First Edition. Bergdorf-Goodman hat featured in photographically rendered dustjacket art. Uncommon themed novel of the Parisian fashion industry and a woman who becomes a prosperous milliner (designer of hats). Near Fine in lovely example of the dustjacket, Very Good or Near Fine but for some modest wear at spine ends and flap corners. Item #14908
First Edition. Stuart Wallace dustjacket art. Publisher's first book and novel exposing how the monetary system caused the Great Depression. An uncommon title. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few small chips at spine ends and flap corners, moderate edge wear. Item #9511
First Photoplay Edition and True First Printing of this novelization of the Universal Picture scripted by Philip Hurn and Oscar Lund. Illustrated with scenes from the Universal Picture. Early film dealing with the advent of the telephone and the Bell Company who compete with an unscrupulous gang trying to secure a monopoly on the business. Near Fine in Good plus dustjacket, small chips at flap corners and lower spine end, some narrow chipping at top spine end. . Item #6798
First Edition. P Culler dustjacket art. Novel of intrigue, winding through education, business, religion, and governments. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to edges, front flap edge cracked. Item #19734
First Edition. Rare mystery novel missed by Hubin. A thinly veiled book of fiction which summarizes the Burdick murder of 1903, one of Buffalo's biggest murder mysteries of the 20th century, written by the lawyer who represented the widow of the murder victim. Mr. Edwin L. Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer, was found murdered in the study of his home one morning. This was followed by the tragic death, as the result of a motor car accident, of a Mr. A. D. Pennell (his wife's divorce attorney), and serious injury to Mr. Burdick's wife (called Alice), from whom he was claiming divorce. The novel's plot is based on these events. Near Fine with the top corner of the front free endpaper neatly taped to repair a full tear and some shadowing to endpapers, in a Near Fine dustjacket with light spotting to lower rear panel. Item #18533
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
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
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 dustjacket, few tiny chips at top spine end and top flap corners, spine lightly darkened. Item #7910
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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. 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
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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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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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. 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
First Edition. Interesting Milwaukee set novel of two Jewish brothers. Nathan "the fierce and misanthropic idealist, and Al, the perfect portrait of the type of business man who is both shady and soft-hearted, a character of great complexity - sentimental, vulgar, fearful, shrewd, sycophantic, contemptuous and generous". Author's first book. Near Fine, contemporary signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, inch sized chip at top spine end, small chips at lower spine end. Item #22199
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
