451. Father Abraham. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1925).
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Novel of Abraham Lincoln's life. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips and minor wear. Item #15683
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Novel of Abraham Lincoln's life. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips and minor wear. Item #15683
Early Edition. Novel of Lincoln's life. Near Fine soft cloth covers in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to top spine end and rear top edge. Item #16339
First Edition. American Industry themed, New York set novel of a man of who conceives a plan for combining railway lines. 'A romance of the wonderful industrial development of the past half century'. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #40816
First Edition. The traveling adventures of a young man in the North Country during the time that followed the panic of 1873, a dire consequence of the Civil War. Near Fine but for Syracuse University stamp at rear endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #25719
The traveling adventures of a young man in the North Country during the time that followed the panic of 1873, a dire consequence of the Civil War. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #5107
First Edition. Bacheller's only Hubin listed mystery novel which is based on a famous New York trial. Near Fine-Fine bright copy in Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket, small chip rear panel, some light rubbing at spine ends, tiny chip at lower spine end and few flap corners. Item #5841
First Edition. John Wolcott Adams dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical Fiction set during the founding of the American Republic. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, somewhat soiled with few closed tears, shallow chips and creasing. Item #24332
First Edition, First Issue. Gaar Williams dustjacket art and cartoons. "In which the honorable Socrates Potter talks of the relative merits of Sense Common and Preferred". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #27617
First Edition. Arthur I. Keller dustjacket art and illustrations. Novel of a young man who "becomes the principal witness to a crime and to a great event. By loyalty and devotion he gains his goal of happiness and his need of love". Not listed in Hubin. Basis for the 1921 black and white silent film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Eugenia Besserer and Clara Horton. Very Good, few bumped edges, in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks and short closed tears, three inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #21953
First Photoplay Edition with scenes from the Dial Film production. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, color illustrated dust jacket, black and white plate frontispiece, three additional black and white plates. Novel about an orphaned boy who is raised by his aunt and uncle on a farm. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, light shelf wear, small chips to spine ends and flap corners, darkening to spine, edgewear, previous owner contemporary gift inscription on front facing end paper. Item #43251
Early or First Edition. John Wolcott Adams dustjacket art. Novel of Abraham Lincoln's life and career. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #7793
First Edition. Wrap-around dustjacket art. Adventurous historical novel of George Washington and the American Revolution. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine price clipped dustjacket. Item #7794
First Edition. Lester Ralph dustjacket art. Novel of the events surrounding a New England Christmas. Near Fine in Very Good plus scarce dustjacket, few small chips at spine ends, some creases at spine, cm chip lower front panel. . Item #6626
First Edition. "A telling satire on the follies of fashionable life, and the fads and excesses of the young people of today". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, minor loss at top spine end. Item #24746
First Edition. Original decorative cloth. Historical novel of ancient Rome. This copy with a nice several line inscription by Bacheller at front free endpaper, signed and dated 1904. Very Good-Near Fine copy, minor shelf wear, slightest cocking. . Item #9177
First Edition. Original decorative cloth. Historical novel of ancient Rome. Near Fine in scarce original printed dustjacket, chipped along all edges, split at flap edges, chipping along front flap edge. Item #17431
First Edition. Novel of a young man, raised from poverty to affluence by a legacy from a wealthy uncle, who is persuaded by a dozen gold digging women. Octavo, green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, gilt decoration to front cover. Very Good plus, discreet ownership inscription to front free endpaper, moderate soiling to cloth, page ends yellowed and dust soiled, lacking dustjacket. Item #19183
First Theatre Edition, illustrated with scenes from the theatrical production. 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 Very Good dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #20880
First Edition, with photographs from the play. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, black lettering, illustrated dust jacket, black and white plate frontispiece, three additional black and white plates. Novelization of the 1918 play of the same name, written by and starring Frank Bacon, concerning a seedy hotel that straddles the California-Nevada state line; the play ran for 1,291 performances, setting a record. Very Good, light shelf wear, boards slightly bowed, previous owner's signature at front facing endpaper, in Very Good dust jacket, light edgewear with a couple closed tears, darkening and small discolorations at spine. Item #250945
First Theatre Edition, illustrated with scenes from the play written by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon, who also starred in the Broadway production. Black and white photographic scene from the play at front dustjacket panel. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #9787
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox film starring Jay Hunt and Madge Bellamy and directed by John Ford. Robert Robinson dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few short closed tears, small chips at lower spine end. Item #14869
First Edition. C. S. dustjacket art. Unsigned but with Inscription presumed to be by author dated on Martha’s Vineyard. Novel of three generations of American women. Very Good in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket, two centimeter chip to lower spine end, shallower edge chips, nicks to rear panel, modest staining to rear panel, and darkening to spine. Item #18753
First Edition. Scarce play by Josephine Daskam Bacon, an American writer best known for her female protagonists, and as a pioneer of the Girl Scouts movement and compiler of the Girls Scouts’ guidebook. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears, edges modestly worn, spine with shallow loss to ends, edges, and mid spine. Item #19538
First Edition. Nick dustjacket art. Adventures of beautiful young dancers from Andalucia who penetrate into the profound respectability of an English countryside. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, upper rear panel and flap corners. Item #30724
First Edition. Hill dustjacket art. Inspector Schmidt investigates the murder of a new editorial writer at a weekly news magazine. Very Good, remnants of old lending library sheet at rear pastedown in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips and noticeable wear. Item #41898