First Edition. "A tragic and moving story of the coming of a great sorrow into two lives, and of the differing effects it had upon two diverse natures linked together in marriage. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, four inch closed tear and accompanying creases at lower front panel. Item #21277

First Edition. Romance novel of a young woman who discovers her lost family. "Lovely Jane Scarlett, an orphan entirely alone in the world, works as a sales girl in a department store. Audrey, for her part, is drawn to the girl behind the counter, and at dinner that evening she mentions Jane's name to her family. Audrey's brother Kent, is immediately interested. The law firm of which he is a member has been searching unsuccessfully for a person known as Jane Scarlett for some time." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #22549

First Edition. Archie Gunn and Charles Grunwald illustrations. Adventurous romance novel of a young woman who finds herself shipwrecked on a deserted island with a man who detests women as much as she detests men. Basis for the 1919 black and white silent film, The Isle of Conquest, directed by Edward Jose and starring Norma Talmadge in her 23rd feature film. Fine in scarce Near Fine illustrated dustjacket, printed slightly shorter than the book as was the practice with Dillingham. Item #8832

First Edition. Adventurous novel of the great American circus and the romance of the lion-tamer and his equestrienne wife. Near Fine, in Very Good plus dustjacket, sticker price abrasion at lower front panel. Item #17408

First Edition. Bleiler listed story collection, including fantasy titles replete with witchcraft, vampires and Atlantis. "Each story represents a facet of Cyril Hume's many sided personality and to read them all in turn is to get an effect of flashing light". Near Fine in Good or better dustjacket with square inch sized chip at top spine end, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, few shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #26624

First Edition. London set romance novel. "Robin Downs fell madly in love with Brenda. She was seductively beautiful, sophisticated, rich - and married. He was little more than a boy, inexperienced with women, sensitive". Very Good, some paper residue from verso of jacket flap at front pastedown, in Good only dustjacket, with remnants of paper tape at verso, chipped at spine ends and flap corner, small chip at mid-spine. Item #24819

First Edition. Small oblong octavo, original illustrated boards. Uncommon toy book for children with four stiff board pages, each with a squeeze toy, and cut out in top right corner to reveal a clock on the inside back cover. Front cover with a small window which reveals the same clock. No publisher information other than 'printed in Japan' and 'GA' for the company name. This copy unique for retaining the original illustrated cardboard box to house the book. An unusual survivor of the decades. Very Good, small abrasion at front cover, in Very Good box, general wear to corners and edges. Item #15799

First Edition. Large Octavo, original blue cloth with orange illustrations and black lettering to front cover and spine, "richly illustrated" with author's photographs, full page black and white plates, scarce in original illustrated dustjacket. Travel writing by author who brought high powered cameras to British East Africa to capture rare nature footage. Near Fine with spine somewhat loose, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping to spine area and flap edges, few short closed tears and some creasing. Item #24545

First American Edition. Volume two of two only. Widely known classic in the field of aesthetics, in which he codified the Lockian "ideal presence.” Includes chapters on Perceptions and Ideas, Emotions and Passions, Beauty, Grandeur and Sublimity, Novelty, Congenity and Propriety, Dignity and Grace, Ridicule, Wit, Custom and Habit, Sentiments, Language of Passion, Beauty of Language, Epic and Dramatic Compositions, Gardening and Architecture. Full Leather, gilt lettering to spine stamp, gilt spine bands, original endpapers. Good plus with wear to leather at edges spine ends, modest wear to surface with some insect damage and scratches, bookplate to inside cover mostly gone, foxing to pages and page ends darkened. Item #18407

First Edition. Max Jaediker dustjacket art. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at lower spine end. Item #32857

First Edition in Reprint dustjacket. Tunis dust jacket artwork. Novel about an office man hitting the road with his stenographer. Author of Ladies in Hades. Near Fine in Very Good plus reprint Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket with general shelf wear. Item #15010

First Edition. Adventure story of two youngsters of different families involved in a 70 year feud, who took the law into their own hands to protect their heritage rather than fight one another. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with few inch deep or less closed tears to edges, shallow chipping to spine ends and cover corners, modest crease to rear panel and some light surface wear. Item #18369