726. Shady Lady. New York: Pheonix Press, (1941).
First Edition. Novel of a smart, wealthy and alluring lady who was “mixed up in one shameful scandal after another.” Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #37790
First Edition. Novel of a smart, wealthy and alluring lady who was “mixed up in one shameful scandal after another.” Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #37790
First Edition. Roe dustjacket art. New Orleans region set romance novel of a young woman raised by her brother and cousin and who falls in love with her cousin when she reaches adulthood. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, two dime sized chips at top spine end, split along front spine edge, clear tape mends at verso. Item #39650
First Edition. Humorous romance of an older woman, an "Irish charwoman" whose New England friends and family make her over and who "soon finds a love affair on her hands". Very scarce in original dustjacket featuring a square cut out in the center to reveal a picture of Martha on the front cover of the book. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #20987
First Edition. A modern young woman returns to her small Vermont town after eight years of living in New York City. Illustrated by Maurice Bower, with colorful jacket design. Near Fine, frontis re-tipped in, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping and wear, modest soiling, nickel sized chip at top front flap corner. Item #22269
First Edition. A modern young woman returns to her small Vermont town after eight years of living in New York City. Illustrated by Maurice Bower, with colorful jacket design. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine jacket with few nicks and short closed tears. Item #5678
First Edition. James O. Chapin frontispiece and dustjacket art. Australian woman's best known novel and apparently only published in America where the story is set. The novel opens with an automobile accident and the bringing of the two victims - the young man of the automobile, and the girl of the vegetable cart, to the home of Mary Settler. Mary known as Samaritan Mary for her good deeds counts this the best piece of luck that has come her way for a long time and devotes herself happily to their care. A love story of course develops between the two young people and since there are family affairs to complicate its course the tale is pleasantly drawn out." Locke is described by a Sydney newspaper as being "the first woman dramatist to have a play produced in Australia by a commercial theatrical management". Almost Near Fine in Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, modest soiling to panels, lower rear panel with half inch deep loss. Item #29168
First Edition. Des Rosier dustjacket art. Adventure novel of the descendants of a buccaneer and piratical old sea captain, and their search for his hidden treasure. Very Good, some shelf wear top spine end, in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicking along lower spine end, small chips at top spine end and flap corners. Item #6543
First Edition. Des Rosiers dustjacket artwork. Romance story of a painter who falls in love. Set in Cannes. Near Fine in crisp and attractive almost Near Fine dustjacket with few nicks and short closed tears. Item #20354
First Edition. Des Rosiers wrap-around dustjacket artwork. Romance story of a painter who falls in love. Set in Cannes. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, top spine end and flap corners with shallow chipping. Item #22263
First Edition. Des Rosiers dustjacket artwork. Romance story of a painter who falls in love. Set in Cannes. Near Fine, newspaper shadow at front inside cover, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, mild stain at lower spine end. Item #19030
First Edition. European romance novel of an artist and architect. Wrap-around dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends. Item #22272
First Edition. European romance novel of an artist and architect. Wrap-around dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips, top rear panel with dime sized chip. Item #16517
First Edition. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. Romance novel of Olivia Gale who, left alone in the world meets the celebrated author, Alexis Triona". Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, sticker price abrasion at top front panel, some shallow edge chips and mild soiling. Item #26597
First Edition in first issue jacket with $1.50 price. Author's final novel to be published during his life time. A love triangle based partially on his marriage to his second wife Charmian. Nearly Very Good, mysterious damage along front spine edge, as if someone took an iron to it, in Good only dustjacket, half dollar sized chip at top spine end, lower spine end chipped two inches deep, several inch closed tear to mid rear panel, split along front spine edge. Item #35371
Later Printing. Irving Nurick wraparound dustjacket art. Romance novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #16176
Second Printing. Romance set in the Maine woods between a young woman caring for her sickly brother and a wealthy and presentable man, the type she has learned to close her heart against. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with a few chips to top spine end, wraparound dustjacket art with book mark at front flap. Item #18111
First Edition. Romance set in the Maine woods between a young woman caring for her sickly brother and a wealthy and presentable man, the type she has learned to close her heart against. Near Fine in near Very Good dustjacket chipping at spine ends (centimeter deep at top), some fading at spine, two inch closed tear at lower front spine edge. Item #40886
First Edition. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Wraparound dustjacket art. Exciting romance with political intrigue and mystery set in Washington, involving a young woman, her brother, and an eligible young bachelor all connected to a powerful senator. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for several short closed tears to edges, two tape mends at verso and scotch tape mends on outer jacket to lower spine end, tiny chips to spine ends and flap corners. Item #18532
First Edition. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Wraparound dustjacket art. Exciting romance with political intrigue and mystery set in Washington, involving a young woman, her brother, and an eligible young bachelor all connected to a powerful senator. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #23878
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper, with photo stamp of author. Dustjacket retains detachable bookmark at front flap. Story of a young, rich and attractive man who distrusted women until he met a woman of such honesty and loveliness that his faith was restored; unfortunately, he instantly antagonized her and began to fight what felt like a losing battle. Very Good in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with shallow chipping to spine ends and spine faded. Item #18518
First Edition. Dustjacket retains detachable bookmark at front flap. Story of a young, rich and attractive man who distrusted women until he met a woman of such honesty and loveliness that his faith was restored; unfortunately, he instantly antagonized her and began to fight what felt like a losing battle. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #40770
First Edition. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Wraparound dustjacket art. Romance of a young lawyer tracking a criminal while pursued by a jealous ex-fiance and a girl who would rather be his wife than his mistress, set in a thirty-thousand acre estate in England. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with dime sized chip to lower spine end, shallow chipping to top spine end, few short closed tears to edges. Item #18531
First Edition. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Romance between a woman with many admirers who swore she would never marry a soldier, and an Army Major who landed on the lawn when she was visiting her aunt. Very Good in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with light wear flap corners, few short closed tears to lower spine end, and light surface wear to rear panel. Item #18517
Second Printing. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Romance between a woman with many admirers who swore she would never marry a soldier, and an Army Major who landed on the lawn when she was visiting her aunt. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears with scotch tape mends at verso, nicks and edge wear. Item #25690
Second Printing. Manning de V. Lee dustjacket art. Signed and Inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Romance between the trustee of a family fortune whose brother left a motherless child in South America, and a young woman, the child's aunt, who accepts his offer to bring the child to his estate but bitterly detests his brother's desertion to her sister. Wraparound dustjacket art. Very Good in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, several short closed tears, tears at spine edges and front panel mended with scotch tape to verso, light pink and blue staining to verso. Item #18512