First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author to half title page and verso of front free endpaper, in which he states he copies out two verses he likes best, “as they best express Australia,” as well as stating ‘the few remaining copies of / this edition of 1000.../were slightly damaged...” Author was a journalist and writer from New Zealand. Octavo, off white cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Very Good to Near Fine with modest soiling to cloth, yellowing to endpapers, discreet number paste to front inside cover. Lacking dustjacket. Item #19196

Bound volume Two of Our Young Folks, 1866-7, including Alger's short story, How Johnny bought a Sewing-Machine. Volume issued with some color plates. Contemporary cloth over boards. Original 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Very Good tight copy, spine leather with surface loss. Item #16921

First Edition. Small octavo. Rare first appearance of Maxwell Anderson, well known playwright. Very uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, scotch tape mends to verso, lacking half of spine material, chipped at edges. Item #25151

First Edition. Texas and Wyoming set Western adventure novel of The Chisholm Kid. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest wear and nicking, quarter sized chip at lower rear panel. Item #31088

First Edition. Lois Clarke dustjacket design. Mystery novel set on a college campus and of a young professor who investigates the startling events. Near Fine in an almost Near Fine dustjacket but for a few small abrasions at front panel and tiny chip at top rear flap corner. Item #20116

First Edition. Arthur William Brown dustjacket art. Business themed novel of a woman who designs dresses for a major department store even after she marries the owner. "But the business is with them twenty-four hours a day, and Christine finds that being her husband's employee as well as his wife has its difficulties." Very Good, bookplate at front endpaper, circular stain at spine, in near Very Good dustjacket, circular stain at faded spine, few shall edge chips. Item #24727

First Edition. F. H. Horvath dustjacket art. Historical novel of Cleopatra, "Egypt's lovely Queen, half-human, half-divine", Caesar and Anthony. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, moderately edge chipped, some creasing and wear. Item #16666

First Edition. Western themed novel of claim jumpers and a reformed drunkard whose one fall from grace has betrayed a woman's secret. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, soiling to spine, chipping at edges, lower front panel with half-dollar sized chip. Item #32707

First Edition. Wartime story of a “gawky, half-grown Scottish grocer's boy,” and his humorous escapades in love affairs, employment, and family. Very Good, ownership stamp at top page edge, in a nearly Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, few short closed tears, about inch of loss at rear panel at edges. Item #21843

First Edition stated. Martinot dustjacket art. "Three murders aboard a small Japanese steamer westward bound, solved by news service reporter Larkin, who lets an insurance detective aboard take the credit. Stolen plans, vanadium contracts, missing heiresses and plenty of complications -- plus romance." Scarce title. Very Good but for unfortunate loss to cloth at top spine end and some mild indentures at top page edge near spine tip, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some general rubbing to panels, dime sized chip at top spine end, shallow loss at lower spine end, small chip at mid rear spine edge. Item #27331

First Edition. One of the scarcer Max Brand titles and one that is described at the dustjacket copy as opening "a new field for the cowboy mystery yarn". Missed by Hubin. Great RR dustjaket art. Very Good-Near Fine, spine ends with light wear, in Very Good plus bright dustjacket. Item #7734

Presumed Early Printing, this copy in Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket. Woman dramatist investigates a murder. 'A girl, A midnight ride on a motorcycle with a madman.' Nice dustjacket art. Very Good but for nicking and rubbing to cloth at top spin end, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35681

First Edition stated. Humorous novel of a Soviet Russian who visits America. "Ivan Krassnaumov, a young Soviet scientist, arrives to do research at a marine biological station in California. He becomes involved with Carole, the wife of a polo-playing millionaire, and with Gus, the taxi-driver whose girl is in trouble. He runs foul of Red-baiters, is lionized by parlor-Pinks, exploited by a fund-grubbing scientist, and bewildered by everybody." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with few shallow chips. Item #22847