76. Unchanging Quest. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1926).
First Edition. Novel of Russian life after the revolution. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips, few pieces of scotch tape at verso of jacket. Item #23992
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77. White Eagles, A Story of 1812. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1929.
First Edition. Harold Brett dustjacket art. Historical adventure novel of Napoleon's campaign in Russia, "and of the little group sent forward as spies ahead of the French army". Very Good, light stain to front cover, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some light stains and soiling to panels, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, piece of scotch tape at top front flap corner. Item #22798
78. Missouri Legend. New York: Random House, (1938).
First Edition. A Play about Jesse James and his brothers. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with age toning to spine and edges. Item #16115
79. Fidelity. Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., (1915).
First Edition. 'The devotion of a young girl to the lover whose urgent need of her makes her loyalty to him self sacrifice of a peculiarly poignant kind'. Glaspell was one of the founders of the Provincetown Players in 1915 as well as the Provincetown Playhouse. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1931. An uncommon novel. Very Good, few pages with some pencil underlining and notations, in Good dustjacket, few nickel sized chips and wear. Item #37489
80. Store of Ladies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1927.
First Edition. John Austin dustjacket art. Novel of a young boxer who is brought into the fashionable world by a rich widow. Great Austin dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at lower spine end, few inch chip at lower rear panel. Item #23808
81. Tomorrow the World. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1943.
First Edition. World War Two themed play in which a child, distorted by the perversity of Nazi Germany, is brought to America to live. The play was a popular Broadway success. Basis for the 1944 Leslie Fenton directed film starring Fredric March and Betty Field. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips, top spine end with shallow chipping, lower spine end with horseshoe shaped closed tear mended at verso. Item #12131
82. Air Stewardess [ FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOVEL ]. New York: Gramercy Publishing Co, (1938).
First Edition. Very scarce aviation themed romance and mystery novel of a young woman who finds solace from heartbreak on land as a flight attendant in the air. She foils a spy ring with the help of the pilot. Uncommon. Found in Kathleen Barry's Femininity in Flight, A History of Flight Attendants. Good only, rather shelf worn, with boards showing at some edges, lending library stamps at endpapers, papertape mends at inner hinges, in better than Good dustjacket that has been trimmed at upper edge, some tape along edges of verso. Item #40892
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83. Debutante in Uniform. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1938.
First Edition. Humorous romance novel of rich man's will which stipulates that his daughter can only inherit his fortune if she finds a job as a domestic servant for two months. "When a debutante becomes a parlor maid, and a poor young man has to bring off a rich marriage to save a beautiful English estate, the telling is bound to make a captivating story". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some edge wear, few nicks and light rubbing at spine ends and flap corners. Item #6849
84. Exiled to Heaven [CAMPER FICTION] [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. New York: Robert Speller, (1938).
First Edition stated. Robert Benney dustjacket art. Early 'camper' fiction in which three destitute New Yorkers turn a delivery truck into a house and travel cross country. Uncommon title in this increasing collectible genre. Nicely inscribed and signed by Grey at front free endpaper. Very Good, modest cocking, in Good but rather edge chipped dustjacket. Item #29083
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85. Heartache. [RADIO NOVEL]. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (1932).
First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Uncommon radio themed romance novel of female radio singer caught in a tragic love triangle. Near Fine, contemporary owner inscription at front free endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12444
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86. Heartache. [RADIO NOVEL]. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1932).
True First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. Uncommon radio themed romance novel of female radio singer caught in a tragic love triangle. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks and mild wear. Item #31423
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87. The Man Without a Country. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1925).
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox film, directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Hearn, Pauline Starke, and Lucy Beaumont. Civil War allegory intended to promote the Union Cause, the story of an army lieutenant tried for treason and exiled to spend the rest of his life at sea. Near Fine in a Very good plus dustjacket, with few inch scratch to rear panel. Item #19375
88. Your Life Lies Before You. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1935).
First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. Novel of a Midwestern river town and tangled lives of a violin player, composer, and his daughter. Great Politzer dustjacket art of a steamship. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small stain at top spine end. Item #25687
89. Merrivale and Fossiter, A Memory Between Two Worlds. London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd, [1934].
First Edition. Youngman Carter dustjacket art. "The eternal and inevitable conflict that is produced in life between the dreamer and the man of action, the poetic and the materialistic nature, the sensitive and the insensitive spirit." Nearly Very Good, some cloth wear and soiling, in (presumably married to) Very Good dustjacket, some loss at top flap edge, top edge with trimmed appearance, possibly proof that has been cut down. Item #29703
90. To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937.
First Edition. Neely dustjacket art. Hemingway's classic novel of a Caribbean gun runner which served as the basis for the 1944 Howard Hawks directed film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in their first pairing roles. Almost Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, some nicking and wear, some creases, with two small green stains at upper mid spine. Item #35752
91. The Great Offensive. New York: Harrison Smith and Haas, 1933.
First American Edition. Novel concerning Russia's social experiment, the beginning of the second Five Year Plan, intended to make Russia "industrially independent of the rest of the world". Boldly signed by Hindus at title page. Very Good, lacking dustjacket. Item #17625
92. Miasma. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1929).
Fourth Printing, same month as First. 'A macabre mystery in which the author presents a shuddering aspect of Medicine'. Very Good in Good dustjacket, fading at spine, chipped at top spine end and top rear panel, soiling to panels. Item #37306
93. Peter Rabbit at the Circus. New York: Cupples and Leon Company. (1921).
First Edition. Illustrated by Richard Hudson. Scarce Peter Rabbit rendition by Hudson. This copy in original dustjacket. Good copy, with bright binding but with minor abrasions to some page margins where dampness must have at one time adhered pages to one another, few signatures a bit shaken, in Good plus dustjacket with minor edge wear and nicks, mild signs of dampstaining to panels. Item #11562
94. Street of the Malcontents and Other Stories. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1927).
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
95. The Amethyst Cross. London: Cassell and Co, 1909.
First Edition. Mystery novel. Very Good pictorial cloth binding with bumping to spine ends and corners,general shelf wear, and scattered pages with faint pencil under lineing. Item #15860
96. The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse. New York: A.L. Burt Co., (1918).
Early Photoplay Edition, with colorized still from the film at front dustjacket panel. This copy with no plug for the film at dustjacket or title page, no other stills bound in. Near Fine in Very Good plus bright dustjacket with only minor wear to top spine end. Item #13407
97. The Intruder (El Intruso). New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1928).
First Edition stated. H. R. dustjacket art. Novel of "Biscayan life, founded on the sudden discovery of great mineral wealth and the terrible struggle to gain it which took place between immigrant Spanish newcomers, mostly anti-clericals, and the members of the Jesuit order". Great dustjacket artwork. Near Fine but for contemporary bookplate at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket with few small edge chips and light wear. Item #32684
98. The Country of the Pointed Firs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1896.
First Edition, Second Issue. A series of character studies in a small Maine town that had once been a prosperous whaling village, recounting stories of or from a few of its inhabitants. Most of the stories are those of the town’s women, left widowed or single by the dangers that befell sailors in particular but late 19th century life in general. Regarded at her best work. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners. Item #37351
99. The World I Live In. New York: The Century Co., 1908.
First Edition. Sequel to author’s first autobiography, and considered a more personal account of the author’s reality as an (exceptionally gifted) deaf and blind young woman, with the provocative argument of language as her medium to experience a complete range of senses. Very Scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine with pen ownership inscription to front inside cover, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket but for splitting along rear flap edge, four inch closed tear to rear panel near spine edge, some dampstaining to front panel, shallow chips and closed tears to edges. Item #18971
100. The Happy Isle. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1923.
First Edition. John Alonzo Williams illustrations. Something of a crime novel missed by Hubin (2001 edition) of a millionaire's kidnapped son, and how he grows up without the advantages he would have had. Near Fine in Very Good plus bright dustjacket, with few tiny chips. Item #9636
