First Edition. A Few Remarks About Wives by Ring Lardner [bound dos a dos with] SAY IT WITH BRICKS. A Few Remarks About Husbands by Nina Wilcox Putnam. Near Fine, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some foxing to panels. Item #17602

First Edition. E. C. dustjacket art. Bleiler listed fantasy title, of a business man who develops 'sunsap', sugar extracted from the air. "A savage book, not only in its dissection of contemporary industrial methods but in its relentless probing of the human or inhuman, motives that actuate the financial lords of creation". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #11376

First Edition. E. C. Caswell dustjacket art and illustrations. Novel of a sixteen year old boy who takes over an old copper mine and introduces mushroom farming into the tunnels. "Suffice to say that there is mystery and suspense a plenty, including startling events at the mine, a narrow escape or two, a hot pursuit across a river followed by an automobile chase, and finally the snatching of success from seemingly inevitable failure in Marty's big undertaking." Near Fine but for foxing at page edges and innocuous previous owner stamp exhorting borrowers to return book after 5 days at front pastedown and front endpaper, in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, mild wear. Item #20883

First Edition. "The story of a man who had to lose his way in life in order to find it." Hard-boiled Business Fiction involving a young ad man rejected by literary establishments. Near Fine in Very Good Plus dustjacket, inch tear with long crease along lower edge of rear panel, nickel sized chip to lower rear flap corner, else only shallow nicks and tears. Item #24517

First Edition. England set play of business and World War One. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #21590

First Edition, First Issue with 'M-N' code at copyright page. Author's second published book and first under his own name. Extremely uncommon in original illustrated dustjacket. Mr. Wrenn, an employee of a novelty company quits his job after inheriting a fortune from his father. "His romantic gipsying through England with a wonderful woman, his life with unusual people in New York is told in chapters filled with sympathetically humorous incidents". A contemporary review stated: "The tired business man will find just the right antidote for weariness in 'Our Mr. Wrenn'". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, few closed tears and edge nicks. Item #25740

First Edition. Roy Spreter dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel of a wealthy city clubman, speedily acquitted for the murder of a twenty year old photographer's model yet “finds himself in second jeopardy before the pitiless jury of society.” Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for a several inch closed tear to rear flap, one inch closed tear to top of rear panel, modest chipping to spine ends and modest spotting to verso of spine. Item #17978

First Edition. Stock market novel of a hard working Irishman who was not caught short on Black Friday of 1873 and used his money to buy real estate on Fifth Ave. The novel spans from 1850 to 1930 and includes the stock market crash of 1929. Great stylized jacket art of a woman with men's profiles to the side and the New York cityscape. Very Good to Near Fine with some spotting to cloth in Good plus dustjacket with edge wear, short closed tears, chipping to spine ends and flap corners, nickel sized chip to top spine end. Item #13411

First Edition. Walt Louderback wrap-around dustjacket art. Native American tribe sell their reservation to Boland Churchill who drills for oil in violation of the sale contract. Basis for the 1924 Famous Players-Lasky film starring Thomas Meighan and Bessie Love. Near Fine but for nicking to rear spine gutter, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41774

First Edition. Alonzo Kimball dustjacket art. Rare business themed novel in which the dustjacket copy reads: "To any man: Is your business driving you, or are you driving your business? John Hadden was a size four man in a size two job - but he was a number six man in a number ten job. - Why? To any wife: Are you sufficiently alert to discover that your husband is working too hard properly to do his work?" Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good rather soiled dustjacket with few shallow chips. Item #20344

First Edition. Philip Simmonds dustjacket art. Something of a nautical adventure novel of a "thrilling talk of insurrection in a Central American Republic, against which highly-coloured background matter of fact James Wishart, the young Scotch Engineer of the old tramp steamer, Candelshoe, wrestles with the perplexities of love and life. The dramatic solution of his problems is unexpectedly found in a small hotel kept by a queer, unrespectable English widow in disreputable Puerta Balboa, where the deep undercurrents of expanding American business activities and local political aspirations converge in turmoil." Near Fine in Very Good plus bright dustjacket. Item #20121

First Edition. Morgan Dennis dustjacket art. "A post-crash analysis of the human side of stock market investing. By explaining not only the basic principles of investing but the emotional side of the enterprise as well, the author hopes to prevent his readers from losing sleep over their investments." The author says, "One can imagine that with these conditions our investor, especially if he had been accustomed to having his money in good safe bonds, was lying awake nights wondering whatever induce him to go into common stocks. If his wife knew the details she probably was losing plenty of sleep and doing plenty of nagging, asking him a thousand times why he ever got into such a mess and what was going to become of their savings." But if the investor hung on there were better days ahead for two years later came the stock boom of 1905-6 when on January 1, 1906, his stocks showed a value of $16,930, almost 100 per cent more than he could have obtained for them in 1903. He could then remind friend wife of the supreme wisdom of man". A very uncommon stock market investment book to be found in original fragile illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine but for first several pages with small dampstain at top fore-edge corner, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some closed tears and wear, some dampstaining to rear panel. Item #26686

First Theater Edition, illustrated with stills from the Broadway play starring W. J. Brady, Cecile Breton and Louise Drew. "A modern comedy on the power of advertising, and has plenty of action which hinges chiefly on a wager of thirty thousand dollars made between two rival millionaire soap manufacturers, on the business acumen of their respective sons". Very Good, light stain to front cover at lower corner, in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end, some soiling and few small stains. Item #24760