First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgment on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and cm sized chip at top spine end, short closed tear at rear panel. Item #6962

First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgement on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with spine mildly faded, shallow chipping to spine ends, and light surface abrasions to rear panel. Item #16023

First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgment on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny chips. Item #20454

First Edition. "The body of Seymour Periton, atheist, Don Juan, mischief maker, is found in a stream a long way above the spot on the bank on which the murder obviously took place. The whole book centers round this mysterious behavior of the corpse. A poet, a vicar, a naturalist, an Armenian millionaire with his exotic daughter, a stockbroker, an ex spy with a penchant for blackmail, are all involved in the story". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, modest soiling to spine, small nick at mid spine panel. Item #32302

First American Edition. Thrilling adventure in the jungles of Siam listed as a marginal mystery in Hubin and basis for the 1936 black and white film The Girl From Mandalay, directed by Donald Cook and starring Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #18277

Early Printing, without 'first edition' statement, but F-C code indicating a 1928 publication. Goodhead dustjacket artwork. Uncommon Bleiler listed fantasy novel set on a "god-forsaken West Indian Island... of native magic and mystery... the spell that native superstition weaves about the invading white man" who marries "a half-breed wife". Not found in Hubin despite the jacket's blurb: "Thrilling mystery melodrama on a West Indian island". Near Fine in dustjacket with several inch closed tear at front panel mended at verso with a long piece of paper tape, else Very Good, some edge chipping, masking tape shadows at verso. Item #22015

Second Printing before publication. New York City set contemporary novel of three young women who experience love, the criminal underground, and Greenwich Village life. This copy with card laid in with typed: "With The Compliments of the author" Courtesy of Eli Grombecker (in ink). Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, narrow chip to lower front flap edge. Item #16967

First Edition. J. A. Cahill dustjacket art and illustrations. Scarce Hubin listed mystery novel set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Author had several silent films made from his stories, this is his only mystery. Near Fine in uncommon illustrated dustjacket with some small edge chips, top front panel with quarter sized chip, lower edge with chip half inch deep and few inches wide. Item #8710

First Edition. C. A. dustjacket art. Period fiction set in a little town of the southwest, involving a misunderstood and ambitious woman who gets herself into and out of trouble with her scheming and ruthlessness, including shooting a bandit, fainting at opportune moments, and social manipulation. Near Fine in a dustjacket split along front flap edge, mended with archival tape at verso, modest edge wear and closed tears with creases, else Very Good. Item #18928

Early or First Edition, lacking statement at copyright page. Murder and intrigue mystery novel set in Saigon. Near Fine, with quarter sized abrasion at front free endpaper, where a bookplate was likely removed, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks and light wear, sticker price abrasion at front flap. Item #9479

First Edition. Haiti set Hubin listed mystery novel involving Voodoo. Near Fine with florist card and envelope taped to front free endpaper in Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket with minor edge wear, tiny chip to rear front flap edge, and mild spine end wear. Item #12610

First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel of a band of crooks searching for a hidden treasure. Unusual Grosset and Dunlap true first edition. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some spotting to spine, shallow spine end chips. Item #31453

Reprint Edition. Hubin listed novel of intrigue and adventure, in which a former college football star goes to Latin America to find his fortune. Near Fine, lacking front free endpaper, in sharp Near Fine dustjacket. Item #9797