First Edition. Original small octavo red cloth. Illustrated by L. R. Martin, of Boston and Frances S. and Mary E. Allen, of Deerfield. Very Good. Item #16012

First Edition Thus, previously published by Macrae Smith Co. Politzer dustjacket art. Scotland Yard detective novel with narcotics smuggling. Near Fine but for a small sticker price abrasion at front endpaper, in a Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears to edges. Item #20779

First Edition. "The Novel of the Famous Play". Uncommon novelization of the mystery play that ran for 857 performances in London and served as the basis for the 1935 black and white talking film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Phillips Holmes and Aileen Marson. "Ten-Minute Alibi, which shows every minute a perfect crime and its consequences". Very Good but for much discoloration to cloth due to moisture exposure, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of shallow edge chips and wear, some modest foxing or soiling to panels. Item #27255

Possible First American Edition. Original printed pink wrappers. 12mo. An unusual printing of this classic poem concerning the founder of Buddhism, published as a separate issue of the Library Magazine. This edition very likely precedes the authorized American publication by Roberts Brothers of Boston in the same year. Fragile thin-paper wrappers makes this edition an unlikely survivor over the years. A Near Fine copy with few edge nicks. Item #11428

First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel and fantasy novel missed by Bleiler of a young Prince from fabled Atlantis who is blackmailed for his dalliances with too many beautiful women. Great dustjacket art of a bi-plane crashing into the ocean. Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, small chips at spine ends. Item #37323

First Edition. Interesting anti-Prohibition novel exposing "the absurd fallacies upon which the drys base their prosperity claims". Bar scene dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends. Item #24420

First Edition. "Mary Linton had possibilities as a journalist; she had possibilities as a potential wife. But what she most prided herself on was her emotional control, which permitted her to strip herself of honor and decency, like a burlesque girl, and to offer her body for the edification of men." Near Fine, pages yellowing, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #26735

First American Edition (precedes the English). Very scarce play. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped along top edge. Item #39918

First American Edition. Translated from the Russian by Gilbert Cannan. Flato dustjacket art. Crime novel missed by Hubin of "an illicit love, its aftermath of murder and its strange consequences not only on the protagonist, but on all the people of the community". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with crease line length of front panel and spine, quarter size chip to spine ends, mild fading of green to spine ends, and moderate surface wear to panels. Item #16270

No date, but circa 1950's. Printed in West Germany. Original illustrated wrappers, 5 by 3 1/2 inches, 12 pages. Scarce recipe guide from West Germany for drinks utilizing Asbach Uralt. 'Press, Radio and Newsreel recently featured reports on the International Bar Mixers' Contest held at the Lindenwirt Hotel... every mixer had to promise to let us in on the secret of his prize recipe, and many of these are contained in this booklet'. Near Fine. Item #41370

First Edition. Laune dustjacket art. Interesting character study of a woman dying of jaundice. "The impending death of John Hughes' wife summoned him to the home which he had left a year ago at his wife's request. In this period of waiting, he realizes many things, among them the fact that he has never loved his wife, had married her from a sense of gallantry when she stood up against the whole Carter family who thought John beneath her. He learns also that she has protected him during his absence from tales of an 'indiscretion'. Her death, however, reveals the true reason for their separation and John is grief-stricken and humbled by the realization of the depth of a love which could lift an ordinary, commonplace woman to heights of courage and self-sacrifice". Near Fine but for small 'drip' stain at fore-edge of pages, in Very Good dustjacket that retains publisher's bookmark at front flap, spine colors modestly faded, few tiny edge chips, small stain at top rear flap corner. Item #24658

First Edition, Advance Review Copy with slip laid in, and with 'File Copy Do Not Remove / From the Sample Room' stamped at all page edges. Lina Lee was shot through the head by an old army .38 in the office of Felix Penton, playboy publisher, Spike Tracy investigates. What did the purple onion in Lee's luxurious apartment mean? Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32958