First Edition. Bleiler listed novel with themes of magic and witchcraft. "A tale of the struggle of the newer civilizations against the old the black with a never ceasing undercurrent of love and sacrifice A marvelous picture of Africa's seething turmoil restless peoples with its lure to the senses and its grip upon the passions that none but the strong can withstand To read is to become as one who has traveled the far places and has begun to know the mysteries of the Dark Continent". Scarce title. Very Good, foxed at page edges, in Good (very fragile) dustjacket, split along front spine edge, white archival tape mends along spine and flap edges (at verso) shallow chipping at top spine end, dime sized chip at top front panel and at mid spine. Item #32313

First American Edition. Novel of the heir to a fine property and a family feud. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicks at spine ends. Item #22814

First Edition. Eugene Hutchinson photographs. "A fictional panorama of a great region of our country". Uncommon in dustjacket. This copy with top page edge that appears to by dyed orange. Near Fine in Good only edge chipped dustjacket, lacking top two inches of spine, split at front spine edge, scotch tape mends to exterior of lower front panel. Item #23008

First Edition. African American themed novel written as an 'Autobiography of a colored clergyman long prominently associated as a gentleman of the cloth among Chicago's colored populace. His revelations are not only astonishing, but recounted with a sympathetic understanding of what an unknowing world must be prepared to accept.' Possibly written by Opie Reed. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #34367

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the First National Picture starring Mary Astor and Clive Brook. Near Fine but for small stain at top spine and top rear panel with some paper residue, in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips at top rear panel. Item #15436

First Edition. Beth K. Morris dustjacket art. "a sympathetic portrayal of marriage [and as] a vivid background the life in fashionable artistic circles of California". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips, closed tears and wear. Item #34847

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, few tiny chips and mild edge wear. Item #21973

First Edition. Octavo pamphlet, original stapled wrappers, illustrated in black and white, red to outer wrappers. Trade catalog with book descriptions including thumbnail images of jacket covers for novels published by McClurg. Front cover illustration from "Ruth of the U. S. A.," - "The one really great War Novel - by Edwin Balmer." With illustrations of book covers throughout. Very Good Plus, very minor wear. Item #24122

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated wrappers. Author's first novel. Story of Northern Ireland by the wife of Liam O'Flaherty which "races through the World War, the Irish Rebellion, the hectic conspiracies of the Irish patriots, and the post-war years in England". Very Good in wrappers. Item #24678

First Edition. Contemporary 3/4 blue calf, marbled boards and page edges, leather and gilt spine label, gilt work at spine. Tall octavo. This copy inscribed at title page to W. George Simms "with the Author's Regards" and with regards underlined. Very Good, general shelf wear, a 1939 library bookplate at front pastedown, and impression stamp at title page. Item #15880

First Edition. P. T. dustjacket art. World War One aviation novel, "rich in the vernacular, not the vulgar, the reader will find himself plunging through high, misty altitudes, peering through machine gun sights, pressing trips, and smelling powder". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks to spine ends and couple edges. Item #26703

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 and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the photoplay directed by Browning, The Blackbird starring Lon Chaney, Renée Adorée and Owen Moore. Three photographic stills bound in are full-page portrait shots of Adorée, Moore, and Tod Browning. Chaney is depicted on the front cover and at the rear panel in six small stills from his most famous productions including Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Unholy Three, The Tower of Lies, The Monster and He Who Gets Slapped. Original wrappers. Very Good complete copy, small tear and nick at lower front panel, first few pages very mildly bumped at lower edge. Item #26032