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

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

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

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

First Trade Edition, after self-published printing. Small 8vo. Interesting turn of the century guide to business and making money. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, mild fading to spine. Item #14699

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

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

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

First Edition. Laune dustjacket art. Novel of the problems of the "New South" and a man bent on making a sleepy North Carolina town a prosperous industrial town. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some rubbing and nicking to spine ends and flap corners. Item #22220

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

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