First Edition. Rose dustjacket art. Depression Era romance of a city girl who falls in love with a country man. Very Good, tiny cloth tear at mid-spine, in Very Good dustjacket, modest sunning to spine, top and bottom verso of jacket with remnants of cloth tape reinforcement. Item #17662
First Edition. Romance novel of an heiress who escapes her marriage of convenience. Near Fine, lacks front free endpaper, in Good dustjacket, splitting along front flap edge mended at verso with archival tape, small chip at lower mid-spine, small chips and wear to edges, spine ends chipped few centimeters deep. Item #15617
First Edition. Maxwell dustjacket art. "Luxury and splendor on the high seas. Fay Farbre, lovable red headed torch singer coveting wealth and ease well within her seeking grasp, only to find herself hopelessly enmeshed in a great genuine love. Mattie Smith, spinster, seeking the great adventure. Diane Descarte, golden haired wife on leave. Amos Duffrey, generous, ruthless Wall Street magnate. Angel Perdita, soft tongued, double crossing gigolo. Some of these people you will condemn. Others you will pity. But none can fail to arouse your interest and sympathy." Almost Near Fine, printer's "Office Copy" stamp at front endpaper, inventory number sticker at spine, in Very Good dustjacket, with inventory number sticker at lower spine end, some modest soiling. Item #27292
First Edition. Depression Era romance of a great singer who lures "Ann Prescott into lawless love and turned her life into a path of ecstasy and pain..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some small chips at edges. Item #25293
First Edition. Depression Era romance of a great singer who lures "Ann Prescott into lawless love and turned her life into a path of ecstasy and pain..." Near Fine, with literary agent stamp at front free endpaper, in dustjacket, light vertical crease at front panel, small chips at lower spine end and flap corners, cm deep chips at top spine end, red at spine faded. Item #8800
Fifth Printing, remainder copy with Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket which features original Mach Tey artwork (which differs from the Stokes jacket) and plug for the Paramount Picture. Manhattan set novel of romance and social intrigue. Basis for the Marion Gering directed film starring Clive Brook and Kay Francis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41550
First Edition, Limited Edition # 485 of 500 copies Signed by Bromfield. Original boards and silver foil dustjacket attached at pastedowns. Very Good, foil showing wear and rubbing, without slipcase. Item #12378
First Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by author on limitation page. This is number 431 of 500 copies. Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket that is slightly shorter then the book, flap edges pasted down as published, and spine text with mild rubbing. In slipcase that has surface wear to label. Item #14310
First Edition. Novel of a woman who despite her courage in the face of abandonment "all she did came to a sterile nothingness because she lacked all understanding". This copy with short note signed by the author tipped in at front free endpaper: "For Harry Hansen / from "the Galsworthy of / America" - this new tale of / the landed gentry / with the best of everything / Louis Bromfield." Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears, spine lettering starting to fade, few shallow chips at spine ends. Item #12377
First Edition. Collection of three novels and two novelettes by Bromfield investigating international life. "Here are the international glamour girls, the razzle-dazzle cosmopolitans who drift from Deauville to the Lido, to Biarritz, Morocco. The gay Nineties and the hectic Thirties, glamour girl, crook, reformer, demimondaine and great lady, the forgotten and the famous here find definition and brilliant life". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12976
First Edition. Limited Edition. Signed by author on limitation page. Number 80 of 250 copies. F.S. Johst dustjacket art. Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with gold foil spine mildly faded. In original slipcase. Item #14309
True First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Crime and romance novel of a young woman married to a thief, and who stands by him while he is sentenced to prison only to be jilted after his release. Near Fine bright copy, in Good dustjacket, closed tears at spine edges and top spine area, some scotch tape stains at verso, some shallow chipping. Item #35774
True First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel of a young woman swept up by the wealth of her previously estranged father. "She had dozens of gowns, dozens of lovers, shining jewels, magic corners of the earth in which to roam. [But] she would have given it all up for Barney, the boy across the street - if it hadn't been for her mother". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chips to lower spine end and few flap corners, quarter sized chip at top spine end. Item #20288
True First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel of a young woman swept up by the wealth of her previously estranged father. "She had dozens of gowns, dozens of lovers, shining jewels, magic corners of the earth in which to roam. [But] she would have given it all up for Barney, the boy across the street - if it hadn't been for her mother". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, stamped Office File Copy at spine of jacket and top page edge, small chip at mid front flap edge. Item #31039
True First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel in which a young woman is jilted and how she moves on with her life. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some scratching to lower front panel, bit of a stain at lower spine end, couple of short closed tears, one of which is mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #35014
First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Jazz Age themed novel of two 'modern' sisters who try to win the same man's heart. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicking to spine ends and flap corners. Item #22040
First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Jazz Age themed novel of two 'modern' sisters who try to win the same man's heart. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, wear to spine edges. Item #27407
Early Edition. Novel of an amorous young woman who had her first affair at age 13, and who goes on to become the world's most renowned ballerina. Very Good plus, some cover wear, in Very Good dustjacket, white of panels moderately darkened, modest shelf-wear. . Item #9183
Early Edition. Novel of an amorous young woman who had her first affair at age 13, and who goes on to become the world's most renowned ballerina. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #20305
First Edition. J. W. dustjacket art. A marriage becomes rocky when the wife becomes a successful Broadway theater actress and the husband's career stagnates. Scarce romance. Near Fine but for glue stain at front endpaper from old removed bookplate, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, soiling to rear panel, modest shelf wear. Item #37585
First Edition. Charles Zingaro dustjacket art. Romance novel of a young woman hoping to find adventure away from her rural home. Very Good but for moisture discoloration to cloth at upper spine area, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips, spine a bit darkened, stain noticeable at verso of top front panel. Item #32964
First Edition. Contemporary romance novel, in which the jacket copy describes: "Marriage or death! – that was the decision that faced Perry Bannister, notorious Don Juan, when he is trapped into a meeting with five of his former flames: a film star who has a bodyguard of Mexican desperadoes; a girl noted as a good shot; a woman who is drunk enough to do something desperate; a married woman with a fierce husband; a dancer who portrays, symbolically, the act of strangling a man." Very Good in faded dustjacket, light stains and wear, verso with paper tape reinforcement at edges. Item #17434
First Edition. 'From the time Judy Graham was accosted by the old lady in the Detroit cinema, events moved swiftly. The next day she was on a train to New York. She agreed to become the bride of a man she met on the train. And the day after that she was kidnapped. Lots of other lovely and exciting things happened to Judy, but of course the best of all was finally walking down the aisle'. Uncommon Gramercy romance novel. The author also wrote mysteries. Very Good but for brown glue or tape shadows at both front and rear endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease along front spine edge. Item #35099
First Edition. Uncommon Maine set romance novel. "The roar and the glitter and the excitement of the twenties, the night clubs, the speakeasies, the easy money". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #26116
Early Printing. Emar Williamson dustjacket art. Novel about flappers and cads set in New York City. Basis for the 1930 black and white talkie film directed by Monta Bell and starring Ginger Rodgers and Claudette Colbert. Near Fine but for top rear cover bumped, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #23366
