First Edition. Original red cloth and printed dustjacket. Kentucky's first important novelist and an attempt to capture the spirit, and dialects, of his native Kentucky in the United States during the Civil War and post Civil War reconstruction era. BAL 474. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at lower spine end, some small edge chips. Item #31425
First Edition. MP dustjacket art. One volume of a series of Napoleonic romances, set when Napoleon defeated Prussia. Very Good in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket but for shallow chipping to edges and front dustjacket panel. Item #18948
First Edition. Bound volume consisting of separate issues of 'What's On in London' bound with illustrated wrappers. July 4th, 1947 - December 19th 1947, (Vol. 20 #607 - #630). Contemporary red cloth, gilt lettering at spine. A very uncommon collection of an English movie and entertainment magazine. Front wrapper illustrations include black and white stills from such films as So Well Remembered with John Mills and Martha Scott, The Perils of Pauline with Betty Hutton and John Lund, Dear Ruth with William Holden, Moss Rose, Dancing with Crime, For Whom the Bell Tolls with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, Master of Bankdam, This Gun for Hire with Alan Ladd, Ivy with Joan Fontaine, Desert Fury, Woman in the Hall, It Always Rains on Sunday, Build My Gallows High with Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer, and others. Rear wrappers with ads for other famous films including Gone With the Wind. Issues include photographic stills from films and some other color advertising. Very Good plus, some issues with moderate wear to wraps, #613 Jassy cover with ink notation and erasure, else attractive collection. Item #12918
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First Edition. Quarto, spiral bound illustrated boards, original illustrated dustjacket. An odd spiral bound collection of four individual color picture books on rag paper: Our Dogs, Forest Animals, Animal Friends, and Kittens and Cats. All published by Saalfield with copyright dates of 1943. Illustrators include Will Rannells and Jack Murray. No doubt Saalfield had a collection of surplus unbound picture books in need of a creative purpose and were spirally bound under one title. An uncommon amalgamation with extremely scarce original dustjacket. An attractive Very Good to Near Fine copy in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12516
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 Very Good dustjacket, top spine end with centimeter deep chipping. Item #14536
First Edition. Mary Baker illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated throughout. Collection of stories for young readers, including "The Guinea-Pig's Tail," "The Little Gold Penny," "Cinderella's Sisters," and "The Pea-Plant," among many others. Near Fine in scarce Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, inch closed tear to lower rear spine edge, few tiny closed tears to edges. Item #24152
True First Edition and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Douglas Fairbanks film. Near Fine, lacking Front Free Endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends, wear to front flap edge, and short closed tear to rear top edge. Item #13166
First Edition stated. Interesting contemporary romance in which a couple face the loss of their fortune after the stock market crash of 1929. "Collins Bassett had married Jim Kincaid in haste to cover her terrible hurt when Ross Dunlevy had jilted her for her cousin and absconded not only with the lovely Linda but with the Bassett fortune, too. For while Jim had long loved Collins, Collins didn't love Jim at all." This copy with rare wrap-around band which poses the question: "Can Love and Romance Develop After Marriage?" Scarce. Near Fine in attractive, almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #27429
Original red illustrated cloth, small quarto. Nicely illustrated by Parrish. Very Good, 1901 dated gift inscription at front endpaper, spine modestly faded, very light shelf wear, two smallish stains to rear cover. Item #37037
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring Thomas Meighan and Gertrude Astor. Humorous novel of a football coach who finds himself on a ship to Panama and who falls in love with a Spanish girl named Chiquita. Near Fine, short gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at mid rear flap edge. Item #22660
First Edition. J. Henry dustjacket art. A novel set against the background of the Alaskan Gold Rush. Basis for the 1925 silent film directed by Frank Lloyd starring Ben Lyon, Anna Q. Nilsson, Viola Dana Hobart Bosworth, and Dorothy Sebastian. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips, mild wear. Item #13619
First Edition stated. Harry Cimino dustjacket art. Labor themed novel of a coal miner and his family. Very Good, lower cover corners modestly bumped, some residue at lower edge of covers, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #25276
Second American Edition, one month after first. Bobri dustjacket art. Translated from the French by Samuel Middlebrook. Satiric romance in the style of Voltaire's Candide. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with wear to spine and spine ends. Item #13244
First Edition (in dustjacket issue with ad for Razzberry by Edward Anthony at rear flap). Gluyas Williams dustjacket art and illustrations. Author's very scarce second book. Very Good, some darkening to spine, some mild shelf wear, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, two dime sized chips at upper rear panel. Item #32370
First Edition. Louisiana set novel of a delusional woman. Based on the author's own short story which served as the basis for 1936 film Valiant is the Word for Carrie starring Harry Carey, Gabby Hayes and Gladys George. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips at top spine end. Item #14109
Early or First Edition, published without called for frontispiece. George W. Gage dustjacket art. Novel of the South Sea Somoan islands, where "the golden-bodied half-breed women lure the white traders and settlers. The inevitable conflict between Western standards and the South Sea world's easy morals and disregard of commandments." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few short closed tears and minor wear. Item #9378
First Edition. P. S. Jerse dustjacket art. “A powerful back-to-the soil story of pioneer days on the Minnesota prairies,” with tension between the Yankees and the Swedes, and the farmers and the railroad interests. Very Good with mild cocking, several inches at top corner of front fee endpaper torn cleanly away, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket with spine faded, modest edge wear and chipping. Item #18667
First Edition. Collection of adventure stories based on proverbial truths, with illustrations. Uncommon. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, with light edge wear, darkening to spine, some shadowing to jacket. Item #18725
First Edition. T.E.S. dustjacket art. A novel about the industrialization of cotton in the South. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #32890
First Edition. Novel of the radiant and unconventional Duchess of Pontignac and the struggles of acceptance into the traditional New England town of Peaceport. Very Good with small marking on front inside cover and endpage, in a Good dustjacket with 4-5 inch closed tear to spine edge, some chipping to spine ends and top edges, dime-sized abrasion to upper right front panel, and tears to front flap edge. Item #17531
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel about a group of actors gathered on an Island for a charity performance when one of them is murdered. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some short closed tears at edges (mended at verso with tiny pieces of paper tape), some shallow chips and wear. Item #34194
First Edition. Frank Tenney Johnson dustjacket art and frontis. Western adventure novel of bootlegging and moonshine whiskey. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, with edge wear and shallow chipping. Item #24464
First Edition. Manso dustjacket art. Thrilling novel of a doctor accused of malpractice when he operated on a young girl at the scene of a serious accident despite her protests in his best attempt to save her life. Near Fine in a Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, with red at spine mostly faded and shallow edge wear including few short closed tears, small chips and creases. Item #18637
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
32.5x 33. A partial, coloured and highly detailed map of Cambridge's Wards 1 and 2 with Irving Street to the North, Farrar Street and Somerville to the East, Highland Avenue to the South, and Harvard Street to the West. Item #34006
