First Edition. Western adventure novel of a man who inherits a ranch and tries to protect it from his father's nemesis, an unscrupulous rancher. Scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #34356

First edition, variant second issue with 1891 copyright date but 1892 date on the title page, and with frontispiece portrait of the author. Original brown cloth stamped in gold and black, 394 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author. One of the earliest known novels by an African American woman. A Near Fine-Fine bright and attractive copy with essentially no wear, and only a tiny cloth break at top spine end. Item #7172

First Edition, Advance Review Copy "Special Presentation Edition to be Published on February 16, 1929" statement at title page. George Annand wrap-around dustjacket art. Novel of early life on the Erie canal. Near Fine but for rather over-glued bookplate opposite title page, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, few closed tears mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #23853

Original 8 x 11 letter paper. The full size, matted in frame, is 12” x 10 ”. Contains original signature of T. S. Eliot. A letter from prolific poet T. S. Eliot to an A. K. Peters, Esquire, of Eliot House at Harvard University. Peters is likely a student at Harvard, as Eliot House has historically been used to house upperclassmen, and the content of the letter suggests he wrote to Eliot in hopes of obtaining copies of certain books on behalf of the Harvard “Signet Society.” At this time in Eliot’s life, he was employed as a director in the publishing firm Faber and Gwyer, later Faber and Faber, where he remained for the rest of his career. At Faber and Faber, he was responsible for publishing important English poets like W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Ted Hughes. Eliot was also a Harvard graduate, which explains why Peters reached out to him in the first place. Very Good, presumed to be laid down on board. Item #35532

First Edition and First Photoplay Edition, with plug for the Paramount Picture at front jacket panel. "The strange adventures of Dr. Cyclops, the super-scientist, [who in the Peruvian jungle] discovered how to reduce people to one fifth their natural size." Novelized from the popular Paramount Pictures horror film of the same name directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring Albert Dekker and Thomas Coley. Near Fine but for a vertical tape shadow at front and rear pastedowns, in very attractive Fine dustjacket (that had been stored separately from the book all these many years) with signs of vertical crease at rear spine edge. Item #34262

First Edition. Romance novel about a lonely young woman in Venice who is thirsty for love when she discovers a message in a bottle about a man who is a prisoner in Venice and wishes to be found. Very Good, light stain to top fore-edge corner of pages, in Very Good dustjacket with very mild stains at lower edge and rear panel, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #20569

First Edition. Glyn's tale of an unsophisticated girl who finds herself in the most desperate matrimonial situations. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film production directed by John Francis Dillow, and starring Ned Sparks. Glyn was one of the most popular romance novelists of the Jazz Age. Near Fine with contemporary ownership markings to front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few inch sized tears to jacket and along edges of faded spine. Item #24228

First Edition. Duodecimo. Story of the English inventor and visionary in toy development who invented, produced, and sold Meccano, a toy kit based on engineering principles. Illustrated throughout. Near Fine in a Very Good edge-chipped dustjacket. Item #23930

First Edition. Walter Powell dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery set in New York City and concerning a hidden Chinese treasure. Very Good in Good dustjacket, lower spine end chipped almost an inch deep with an adjacent quarter sized chip at rear panel, other edges with occasional chipping. Item #12137

Oblong quarto measuring 10 x 12 inches. Ribbon-tied green cloth over stiff paper boards. Blind stamped with the Coat of Arms for the Kingdom of Hawaii on cover. Contains over 48 black and white toned gelatin silver print photographs measuring 2 by 4 inches. Snapshots and souvenir photo prints of Hawaiian landmarks, beach scenes, and architecture in Honolulu during WWII (possibly prior to Pearl Harbor). Item #31366

First Edition. Novel set during World War I involving the invasion of France through the eyes of soldiers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #35832

First Separate Edition. Short novel set amoung the iron mines of Pennsylvania. Near Fine in Very Good fragile thin-paper dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping to lower spine end and top rear panel. Item #20017