First Edition. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art and illustrations. Odd short novel of an eccentric South American millionaire who hosts a dinner party of mysterious people who tell the stories of their lives, two telling the truth and two fiction. Near Fine, inked out name at front endpaper, in near Very Good dustjacket, chipping and soiling, nickel sized chip at top rear panel. Item #20462
Red leather bound book. Mostly blank pages of varying colors. Inscriptions dates 1825 and 1830. Poetry written in various hands; some pages painted with floral designs; also a collection of small stationary sheets (hand painted with flowers) and small envelopes. Many blank pages. Item #34144
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First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. Adventure novel of lost treasure. "From Limehouse, that notorious section of London's East End, to a remote archipelago of the South Seas, is in itself a perfect back drop for this drama of swift moving action, conflict, escape and pursuit". Very Good but rather cloth soiled copy, married to a nearly Fine bright and crisp example of the original publisher's dustjacket which has been stored separately from the book (very likely since publication). A spectacular jacket. Item #23502
First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated cloth and dustjacket, illustrated with color plates, 192 pages. Very Good, wear to spine ends, 1899 dated gift inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, about inch of loss at lower spine end, shallow loss at top spine end and front spine edge. Item #26141
First Edition. Probably Arthur Hawkins Jr. dustjacket design. 'An expedition to a buried city in the desert of Central Asia to dig up a gold Buddha. The party is financed by a New York magnate hungry for social prestige. His companions are a young novelist, a middle aged hard boiled agent of the millionaire, the leader's divorced wife. As they leave India and cross the Himalayas to the Pamir, all the secret impulses of these ill assorted characters come to the surface'. Scarce title. Very Good, bit of a stain to top of front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, shelf wear to all edges. Item #34963
Early Printing, front jacket flap listing to 'Tom Swift and His House on Wheels'. Octavo, original tan cloth with four 'adventure sequence' squares in corners of front cover. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at lower spine end, wear along flap edges. Item #26208
First Edition. A collection of stories set in France all concerning women "from Valserine, the smuggler's little daughter, to the old peasant woman brought to Paris against her will under stress of poverty". Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and general shelf wear. Item #15170
Third Printing, 'Thirtieth Thousand' statement at top dustjacket. Dustjacket art by Coles Phillips and Illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson. A Romance novel about a man wanting to serve his country and the woman he loves. Near Fine with sticker and signature to front free end paper in Near Fine dustjacket but for few inch piece of scotch tape to top spine end. Item #12602
First Edition. Wrap-around dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of the "society beauty of London" who sows her wild oats with future prime-ministers and other international power brokers. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some small chips at lower spine end and few flap corners, top spine end with few cm chip. Item #7799
First Edition. Unusual themed novel of an old man who is convinced that his adopted son is the son of God. He "flees from home when his wife accuses him of lunacy and blasphemy and, with the boy, takes refuge among the poor". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few very shallow chips at top spine end. Item #12282
11.5x16. Very detailed map in lovely condition. Item #33785
Early Printing, without date at title page, no statement of printing at copyright page. An original contemporary printing of this 1931 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, with no date at title page. Very Good, spine lettering flecking, some modest shelf wear. Item #20352
First Edition. F. E. Warren dustjacket art. World War One themed novel of four young men and their experiences. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, spine with modest fade. Item #25787
First Edition. Novel about a young girl who leaves her home because of her father's bigotry and intolerance; she then goes to New York in order to try and become a musician. Basis for the 1926 film starring Lois Moran, Noah Beery, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Richard Arlen. Near Fine with ownership inscription at half title and slight spotting to cloth at rear cover, in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, few short closed tears with accompanying creases to edges. Item #24505
23.5x14.5. Beautiful, detailed and coloured map. Small rip to left side. Soiling to center fold. Item #33923
First Edition. Novel of a modern woman who engages in an inconsequential love affair just for the thrill. A scarce Bellamy title. Near Fine in dustjacket, top spine end and few flap corners chipped, lower spine end with inch chip. Item #7811
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
Early or First Edition, lacking publisher's colophon. Bennett's Christmas novel. Very Good, some wear to spine ends, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, spine modestly faded. Item #19022
First Edition. Contemporary farce of European fascism. "Keets Wilber, a quixotic American millionaire - a knight-errant with a checkbook - is the medium through whom this scintillating tale of a modern dictatorship is related". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some shallow edge chips. Item #20263
First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated soft boards. Charming bear shape book with illustrations by Anne Berry. Very Good plus to Near Fine. Item #15296
Fourth Printing. P.S. Johst dustjacket art. Romance adventure novel set in Alberta. Near Fine with inscription to front free endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket with light chipping to top spine ends and wear to spine edges. Item #12974
First Edition. Jazz age romance novel of a young woman who attracts the attention of all sorts of men. Nice wrap-around dustjacket art depicting a woman and her line of suitors. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with few shallow chips and general shelf wear. Item #23673
First American Edition. Octavo, Original blue cloth and illustrated dustjacket with publisher's $2.50 price. Author's uncommon third novel for children. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Near Fine in attractive Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket with few tiny closed tears and tiny crease at top front panel. Item #12471
First Edition. Labor dispute novel of a young man of the world who returns to take controlling interest in his family's Southern paper mill. "What comes next in Conflict is Edward's declaration of allegiance to the mill workers. It brings on a family realignment and culminates in a tragic break in [family] solidarity which is not mended until there has been a strike, with violence and needless bloodshed". This copy inscribed and signed by Bowler at front free endpaper in 1958. Also laid in is the publisher's flyer for the book printed in color and including press releases by such contemporaries as Harry Hansen, Fredric March, and other reviewers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fading to spine, shallow chips to spine ends and few flap corners. Item #20415
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First Edition. A. C. Williamson dustjacket art and illustrations. Polite novel of a lost ring which causes recrimination but is found again. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with 2 inch chip to top spine edge, few smaller edge chips. Item #18716
