawson's most enduring work. Very Good, small light stain to top front cover and top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, four inch closed tear to front panel, nickel sized chip at lower front flap corner, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #41459
First Edition. Novel of a modern young man living in pre-Civil War Spain. Interesting colorful dustjacket art likely photographically produced. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #5508
First Edition. Normandy set novel of the French Revolution. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Dehon at front endpaper. Uncommon thus. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and short closed tears at edges. Item #35019
First Edition. Novel of Holland's coastal villages, "the frozen canals with hundreds of darting skaters, black-clad fishermen's wives gazing toward the horizon". This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Dejong on title page "For my very good friend: Margaret McNaughton, very especially". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end with nickel sized chip, smaller edge chips and mild darkening to panels. Item #12299
First American Edition. Swedish author's novel of "Scandinavian life and Northern mysticism". Nice stylized dustjacket art in red, gold and purple. Very Good-Near Fine, cheaply produced cloth showing surface wear, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at top spine end, minor signs of surface wear. Item #9811
First Edition (issue with 1896 title page). Paris set novel concerning Trilby O'Ferrall, a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress who, when hypnotized, becomes a talented and renown singer. Uncommon in original dustjacket. Very Good, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and flap corners. Item #27469
First Edition. (Advance Review Copy, handwritten on front free enpaper " Review Copy, Publication Oct. 13th.") Author's first book. A novel of Paris. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with spine darkened, toning to rear panel, and general edge wear. Item #16364
First Edition, translated from the French by Gladys Billings. Story of a French peasant's love of the land, who only allows her son to have one child so the family farm can not be divided among heirs, but a second child is born and the drama spills forth. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with staining to front flap, wear along spine and flap edges, shallow chipping to spine ends, and light creasing to lower front edge. Item #12397
First American Edition. "The story of a youth's education at the hands of Life and of the forging of his strong vivid character, set forth against a Norwegian background". The fifth volume of the six volume "The People Of Juvik" saga. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, green at spine faded, chipped at lower spine end. Item #22774
First Edition. Furstenberg dustjacket art. Winner of the Lady Northcliffe Prize for the most important French fiction of the year. Set in the south of France, a "background for the figure of a little old gentlewoman who struggles to maintain her last illusion as a drowning man struggles for air". Near Fine in Good to Very Good dustjacket, inch closed tear at lower spine end, with some creases to lower rear panel, few small edge chips and short closed tears, top spine end with centimeter sized chip. Item #14902
First Edition stated. Gwendolen Bjorncrantz dustjacket art. Scarce Norwegian novel of a marriage. "Bjorn, avaricious, weak, mean; Lisbeth, strong, cold, courageous". Very Good, very light dampstain at fore-edge of front cover, in near Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, small star sticker at spine, inch chip at lower front panel. Item #22578
First Edition. Archie Gunn illustrations. Young American joins rebels fighting the corrupt government and aristocracy of a small European nation. Very scarce title, especially so in dustjacket. Very Good in Good dustjacket, lacking two inches at top spine end. Item #600017
First Edition stated. Phillippse dustjacket art. The 1931 Goncourt Prize Novel concerning a young man and his romantic ideals of love. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, with chips at spine ends and flap corners rather nicely archivally repaired. Item #600119
First Edition. E. F. W. dustjacket art. Translated by Donald Douglas. Novel of a young German officer, "the gayest, most attractive figure of the war. An indomitable figure, on his prancing horse - on various fronts, in various boudoirs, in camp and in chateau, he shows war to be a grim, a fantastic joke." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #22227
First Edition. "A beautiful story of a beautiful girl, and the village that is her miniature world - the little village of Terassa, enshrined on its hill by its vineyards and poppy fields, with the great Pyrenees in the distance. It is a pulsing, drama crowded little world, with its vivid Spanish colour and varied Spanish characters". Fine in a bright Near Fine dustjacket that is printed slightly shorter than the book. Item #20254
First Edition stated. Mac Harshberger dustjacket art. 'One day young Italia was a penniless waif in Paris, the next, a crown princess'. Near Fine, some foxing to fore-edge of pages, in dustjacket with front flap synopsis clipped out (and partially taped back in), otherwise Very Good. Item #37583
Private Printing. William Siegel illustrations. No date, but circa 1920's. Novel based on actual accounts while author was with her diplomatic father in Turkey. The English edition is titled "The Woman Of The Hill." Very Good plus in Good plus gold illustrated dustjacket with heavy wear to front top and flap edges, shallow chipping and wear to spine ends, surface wear to rear panel, several inch closed tear and shallow chipping to lower rear edge, and couple inch closed tear and chipping to rear top edge. Item #14832
First Edition. Novel set in France. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with general edge wear and faint staining to lower spine. Item #16172
First Edition. Novel set in France. This copy inscribed and signed by Fremantle at front free endpaper. Near Fine, old bookplate at front pastedown, in Very Good plus dustjacket with modest wear and nicking to edges. Item #17027
First Edition. Norwegian author's short novel of "a prodigal son who, after a varied career in America, returns home and realizes that religion alone can bring peace and comfort to the the human heart". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to spine. Item #24805
First American Edition. Margaret Ayer dustjacket art. Preface by Andre Maurois, translated from the French by Jacques Le Clercq. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author in French at half-title. 'Angele's seduction by a vicious stranger, the life of shame he forced upon her at Marseilles, her escape and return to the farm and the bitter penalty she suffers for her sin'. Second entry in Giono's Pan trilogy, preceded by Colline and followed by Second Harvest. Basis for the 1934 French film Angele, directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Orane Demazis. Very uncommon title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips. Item #600071
First Edition. Uncommon Normandy set romance. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top spine end, smaller chip at lower front flap corner. Item #41218
First American Edition. Translated from the Russian, with preface by Ivan Strannik. An important collection of stories by Gorky and early appearance in America. This copy retains its original dustjacket. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, shallow loss at edges, patchwork of tears and chips (mended at verso with archival tape) at spine. Item #37349
First Edition. N. dustjacket art. First novel by one of the daughters of William Arthur Dunkerley, who wrote under the name John Oxenham. "Romantic novel of the Balkans". Very scarce. Near Fine but for foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #30726
Second Impression. Uncommon novel of a little Norwegian coast town. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #25233