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
First Edition. Gor dustjacket art. Big business novel of a young woman, "a social empress, a political boss, a Wall Street meteor, and a wife you'd better read about than know". Nice deco style dustjacket art of a woman. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge chipping along top spine end and edges. Item #19019
First Edition. Kidnap mystery novel described at front flap as being "a light thriller". Near Fine with mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, front flap edge with wear, verso of jacket with scotch tape mends especially at front flap. Item #20966
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring Gary Cooper. Photoplay title of Windfall. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Novel about a millionaire that randomly gives money away to eight people from the phone directory. Bright Near Fine, lacking front free endpaper in bright Very Good plus dustjacket with mild shelf wear. Item #13240
Early Edition. Oblong Octavo, Original illustrated boards. Extremely rare paint coloring activity book for children with covers that suggest it is from the 1880's or 90's but with printing font that suggests early 1900's. Includes Painting instruction page and ten publisher hand colored illustrations with identical uncolored illustration on facing pages. This copy with five of the matching illustrations colored by the user of this book and five unused. Rare activity book. Very Good, boards showing moderate edge wear, last illustration with inch chip to top margin, lacks rear endpapers or perhaps another matching set of illustrations that the user wished to remove. Item #12513
39 by 27 inches. Near Fine. Bright hand-colored map. Minor soiling to lower right-hand corner. Partially detached from top roller. Item #32448
Second Printing. Original illustrated yellow wrappers, 108 pages, 7 1/2 by 5 inches. An extremely uncommon cocktail recipe guide published in Seattle. WorldCat locates only one library holding (for any printing, theirs also being the 2nd) at University of California, Davis. One blogger notes the variation for the Side Car in Atherton's collection. Very Good, covers show staining and wear from use. Item #34787
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First Edition. Autobiographical novel of author's childhood and adolescence, including her mother's death, father's departure, nine years in an orphanage, her time on a farm and her eventual romance with the brother of the farmer's wife. Very Good but for water stains on page ends and two-inch chip to early page, in a Very Good dustjacket with some shallow chipping to top edges and spine ends. Item #17853
First Edition. Kurt Wiese illustrations. Picture book about the 49th state. Part of the Know Your States Series. Very Good plus with return address sticker located on title page in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket with wear down middle of spine, edge wear, light chipping and short closed tears to top edge, and two inch closed tear to bottom front edge. Item #13944
No Date, circa 1938, Presumed First Canadian Edition. Romance novel. Very Good plus with moderate wear to front flap edge, shallow chipping to spine ends, foxing to verso of dustjacket and general shelf wear. Item #16092
12.5x15. Very detailed city plan. Small tear at right side. Item #33866
Early Reprint Edition. Arthur Hawkins, Jr. dustjacket art. Novel of a woman whose imagination helped her through a startling job as a companion to a “semi-invalid”. With nice Art-Deco dustjacket art. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, four centimeter closed tear to top spine edge, shallow edge chipping, few short closed tears. Item #17926
Presumed Early Printing. Nautical and American Civil War themed novel concerning the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Characters included army officers and several African-Americans. Near Fine in scarce dustjacket lacking lower few inches of spine, else Good with chipped edges. Item #23938
Fifth Printing. "A love story which turns upon a Christmas sermon". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #24774
Early Edition, no printing statement. Baskerville dustjacket art. "Everybody knows the fox woman. She is at every club - in every set - at every resort. you see men gathered round her - you see groups of women talking about her. She is a type in the modern world of Society. Her desire is always to dominate, possess. Always exacting love, never returning it - plunging men into despair, into jealousy, finally into hatred". Scarce title. Very Good, some soiling to page edges, lower page edge with some minor paper erosion, in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear, surface wear at spine area. Item #31413
First Edition. Romance novel of a woman who marries the wrong man and for the wrong reasons. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket. Item #24066
First Edition. E S H dustjacket art. Baum's novel of an all too attractive male and the "ladies stalking their prey." Striking pastel dustjacket art by E. S. H. is a highlight in dustjacket design for the period. Near Fine but for some soiling to cloth and top page edge, in a lovely crisp Near Fine dustjacket that had been stored separate from the book, vertical crease mark at mid-spine. Item #20143
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
14.5x11.5. Beautiful, detailed and coloured map. Additionally features Lowell and North Western. Lower right corner folded. Rip to right side. Item #33933
First Edition. Politzer wrap-around dustjacket art. New York City set romance novel. This copy inscribed and signed by the author at front free end paper. Laid in are two publicity sheets for the author's filmed novels. Also laid in is a letter from a friend of the author's that states concerning this title: "no wonder Hollywood wants to reproduce it over again". No film production could be found by us for this title, though several of her other works were made into films. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #11335
No Date, circa 1890-1910, judging from script and style. Octavo, Original 3/4 leather, marbled boards composition book. Interesting 80 plus page theatrical play that reads like an early Western movie script with cowboys and criminals set in Arizona, complete with stage diagram, synopsis, stage directions, costumes, scenery, etc. Presumably an amatuer production (if ever produced) as the author does not appear to have been published. In any event an interesting piece of theatrical Americana. Very Good, leather and boards well worn. Item #12909
First Edition. L. B. dustjacket art. Manhattan set novel of romance and social intrigue. Basis for the Marion Gering directed film starring Clive Brook and Kay Francis. Skyscraper scene at front dustjacket panel. Near Fine but for tiny indent at mid-spine in Very Good dustjacket, spine rather darkened, few chips at top spine end. Item #23482
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32.5x 33. A partial, coloured and highly detailed map of Cambridge's Ward 2 with Highland Avenue to the North, Somerville, MA to the East, Prospect Street to the South, and Harvard Street to the West. Item #34005
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
First Edition. An elusive thief and murderer named "the Panther" evades Europe's greatest detectives. Two tone dustjacket art of man with cat tattoo on chest. Very Good, lacks front free end paper, in Very Good dustjacket, general darkening to panels, shelf wear, few small chips and closed tears. Item #11433
