1. John O' The Green. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1935.
First Edition. Avison dustjacket art. Medieval Romance adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with fading to spine and shallow wear to spine ends. Item #16334
First Edition. Avison dustjacket art. Medieval Romance adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with fading to spine and shallow wear to spine ends. Item #16334
First Edition. Nautical pirate adventure novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine colors faded, nicks and wear at spine ends, few short closed tears, two small chips at front flap edge. Item #8483
First Photoplay Edition, with plug for the 1926 Inspiration Pictures production starring Richard Barthelmess on front panel of dust jacket. Octavo, original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, black and white plate frontispiece. Early nineteenth century England-set novel about a young man who "is left a fortune; he sets forth for London to 'become a gentleman,' has many adventures, meets people of widely different types, and falls in love with a fascinating heroine." Very Good, slightly cocked, light shelf wear, in Very Good dust jacket, slight chipping at corners and spine ends, small closed tear at bottom rear panel, shelf wear. Item #250950
Second Impression. Hubin listed mystery. Farnol's most lasting contribution to the field of historical adventure and mystery novels concerning a young man who inherits a fortune and who uses that money to instigate a number of adventures and intrigues. Basis for several film adaptations, the most memorable being the 1936 talkie directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Elissa Landi. This copy with seven line inscription signed by Farnol at front free endpaper to the members of the Y.M.C.A of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in the year 1914. The circumstances leading up to Farnol inscribing a book for a YMCA in Pennsylvania would no doubt be an interesting anecdote. Very Good tight copy, wear at spine edges, spine ends with tiny cloth breaks and wear. Item #13641
First American Edition of author's second novel. Herman Pfeifer dustjacket art and illustrations. Hubin listed mystery and Farnol's most lasting contribution to the field of historical adventure and mystery novels concerning a young man who inherits a fortune and who uses that money to instigate a number of adventures and intrigues. Basis for the 1920 silent film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Langhorn Burton and Madge Stuart as well as another silent version in 1926 directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Dunbar. Most memorable, however, of the film adaptations of The Amateur Gentleman is the 1936 talkie directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Elissa Landi. A classic of its genre and extremely uncommon title to be found in original illustrated dustjacket. Very Good, lettering at spine and cover dulled, noticeable bend or crease at front cover, in Very Good dustjacket, mild drip stains and spots to panels and spine, some darkening to spine, few small edge chips, top spine end with dime sized chip. Item #14560
Popular Edition, but early or First English Photoplay Edition, with wrap-around band advertising the silent 1926 film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Dunbar (and with illustrated still from the movie). Hubin listed mystery and Farnol's most lasting contribution to the field of historical adventure and mystery novels concerning a young man who inherits a fortune and who uses that money to instigate a number of adventures and intrigues. An extremely uncommon title to be found with original photoplay band. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket and band. Item #600030
First Edition. A Jazz Age romance and adventure novel set in Sussex. Keith Dallas Chisholm, a young American believing, with his millionaire father, that he is guilty of killing the man he hated, has fled form New York to England where he encounters a very small but friendly damsel". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27689
First Edition. A Jazz Age romance and adventure novel set in Sussex. Keith Dallas Chisholm, a young American believing, with his millionaire father, that he is guilty of killing the man he hated, has fled form New York to England where he encounters a very small but friendly damsel". Near Fine but for contemporary ownership inscription and stamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #29564
First Edition. Arthur E. Becher dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical "romance of the Greenwood which is by far the greatest achievement of the author". Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping to edges. Item #23398
First Edition. Arthur E. Becher dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical "romance of the Greenwood which is by far the greatest achievement of the author". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping to edges. Item #23699
First Edition. Historical Adventure novel where the heroine of The Broad Highway reappears. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with general shelf wear. Item #15855
First Edition. The swashbuckling sequel to The Broad Highway. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest shelf wear. Item #29561
First Edition. The swashbuckling sequel to The Broad Highway. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest shelf wear. Item #16835
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel set in early 18th Century England. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, light shelf wear, spine colors very lightly faded. Item #6970
First Edition. Elizabethan adventure novel. Near Fine, contemporary ownership signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27044
First Edition. Elizabethan adventure novel. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription and stamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #29566
Second Printing. Elizabethan adventure novel. Bright Near Fine in Very Good plus bright dustjacket, few nicks. Item #16512
First Edition. Hubin listed murder mystery set in 19th Century England. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, spine ends with light wear. Item #7745
First Edition. Color illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Author's fourth novel and humorous romance of London society. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket,shallow loss at spine ends, print at spine faded. Item #26277
Farnol was one of most popular writers of adventure fiction of 1920's and 30's, here writing of the plots against the life of the great English Queen Bess. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #32309
First Edition. Adventurous romance set in Ninth Century England. Farnol's later titles are generally scarcer than his earlier works published at the height of his popularity. Scarce thus. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at spine ends, creases at top spine end. Item #7746
First Edition. Novel of Viking adventure and rampage. Scarce. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #8993
First Edition. D. D. W. W. dustjacket art. Nautical adventure novel of the Spanish Main and pirates. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips and wear. Item #27129
First Edition. A. I. Keller frontispiece. Romance and intrigue novel listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery set during a single summer on an English farm. Basis for the 1920 black and white silent film directed by Fred Paul and starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Gordon Craig. Near Fine in dustjacket with signs of a stain at spine and lower front panel, less than an inch loss at lower spine end, top front panel with top edge torn away with a depth of a few centimeters to an inch. Item #21929
First Edition. Charlotte Weber Ditzler illustrations. Early Farnol title. Original gilt decorated cloth, oval illustration at front cover. Near Fine bright copy. Item #8991