First Edition. Victorian era set romance novel between Matilda, a governess, and the Marquis of Lassington. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chip at top spine end, few short closed tears. Item #35043
First Edition. Barbosa dustjacket art. Berlin set novel, a "portrait of two people in love; the one a journalist working in Berlin, the other an English woman married to a German official." Set against the Nazi ascension in Germany. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Clive at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #24306
First Edition. Scarcest of the Lunatic Titles. Story of a character who continually avoids the asylum, who finds “exaggerated interest in the love affairs of his friends.” Wraparound dustjacket art. Near Fine with personal bookplate to front inside cover, in a Very Good dustjacket but for some soiling to jacket, darkening to spine, few closed tears to spine, spine gutters, and panel corners mended with scotch tape, wear to spine ends. Item #18712
First American Edition. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. Author's second novel; about a man who is obsessed with beauty and life. Near Fine in Good plus dustjacket that has faded from its original lilac color to tan, the black text and illustration however are still very bright and crisp, spine end with fairly shallow chipping, splitting along spine edges has been mended at verso with scotch tape, general edge wear. Item #12689
First Edition. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art and frontispiece. The heroine is a charming American girl of eighteen born and educated abroad and then suddenly introduced to West Point, Lenox, and Newport society. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends and top front panel, small chip at mid front spine edge. Item #31071
First Edition. Very Scarce and early romance dealing with the airline industry. Almost Very Good, lacks front free endpaper, with remnants of brown paper tape at spine, in Good or better edge creased dustjacket, some abrasions to verso from removal of brown paper-tape, few remnants of of brown paper-tape at verso, scotch tape to exterior of top and lower edges. Item #19317
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated. wrappers. Novel of a clerk who wins the sweeps and weds a secretary, who has an affair with her ex-employer. Basis for the 1925 British silent romance film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Olive Sloane, Lewis Gilbert and Gladys Hamer. Very Good, some minor loss at spine ends. Item #28971
First Edition. Novel of a traveling gigolo. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at flap corners and top spine end, lower spine end chipped cm deep, some darkening to spine and panels. Item #9088
Fourth Printing. Charles Hargens Jr. dustjacket art. Romance of a woman who takes a position as a governess for motherless children. "Her employer is a lonely man, estranged from his children". Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips, some darkening at spine. Item #25427
First Edition. Romance of a young man who spends his money making other people's dreams come true. Near Fine in dustjacket, spine ends chipped, cm chip lower spine end, chip at mid front flap edge with accompanying closed tears and creases. Item #8249
First Edition. Romance novel of a modern young couple who set out to discover the love of one and other and the love of their country. Very Good plus with store stamp to front free endpaper and with mild soiling to boards in Very Good dustjacket with spine mildly faded, chipping to spine ends, heavy crease running length of spine, mild foxing to spine, and general shelf wear. Item #15918
First Edition. Romance novel of a modern young couple who set out to discover the love of one and other and the love of their country. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #39850
First Edition. Russel dustjacket art. Romance novel of a young New England woman who struggles to save her ancestral home. Near Fine, zealous previous owner with bookplate at pastedown and large address stamp at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chip at lower spine end, cm sized chip at top spine end. Item #7841
Second Printing, Appleton title page and dustjacket, A.L. Burt at Spine. Story of young love and a search for meaning when reality intervenes. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with publisher's device faded at spine, two small closed tears to top edge of rear panel and one to top edge of front panel, small chips to top edge of front panel and spine ends. Item #17782
Early Edition. Gerald Backus dustjacket art. Romance novel involving two men who are in love with the same woman, one already being her husband. Very Good plus in Very Good plus price clipped dustjacket. Item #13255
First Edition. Romance. “A deeply-perceptive novel of youth seeking love and personal faith.” Nearly Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for moderate edge wear. Item #19221
Reprint Edition. Unusual novel of a judge who later discovers that the woman he has just pronounced sentence upon for killing a former lover is his ex-wife. He takes their child, Verity and raises her. "In due time love develops between Verity and Theodore Lewis, the young lawyer who has defended her mother at the trial". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #21455
First Edition stated. Unusual novel of a judge who later discovers that the woman he has just pronounced sentence upon for killing a former lover is his ex-wife. He takes their child, Verity and raises her. 'In due time love develops between Verity and Theodore Lewis, the young lawyer who has defended her mother at the trial'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear to edges. Item #40833
First Edition. R.R. dustjacket art. Humorous story of a couple who revisited the landscapes of their memories only to find that though their love had not changed, the places it began had. Very Good in a Good dustjacket inch deep chip to lower spine end, smaller chips to edges, some staining to spine and rear panel, and three inch stain and surface wear to front panel. Item #17991
First Edition. Adventure and romance novel set in British Columbia. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few edge chips, dime sized chip at lower spine end. Item #8977
First Edition. Adventure and romance novel set in British Columbia. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, closed tear at lower spine edges, few small chips, narrow chip at lower front spine edge. Item #9386
First Edition. Victor Beals dustjacket art. Novel of cosmopolitan Orient. Dustjacket art by Beals is a highspot in Jazz Age jacket illustration. Almost Near Fine, some fading to cloth at corners, in Very Good dustjacket with modest soiling and few light stains, soiling to verso of jacket, some shallow chips and short closed tears. Item #19127
First Edition. Victor Beals dustjacket art. Uncommon novel of interracial love in which a white woman living in China begins a relationship with a man of the region. An "absorbing novel [that] draws the reader into the astounding story of passion, revenge, and heroism, where the two fine souls struggle against the unwritten law which thunders- Forbidden!". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with cm sized chips to spine ends and top edge, few scotch tape mends to verso. Item #13757
First Edition. G. W. Gage dustjacket art. Adventure and romance in the deserts of Eygpt. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped with few cm sized chip and closed tear. Item #9803
First Edition. Written in collaboration with Gwen Lally. A highly politically incorrect romance novel of a young woman who grows up in London's Chinese quarter and who lives in fear of the 'patient, crafty yellow eyes [that] follow her, always those slanting eyes...The Chinks'. When Lotah falls in love with a white man her problems are only solved for the moment. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some nicks and soiling to panels. Item #39622
