76. The Folscap Rose. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1934.
First Edition. F. R. Gruger dustjackat art. Novel of Pennsylvania paper-makers. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine ends with small chips, spine colors fading. Item #7912
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77. Tampico. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1926.
First Edition. John Austen dustjacket Art. An American power broker conquers the jungles of Mexico in this Jazz Age tale of Big Business. Basis for the 1933 Columbia Pictures film, retitled Woman I Stole, starring Jack Holt and Fay Wray, directed by Irving Cummings. Very Good, some speckling to spine cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, few closed tears at top front panel (a few inches in length). Item #23285
78. Tampico. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.
First Edition. John Austen dustjacket Art. An American power broker conquers the jungles of Mexico in this Jazz Age tale of Big Business. Basis for the 1933 Columbia Pictures film, retitled Woman I Stole, starring Jack Holt and Fay Wray, directed by Irving Cummings. Very Good, some speckling to spine cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, few closed tears and nicks, some scotch tape mends at verso. Item #27545
79. Tampico. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1926.
First Edition. John Austen dustjacket Art. An American power broker conquers the jungles of Mexico in this Jazz Age tale of Big Business. Basis for the 1933 Columbia Pictures film, retitled Woman I Stole, starring Jack Holt and Fay Wray, directed by Irving Cummings. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at top spine end and top flap corners, spine lightly darkened. Item #7910
80. Tampico. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1926.
First Edition. John Austen dustjacket Art. An American power broker conquers the jungles of Mexico in this Jazz Age tale of Big Business. Basis for the 1933 Columbia Pictures film, retitled Woman I Stole, starring Jack Holt and Fay Wray, directed by Irving Cummings. Near Fine in Very Good plus to Near Fine dustjacket with only darkening to flap edges. Item #16596
81. Tampico. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1926.
First Edition. Novel set in the tropics of Mexico about business and such. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with some staining to panels, general shelf wear, wear to spine ends, and darkening to spine. Item #11897
82. Tampico. London: William Heunemann, 1927.
First English Edition. Novel set in the tropics of Mexico about business and such. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with some staining to panels, general shelf wear, wear to spine ends, and darkening to spine. Item #16284
83. The Salesman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
First Edition. Hawkins dustjacket art. Depression Era novel of a young traveling salesman with a wife and child trying to survive on $25 a week. 'Crawford is not a heavy drinker or a glad hand artist, simply an ordinary American who gets the best job he an to support his family'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, two inch closed tear at lower front panel. Item #37364
84. The Hangover Murders. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.
First Edition. Long Island set murder mystery. Basis for the 1935 James Whale directed film Remember Last Night? starring Edward Arnold, Robert Young and Constance Cummings. Near Fine in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #39864
85. The Watch Dog, A Story of To-day. Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co, (1915).
Early Reprint Edition. Paul Stahr wrap-around dustjacket art. Business and romance themed novel set among the social elite of New York with considerable stock market and banking content. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, half inch chip at lower spine end. Item #23264
86. John Rawn: Prominent Citizen. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1912).
First Edition. M. Leone Bracker illustrations. Third in author’s trilogy on America, other volumes being “54-40 or Fight,” and “Purchase Price.” This volume was criticized as being propaganda for liberal Republicans and Democrats, because of its condemnation of protective tariffs and its consistently negative portrayal of money-driven characters. Near Fine in a Very Good plus ,scarce dustjacket, few short closed tears and shallow nicks. Item #19861
87. Lazy Isle. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
First Edition. Snell dustjacket art. Novel of an American salesman who visits the "lethargic and lovely island of Capri" in the Mediterranean. "Once in Capri, the young American forgets his salesman's crusade to put a bathtub in every Italian home. Layer by layer, all that made a typical up-and-coming young American business man sloughs off. He leaves the tourists, and plunges into the real Capri, - the world of the natives". Very Good, rear inner hinge partially cracked (but still firm) in Very Good dustjacket, spine lightly faded, top spine end chipped a half inch deep. Item #23167
88. Secondhand Lovers. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1933).
True First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. At twenty seven Janice Meade decided that life was incomplete without live. For seven years, although ever lacking in men friends, she had been too busy creating a successful business career to think about marriage. Then Janice found there were no thrilling men out of bondage. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at top spine end. Item #32711
89. The King of Spain's Daughter. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1930).
First Edition. Mary Briggs dustjacket art. Business themed novel of "the executive colony of a large industry". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, closed tear at lower rear panel, light stain to lower spine end. Item #23727
90. This Freedom. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1922.
First Edition. Hutchinson's temporal novel that tries to answer the question: Can a married woman have a business career and still do her duty by her husband and her children? Basis for the 1923 black and white silent film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton and Clive Brook. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #19033
91. Play Your Harp On [INTERIOR DECORATOR FICTION]. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936).
First Edition. Martinot dustjacket art. Novel of a man who goes to Boston to become an interior decorator. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips, closed tears and creasing, soiling mid spine. Item #19776
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92. Play Your Harp On [INTERIOR DECORATOR FICTION]. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936).
First Edition. Martinot dustjacket art. Novel of a man who goes to Boston to become an interior decorator. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author at front free endpaper. Near Fine but for mild cocking in Very Good dustjacket, with shallow chipping to jacket edges. Item #21386
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93. The Social Bucaneer (BUSINESS NOVEL). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1910).
First Edition. George Brent dustjacket art, W. B. King illustrations and color frontis. Hubin listed mystery of business intrigue, underhanded Chinatown deals, and theft. Basis for two early black and white silent films, a 1916 Universal feature directed by Jack Conway and a 1923 version under the direction of Robert F. Hill. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small edge chips, shallow chips at lower spine end and top flap corners. Item #16525
94. Hand of Bronze. Chicago: Willett, Clark and Co., (1934).
Second Impression. Novel of American economic, social and intellectual revolution. Nice stylized dustjacket art of a fist in front of a cityscape. Near Fine, North Carolina Historical Commission bookplate at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41041
95. Quex. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp. 1928.
First Edition. Satirical novel of a business man who profits during the First World War. Very Good-Near Fine, top spine end with minor shelf wear, in Very Good dustjacket, mild edge and surface wear, few inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #9838
96. Making Money [WALL-STREET FICTION]. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, (1915).
First Edition. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art and illustrations. Contemporary novel of a young man determined to make it in the stock market. Uncommon in original dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with modest chipping along top edge, some spotting and darkening at spine. Item #21285
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97. Making Money [WALL-STREET FICTION]. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, (1915).
First Edition. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art and illustrations. Contemporary novel of a young man determined to make it in the stock market. Uncommon in original dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some very shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #37094
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98. Virtuous Wives. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1918.
First Edition. C. H. Taffs dustjacket art and illustrations. Contemporary women's studies novel, in which a young wife of a "New York business man, [who] has wealth, beauty, sensibility, and - at first - ideals, but the growing need of mental excitement and emotional stimulus which her life of idle luxury creates, leads her farther and farther into a world where the one aim is to seek amusement." Near Fine, foxing to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, narrow chip at mid-rear spine edge, some foxing to spine area. Item #17353
99. Double Dealing. London: Edward O. Beck Ltd, (1932).
First Edition. C. J. Thompson dustjacket art. "This novel is the story of business men and the clash of badly matched temperaments in partnership". Very scarce. Almost Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, mild fading at spine and upper front panel, small chip at top spine end, verso of upper spine with some clear tape. Item #29637
100. Share and Share Alike, An Adventure Story. New York: Chelsea House, (1925).
First Edition. John A. Coughlin dustjacket art. "Seven men in their early twenties agreed to buy a sugar plantation on the Island of Martinique. At the end of fifty years they were to assemble and each was to claim his share of the millions of dollars which the estate would be worth by that time". Basis for the 1925 silent film directed by Whitman Bennett, and featuring Jane Novak, James Rennie and Henry Sands. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top rear panel, light stain at lower spine area, pen squiggle at rear panel. Item #26668
