No date, First English photoplay Edition, wrap around dustjacket artwork by P.B. Hicking. Illustrated with scenes from the British International Films Production starring Ivan Petrovitch and Marcella Albani. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some loss at lower spine end. Item #32676

First Edition. Nautical adventure novel set in the Arctic Seas of a ship "in search of a treasure that lies hidden among the recesses of the great icebergs. The presence of two stowaways, a girl and a preacher adds to the confusion". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped half inch deep, shallow chips at flap corners. Item #22784

First Edition. Nina Miller Davidson dustjacket art. "Emily Coulton, completely crippled with arthritis, dies from arsenic poisoning, and the evidence gathered by Superintendent Mason and Chief Inspector Hart can only point to the old lady's niece, the wife of the famous toxicologist, Dr. Fletcher". Near Fine but for top corner of front endpaper clipped, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #24717

First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by both author and illustrator, with full page color illustration by Doyle. Cartoon History of World War II accompanied by text by Charles Fisher, with a “cosmopolitan cast” of characters and events of the war. Quarto, original black cloth, blue lettering stamped to spine. Very Good with corners slightly bumped, cloth at corners well worn, lightly worn at spine ends and edges, some surface wear, textually very clean. Item #18374

First Edition. W. L. dustjacket art. Jazz Age themed romance novel of a young woman and the "bewildering whirl of modern high society, in night clubs and cocktail parties, threading her way amongst the pitfalls in the houses of the fastest sets". Basis for the 1931 talking film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lois Moran and Charles Bickford. Near Fine but for discoloration to cloth at fore-edges, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #13640

First Edition. Historical Adventure novel where the heroine of The Broad Highway reappears. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with general shelf wear. Item #15855

First Edition. Fiction book, or, a collection of novelettes including titles such as “Classified,” “Perfectly Independent,” “Every Other Thursday,” and “Consider the Lilies.” Basis for the 1928 black and white Fox Film of the same title directed by John G. Blystone and starring Madge Bellamy and Louise Dresser about “ stage-actress mother and her daughter in a battle-of-wills in a "don't do this, daughter" and "don't do that, daughter" story of youthful folly and over-zealous parental devotion.” Very Good in a Good only dustjacket with wraparound dustjacket art, with several large chips, large tears to spine edges and jacket panels, and spine faded. Item #18641

First Canadian Edition (in correct Knopf issued First American Edition dustjacket). M. dustjacket art. Very scarce Fletcher title and biblio-mystery. "Would anyone commit violent murder for one musty old book? A famous American book collector, his body a mass of battered flesh, was found at the bottom of Harlesden Scar on the lonely Yorkshire moors." As the novel progresses, it becomes clear that Dr. Essenheim was murdered shortly after having purchased a first edition of Pilgrim's Progress and a medieval book of hours, both of which were missing when the body was found. In one of his Saturday Evening Post articles, Dr. Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach claimed that Essenheim was based on him, an homage which the mystery-loving Dr. Rosenbach enjoyed. Almost Near Fine, hint of a splash stain to spine, very mild cocking in nearly Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at lower spine end and lower front panel, some tiny edge chips, couple square inch sized light stain at mid rear panel, split along rear spine edge (mended at verso with archival tape). Item #29146

First Edition. Ethel C. Taylor wraparound dustjacket art and wraparound cover art. Translated from the French by Marie Louise Swinburne. Romance and fantasy, a “story of a little principality and its princess, just after the war” and an overthrown monarchy. Near Fine with light and shallow stain to lower fore edge of pages, in a Very Good dustjacket, modestly soiled with flap corners and spine ends worn, short closed tear to top edge of front panel. Item #19514

First Edition. Novel of fact and fiction. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with spine mildly darkened. Item #14567

Second Printing. C. E. L. dustjacket art. Western adventure and romance novel. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32688

First Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Murder mystery set within the walls of an ancient French castle. Near Fine in attractive Near Fine dustjacket. Item #12026