251. The Road Beyond. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939.
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
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252. Smothered Fires. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1924).
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
253. Once in a Blue Moon. New York: J. H. Sears & Company, Inc., (1929).
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
254. Money For Something. London: Selwyn and Blount Litd, (1927).
First Edition stated. 'Jimmie Stone is poor. He is in love with Miss Ethel Myerscough, a girl tennis champion with riches and a bad memory for faces - especially Jimmie's'. Very scarce romance title. Near Fine but for foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, nickel sized chip at top front and top rear panel. Item #37430
255. The Gaspards of Pine Croft. New York: George H. Doran. (1923).
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
256. The Gaspards of Pine Croft. New York: George H. Doran. (1923).
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
257. Chastity. New York: Macaulay Co., 1929.
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
258. Forbidden. New York: Macaulay Co., (1927).
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
259. The Hawk of Egypt. New York: Macaulay Co., (1922).
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
260. The Street of Many Arches. New York: Macaulay Company. (1924).
First Edition. Written in collaboration with Gwen Lally. A highly un-politically correct 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 plus dustjacket, light tanning of spine, cm chip at lower front panel. . Item #9091
261. The Village Pompadour. New York: The Macaulay Company, (1932).
First Edition. English romance of a lovable and sought-after woman who, though she trifled with men for many reasons, only ever truly gave her heart to one man. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with nicking to edges, modest shelf wear, few tiny abrasions at mid front panel. Item #23948
262. The Village Pompadour. New York: The Macaulay Company, (1932).
First Edition. English romance of a lovable and sought-after woman who, though she trifled with men for many reasons, only ever truly gave her heart to one man. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips, inch closed tear at lower front panel. Item #35741
263. A Man Scans His Past. NewYork: Macaulay. (1929).
Second Printing, same month as first. C. C. Snell dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #7396
264. Bambi. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1914.
First Edition, in dustjacket with '35th Thousand' plug at spine. Mary Greene Blumenschein dustjacket art and illustrations. 'Bambi is an American Bunty, and the way she pulls the strings that manage everybody from the queer Herr Professor, her father, and her queerer husband, Jarvis, to the redoubtable Mr. Charles Frohman, himself, is delicious'. Very Good in Good but rather edge chipped dustjacket. Item #35367
265. Married? Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921.
First Edition. Author's final novel, a story of the sole heirs of two families separated by an old feud and by cross country distance get married for a period of 60 days to prevent a disaster. Basis for 1926 Herman Jans film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Owen Moore and Constance Bennett. Very Good in a Good plus dustjacket with 3 inch chip to lower rear panel and moderate edge wear. Item #18529
266. The Love Watch. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1937.
First American Edition. German steamer set romance novel of a suicidal man who falls in love with a woman onboard ship. Near Fine but for a mild dampstain to fore-edge of front cover, in Very Good dustjacket, some closed tears mended at verso with scotch tape, few small edge chips. Item #23508
267. Beth and Ernestine Graper. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1936.
First Edition. Ruth King dustjacket art and illustrations. Wholesome romance set in New York of a young mother and her brother who gets an advertising job at a department store. Near Fine in attractive Near Fine dustjacket. Item #35881
268. Mr. Underhill's Progress. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock. (1934).
First Edition. Romance novel about a lawyer who goes through a mid-life crisis and discovers love. Near Fine in Near Fine bright dustjacket with mild wear to spine ends and mild darkening to white of spine. A very attractive copy. Item #35392
269. Mr. Underhill's Progress. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock. (1934).
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Romance novel about a lawyer who goes through a midlife crisis and discovers love. Near Fine in Near Fine bright dustjacket with mild wear to spine ends and mild darkening to white of spine. A very attractive copy. Item #14116
270. Beauty? I Wonder. New York: Ellioit Holt, 1929.
First Edition. Jazz Age themed romance novel of the younger generation "leaving them married, or in love, or thwarted and questioning life". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, narrow chip and closed tear at lower front flap edge, chip at top spine end, verso with a note to someone to 'sweep off the walkway' in large letters. Item #15576
271. In The Palace Of The King. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1900).
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Goldwyn picture starring Aileon Pringle and William V. Mong. Romance novel set in medieval Madrid, Spain. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with dime sized chip to lower spine end and tiny short closed tears to front top edge and top spine end. Item #15132
272. Patsy. New York. Syndicate Publishing Co., (1913).
Early Reprint Edition. Romance novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small spine end chips and general wear. Item #14491
273. Electric Love. New York: The Macaulay Co., (1929).
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
274. Hilda Against the World. New York: Macaulay Company. (1914).
Early Edition. Interesting romance of a young man denied divorce and in love with another woman. Colorful dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, several inch closed tear to front panel mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #13760
275. The Life Sentence. New York: Macaulay Co., (1914).
First Edition. An odd novel of a woman who holds herself responsible for a man's death although he died of natural causes but it was she who had taken care of him for the last ten years of his life and it was only when she left him that he died. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to white of panels, few short closed tears, a closed tear with creases at top rear panel. Item #7397
