476. The Woman He Desired. New York: Macaulay Co., (1922).
Early or First Edition. A. D. Rahn dustjacket art. A Mediterranean set romance novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket to Near Fine. Item #14818
Early or First Edition. A. D. Rahn dustjacket art. A Mediterranean set romance novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket to Near Fine. Item #14818
Second Edition" plug at title page. Romance novel about a lonely young woman in Venice who is thirsty for love when she discovers a message in a bottle about a man who is a prisoner in Venice and wishes to be found. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and edges of rear panel. Item #22775
First Edition. Romance novel about a lonely young woman in Venice who is thirsty for love when she discovers a message in a bottle about a man who is a prisoner in Venice and wishes to be found. Bright Near Fine copy in Bright Very Good plus to Near Fine dustjacket. Item #13001
First Edition. Romance novel about a lonely young woman in Venice who is thirsty for love when she discovers a message in a bottle about a man who is a prisoner in Venice and wishes to be found. Very Good, light stain to top fore-edge corner of pages, in Very Good dustjacket with very mild stains at lower edge and rear panel, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #20569
First Edition. Maurice Green dustjacket art. Fairy-Tale novella and social commentary of a Prince who marries a divorced woman. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening. Item #6743
First Edition with reprint Grosset & Dunlap jacket. George Gibbs dustjacket art and illustrations. Adventure novel which begins with a young bored millionaire whose fiance breaks off the engagement. Very Good with light foxing to page ends in a Very Good dustjacket, with few short closed tears and light edge wear. Item #18734
Second Printing. George Gibbs dustjacket art and illustrations. A young man swaps places with his cowardly twin on the battlefield, and when he comes to, everyone thinks he's his brother. Including, his brothers wife, who has no love for her husband. But, he falls in love with her while trying to unravel the crime his brother is wrapped up in, to protect her, she does with him too, thinking it's her husband, but after she finds out - she still loves him. Uncommon. Very Good, some areas of cloth discoloration in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chips at top spine end, stain at top front panel and top spine end. Item #34938
First Edition. Octavo, gilt top page edge, photographic frontis. Contemporary romance novel of a famous stage actress who leaves the theatre at the height of her fame to marry a New York socialite. Despite having four children together, Edythe longs for her art, and the Bohemian life. She subsequently leaves her family and unexpectedly falls in love with a young clergyman. Her death at the end of the book may serve as a social lesson. Very scarce in turn of the century printed dustjacket. Near Fine but for front endpaper removed, in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #22204
First Edition. Novel of a young English girl whose gypsy blood affects her judgment concerning men while she is traveling in the United States. Basis for the 1921 silent film starring Gloria Swanson. An uncommon Glyn title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with cm sized chip at lower spine end, small chips at flap corners, top spine end with quarter sized chip affecting the letters 'T, G, and M' in the title. Item #11752
First Authors' Press Edition, first printed by D. Appleton. Risque novel of a young woman having an extramarital affair. Photographic dustjacket design with a partially clad woman. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #9402
Jinny dustjacket art. A 1920's Edition of this romance made into the 1924 King Vidor black and white silent film starring Aileen Pringle and John Gilbert. Very Good with address sticker at front free endpaper in Very Good dustjacket with few short closed tears and small chip to top front flap fold. Item #5521
First Edition. Glyn's tale of an unsophisticated girl who finds herself in the most desperate matrimonial situations. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film production directed by John Francis Dillow, and starring Ned Sparks. Glyn was one of the most popular romance novelists of the Jazz Age. Near Fine with contemporary ownership markings to front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few inch sized tears to jacket and along edges of faded spine. Item #24228
First Edition. Glyn's tale of an unsophisticated girl who finds herself in the most desperate matrimonial situations. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film production directed by John Francis Dillow, and starring Ned Sparks. Glyn was one of the most popular romance novelists of the Jazz Age. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #7441
First Edition. Glyn's tale of an unsophisticated girl who finds herself in the most desperate matrimonial situations. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film production directed by John Francis Dillow, and starring Ned Sparks. Glyn was one of the most popular romance novelists of the Jazz Age. Near Fine in dustjacket chipped at spine ends and flap corners, lower front flap fold with chips and crease. . Item #8288
Presumed Early Printing, likely from the 1920's. One of Glyn's less common romances, this concerning a "marriage made-in-a-hurry". Basis for a 1918 silent film, a 1928 First National feature starring Sally O'Neil and Alice White and 1929 First National feature starring Rod La Rocque and Billie Dove. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, few small chips and short closed tears to edges. Item #15486
First Edition. Glyn's expose on love and marriage and guide to making it work in the Jazz Age. Glyn, a very popular romance novelist of the time, had a number of her novels made into successful films. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27059
First Edition. Glyn's expose on love and marriage and guide to making it work in the Jazz Age. Glyn, a very popular romance novelist of the time, had a number of her novels made into successful films. Near Fine in unusually bright Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, with few nicks and light wear. Item #7893
First Edition. Glyn's expose on love and marriage and guide to making it work in the Jazz Age. Glyn, a very popular romance novelist of the time, had a number of her novels made into successful films. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket that is slightly shorter than the book, some nicking to top spine end. Item #8998
First Edition. Glyn's expose on love and marriage and guide to making it work in the Jazz Age. Glyn, a very popular romance novelist of the time, had a number of her novels made into successful films. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket that is slightly shorter than the book, edges with short closed tears and mild wear. Item #15614
Presumed First Printing under this title, originally published as The Vicissitudes of Evangeline in 1905.Snell dustjacket art. Evangeline comes from a scandalous background and is brought up by a cruel rich guardian, Mrs. Carruthers, who plots that Evangeline should marry her nephew for inheritance purposes. Red Hair is a series of journal entries that takes place in the weeks following Mrs. Carruthers’ sudden death. Her nephew, Christopher Carruthers, arrives and rejects the antiquated marriage arrangement to a stranger, thus turning Evangeline out. He then waffles a bunch, gets rejected by Evangeline, and has the bright idea to call in his charming handsome friend for reinforcements. That friend is Lord Robert, who (spoiler alert!) Evangeline ends up marrying at the end of the novel. [thegoodbadbook.wordpress.com]. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine but for long 1928 gift inscription in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35606
Early Reprint Edition. Romance novel about a woman who falls in love with her best friend's beau. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips and modest wear. Item #25792
First Edition. Percy Graves dustjacket art. Romance and intrigue novel missed by Hubin of two young Americans entombed in an abandoned dug-out by an explosion while touring a battlefield. While trapped together they fall in love, but once saved the man must carry on with his secret government mission. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #14137
First Edition. Epistolary novel of Elizabeth's visits through the countryside of France and England. Good to Very Good with no dustjacket and wear to spine ends. Item #17450
First Edition. A sequel to the author's very successful novel Three Weeks. Photographic dustjacket illustration likely taken from the theatrical production. Extremely scarce Glyn title. Near Fine but for small chip at front spine gutter, in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket. Item #7891
First Edition. Novel about a southern belle who dreams of becoming a famous musician. Near Fine, small ink spot at lower page edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #25165