First Edition. Uncommon mystery title by the pseudonym of Leslie Ford set in Puerto Rico and including Nazi intrigue and a young New York newspaper woman. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, some nicks and tears. Item #39838
First Edition. Rare Hubin listed mystery novel. "The terrors of fog are inexorable, but not invincible. The incidents of the story take place upon a single night of fog and mystery, which brings together a strangely assorted group of characters, all amazingly interacting upon one another under the pall of darkness and obscurity. The fog awakes the spirit of nightmare". Very Good, top spine end bumped, in Very Good dustjacket. small chip at top spine end. Item #25878
First Edition. T. J. and E. A. Overnell dustjacket art and illustrations. Small octavo, green cloth and gilt decoration, gilt top page edge, illustrated dustjacket. Attractive anthology of poetry and prose about babyhood by such authors as E. Nesbit, Alice Meynell, Ford Madox Ford, Cosmo Monkhouse, G. K. Chesterton, etc. Near Fine, contemporary signature and date at endpaper in Very Good dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #25812
First Edition. Romance novel of a young woman who stayed at a beach hotel and was treated like her look-a-like, a beautiful heiress. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, with the lower edge trimmed inch, few short closed tears mended with scotch tape at verso, light edge wear and surface wear, few shallow edge chips. Item #18664
First Edition. Romance novel of a young woman who stayed at a beach hotel and was treated like her look-a-like, a beautiful heiress. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, in Good dustjacket, half-dollar sized chip at mid spine, two inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #35831
First Edition. 'A budding radio singer, entered an old but handsome house off Riverside Drive by mistake one day and found herself the heroine of a Cinderella story.' Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #37326
Early Printing lacking “A” at copyright page. A suspenseful and dark mystery of murder, romance, and sinister secrets set in the plantations of Charleston. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with 3 inch tear to top rear panel, small chip to flap edge, and wear to top spine and and panels. Item #17459
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original wrappers. John Alan Maxwell wrap-around wrapper art and frontis. Colonel John Primrose investigates the murder of a Senator who was about to renounce his support of public utilities. The lovely lobbyist for the utility interests is found strangled to death in her car. Very Good in wrappers. Item #39897
First Edition. Psychological novel of a man who takes over the identity of another man who committed suicide. An important figure in modern literature, Ford was once editor of the famous Transatlantic Review. He was also one of the first critics to praise Joyce's, Ulysses. A Veteran of the First World War, Ford served in a Welsh regiment as a lieutenant, and was gassed during the war. A Near Fine bright copy with few small cloth bubbles at front panel, few pages with very minor bump at top edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, with some rubbing at corners and spine ends, tiny nicks lower spine end. Item #5123
Early Reprint Edition. Octavo, original illustrated cloth and dustjacket. Hubin listed mystery novel set in Arizona and concerning a train hold-up. An early dustjacketed copy of this mystery published by a contemporary reprint house originated by Frank F. Lovell the American publisher "who sells books by the millions at twenty five cents through Departmental Stores." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends. Item #26340
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Cosmopolitan picture starring Marion Davies. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, short closed tear at top rear panel, shallow chips at spine ends and few flap corners. Item #16446
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Cosmopolitan picture starring Marion Davies. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and few flap corners. Item #22628
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Cosmopolitan picture starring Marion Davies. Near Fine, short contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, darkened at spine, few shallow chips at spine ends. Item #22882
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Cosmopolitan picture starring Marion Davies. Near Fine in Bright Very Good plus dustjacket with nickel size chip to rear top edge. Item #13273
First Edition. Margaret Armstrong dustjacket and cover art, Howard Chandler Christy illustrations. New York City society romance novel. Uncommon in dustjacket. Covers are Near Fine, book shows foxing to endpapers, top fore-edge corner of front endpaper torn, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, someone has inked 'Howard Chandler Christy' at front flap. Item #24850
First Edition. Henry Hutt dustjacket art, Thomas Maitland Cleland cover art. "Two short love stories". Near Fine in Good dustjacket, lacks top inch of spine material, chipped edges. Item #24832
L-V code, presumed First Edition. Marshall Frantz dustjacket art. Jazz Age themed novel of two women who come to New York City in search of romance and a rich uncle. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with modest edge wear. Item #14903
Reprint Edition. Humorous novel of the tumbledown tenements and slums of 'Rockhurst-on-the-sound'. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping at spine ends and edge wear. Item #22298
First Edition. Humorous early romance novel by Ford and very scarce in original illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine, lower spine end lightly bumped, in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips, dime sized chip at lower rear panel, scattered spotting or foxing to top front panel. Item #21785
First Edition. Humorous early romance novel by Ford and very scarce in original illustrated dustjacket. Very Good to Near Fine, some mild shelf wear, in Very Good dustjacket, very faint circular stain at front panel, shallow chipping at top spine end and few edges, mild darkening to white of panels. Item #14565
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. Uncommon anthology of a full length novel, one story and four novelettes. Includes Stout's 'Bad for Business: A Tecumseh Fox Mystery'. Near Fine in attractive almost Near Fine dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #39984
