1. Success. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1921).
Early Edition. Story of a man who climbs the ladders of New York's business world. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with wear along front flap edge, spine end wear and general shelf wear. Item #12258
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2. One Girl Found. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1930).
First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Chicago set mystery and romance novel of a young woman caught in the net of Racketeers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small stain at spine, chip at top rear panel. Item #25241
3. The Best News Stories of 1924, The Annual of American Newspaper Writing. Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., (1925).
First Edition. Very uncommon collection of newspaper stories from the previous year including stories by Walter Duranty, Louis Weitzenkorn, John Gunther, Will Irwin, Dudley Nichols, and many others. Features include such topics as the democratic convention; the Leopold-Loeb trial; Bishop Brown's heresy trial; Nellie Morse's win at the Preakness; the Carpentier-Tunney fight; the Panama Canal; Pershing; and the first Native American Senator, Charles Curtis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping, nickel sized chip at top spine end. Item #21267
4. Tom Swift and his Airline Express, or, From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926).
Presumed First Edition. Front flap on dustjacket lists to Tom Swift Circling the Globe, one title beyond this one. W.S. Rouerc dustjacket art. In this tale of industrial espionage, extortion and theft, Tom Swift discovers how to travel from coast to coast in just 16 hours, and faces a few men claiming the idea as their own and intent on stopping his success. Very Good with light soiling to page ends, in a Very Good dustjacket with nick to top front spine gutter, spine darkened, light edge wear. Item #18758
5. Blow, Whistles, Blow! New York: Brewer and Warren Inc., Payson and Clarke Litd, 1930.
First Edition. Frank Higgins dustjacket art. Labor themed novel, the author's first book. "A child of the Pennsylvania coal valleys, hoped that life would be spent with Charlie. It was for him that she took the course in literature, that she left the silk mils and studied to be a nurse. But there were different things in store for her, the finer things that she deserved". Scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #25130
6. The Girl at the Window. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1934.
First Edition. Clara Elsene Peck dustjacket art and illustrations. Young adult novel set in New York City of a convalescing girl who solves a kidnapping. Bacon is an American writer best known for her female protagonists, and as a pioneer of the Girl Scouts movement and compiler of the Girls Scouts guidebook. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chip at mid-front flap edge. Item #25788
7. The Twilight of the Gods. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1915.
First Edition. Scarce play by Josephine Daskam Bacon, an American writer best known for her female protagonists, and as a pioneer of the Girl Scouts movement and compiler of the Girls Scouts’ guidebook. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears, edges modestly worn, spine with shallow loss to ends, edges, and mid spine. Item #19538
8. Wallflowers. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1927.
First Edition. R. Pallen Coleman dustjacket art. Romance of southern belles from the Golden Age of this genre. Great Coleman dustjacket art. Near Fine in Near Fine bright dustjacket, with few nicks at edges and bookmark detached from front flap. Item #5496
9. Map of the Southern Proviences of Sweden. London: Baldwin & Gradock, 1833.
12x15. Very detailed map in lovely condition. Item #33773
10. Map of Turkey, With the Provinces in Asia Minor. London: Baldwin & Gradock, 1830.
11.5x15. Very detailed map in lovely condition. Item #33786
11. Maps of the British Islands in the West Indies. London: Baldwin & Gradock, 1835.
12x15. Very detailed map in lovely condition. Item #33819
12. Three Maps of Paris. London: Baldwin & Gradock, 1832.
About 15x11.7, each. Includes, Western Division of Paris (1834), Eastern Division of Paris (1834), and Environs of Paris (1832). All major roads, boulevards, buildings, and the River Seine are shown. Small tear at right side. Item #33860
13. The Rest of My Life With You. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1942).
First Edition. David Berger dustjacket art. Romance of a selfish man spoiled by his mother and first wife, who, after his first wife died, remarried to a woman with a strong belief in equality in marriage. Very Good with small ownership stamp and date in pen to front free endpaper in a very Good dustjacket with some nibbling to lower front flap corner, few short tears with creases, Item #18868
14. Heart's Content. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. 1915.
First Edition. Henry T. Uriaman dustjacket art. H. Weston Taylor and Edward Stratton Holloway illustrations. Romance novel of a Beauty and a Poet, set in a small New England resort town. Wonderful early color dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest shallow chipping to edges, minor dust-soiling, some splitting at front spine edge. Item #16660
15. Eyes of India. New York: Macaulay Co., (1925).
First Edition. An Indian adventure novel and Bleiler listed fantasy title. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, few chips, modestly soiled and faded. Item #21023
16. The Immediate Family. New York: Farrar and Rinehart. 1930.
Third printing of this Jazz Age tale of two modern women who love the same man. The copy at rear dustjacket describes one character, Nina, as being a 90 year old flapper. Great colorful dustjacket art. Very Good-Near Fine copy, mild shelf wear, in Very Good plus dustjacket, with only light wear, spine color faded. Item #7867
17. Map of Verona, New York. Philadelphia: D.G. Beers, 1874.
14.5x23.5. Beautiful, detailed and coloured map. Additionally features New London and Sconondoa. Item #33930
18. Mother. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1925).
First Edition. Intimate biography of the author's mother, who also raised two other children known as notable authors, told from personal experience and supplemented with diaries and notes. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, spine ends chipped, quarter sized chip at top rear panel, some small chips at flap edges. Item #23925
19. Lorna Doone and Can You Forgive Her [With Five 4 by 6 inch sepia toned photographs of landmarks from the novel Lorna Doone]. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1875.
Five 4 by 6 inch sepia toned photos of landmarks from the novel Lorna Doone tipped in to front fly leaf of bound copy of the novel. Presumably from 1890's. Fly leaf paper is heavier than text block, likely the extra pages were intended to hold the photos. Handwritten captions under each photo tie the place to incidents in the novel. Lorna Doone is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. This piece is two 19th century popular novels: Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore, and Can You Forgive Her by Anthony Trollope, bound in one volume by (possibly) the original owner: H. W. Beach of Watertown, N.Y. 3/4 leather binding. Both novels are illustrated and published by Harpers & Brothers, New York. This bound volume contains an ownership signature at the front of both Lorna Doone and Can You Forgive Her. Also a bookplate from another previous owner. Item #31372
20. Lances Down. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1932).
First Edition. Author's account of the Russian Revolution. Boleslavski was a director of many films. Near Fine in Very Good price clipped dustjacket with paper residue that runs length of front panel, shallow chipping to spine ends and top edges, and general shelf wear. Item #16217
21. The Long Dream. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1939.
First Edition stated. Norwegian set novel of a married woman who returns to the small town she grew up in where she had a great love affair that ended in scandal. An uncommon title. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and rubbing at spine ends and flap corners. Item #37100
22. Kai Lung's Golden Hours. London: Richards, (1936).
Reprint Edition. E. L. dustjacket art. Attractive copy of an early printing of this collection of Chinese tales which utilizes the same jacket artwork as the first edition. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, soiling at spine, modest shelf wear. Item #26862
23. Tiger Man. New York: Macaulay Co., (1929).
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
24. A Good Woman. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1927.
First Edition. Novel of a woman who despite her courage in the face of abandonment "all she did came to a sterile nothingness because she lacked all understanding". This copy with short note signed by the author tipped in at front free endpaper: "For Harry Hansen / from "the Galsworthy of / America" - this new tale of / the landed gentry / with the best of everything / Louis Bromfield." Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears, spine lettering starting to fade, few shallow chips at spine ends. Item #12377
25. Map of Part of Ward 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1894.
32.5x 33. A partial, coloured and highly detailed map of Cambridge's Ward 5 with Pemberton Street to the North, Somerville and Elm Street to the East, Lambert Avenue to the South, and Raymond Street to the West. Item #34015
