301. The Life Of A New England Boy, A True Sketch. Boston: For the Author, 1896.
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. 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
Reprint edition. RR dustjacket art. A detective story about one man's comeback after being in prison. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #8417
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. Politzer dustjacket art. Scotland Yard detective novel with theme of narcotics smuggling. Very scarce title. Near Fine but for red ink ownership signature at front pastedown, in Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end and some edges, lower spine end with inch deep chip. Item #31401
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
First Edition. MM dustjacket art. Collection of full page illustrated sketches with captions by selected American humorists, including Roland Coe; Syd Hoff; Peter Arno; John Held, Jr.; Perotti; Nadle; Taylor; Neill; and Jacobs. Small quarto, spiral bound, stiff illustrated paper covers, with full page illustrations with captions. Almost Near Fine. Item #19792
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. R. R. dustjacket art. "In a solitary place deep in Surrey Wood lay the dead body of a man with the miniature of a beautiful girl beside it. Thus begins a chilling mystery tale that bristles with horror and humor". Near Fine, foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping. Item #21926
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. 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 dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top front panel, few small edge chips and wear. Item #37554
First Edition. E. Baker dustjacket art and illustrations. Secret Service novel intended for young adults. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, pencil signature at front panel. Item #8108
First Edition. Beth K. Morris dustjacket art. "a sympathetic portrayal of marriage [and as] a vivid background the life in fashionable artistic circles of California". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips, closed tears and wear. Item #34847
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. Interesting anti-Prohibition novel exposing "the absurd fallacies upon which the drys base their prosperity claims". Bar scene dustjacket art. Very Good, small cloth tear at mid front spine gutter, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top front panel, some small edge chips. Item #39868
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 Edition. Romance novel of a small town girl who gets caught up in the big city. Near Fine in Very Good Dustjacket with mild fading to spine, moderate creasing to rear panel and front flap edge, splitting to front flap edge that has been mended with tape at verso, moderate edge wear with small chip to front edges. Item #15965
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 a Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top front panel, top spine end chipped cm deep, cm sized chip at lower spine end, some wear to panels. Item #7564
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
First Edition. A collection of “the absent-minded scribblings of nearly a hundred famous people,” each authenticated, with a psychiatrist’s analysis included below each doodle. Includes people such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Monroe, James K. Polk, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ted Malone, and Hattie W. Caraway. Very Good in a Very Good but soiled dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #18724
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. Berkshire Massachusetts set novel of its unusual inhabitants. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27609
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. William Siegel dustjacket art (though signed Cravath). A schoolma'am detective investigates the murder of a music teacher at a school. Uncommon. Near Fine in Good dustjacket that suffers from some modest staining to panels. Item #41142
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