First Edition. Murder mystery featuring a famous explorer, lecturer and writer. A blustering man with a tropical fever. A scarce title, especially signed, as the author's autograph is not often found. This copy nicely signed and inscribed by author at dedication page. Near Fine but for bumped edge at top rear cover, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners. Item #29713

Later Printing. Scarce volume. Translated from the Russian by Herman Bernstein. Early work by prolific Russian and Soviet writer and founder of the Socialist realism literary method. Very Good with front inner hinge cracked with webbing torn at lower two inches of hinge, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and cloth somewhat soiled, in near Very Good dustjacket, but for large crease with tears across length of front panel, mended with tape to verso, few small chips to spine and flap edges. Item #24510

First Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the theatrical play. Extremely scarce novelization of Maugham's play produced at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1909, directed by Dion Boucicault and starring Marie Lohr, and later Irene Vanbrugh and Robert Loraine. The play was originally published in 1913 by William Heinemann and Dramatic Publishing (in Chicago). Smith deals with colonial society and a man who falls in love with a parlor maid. Maugham is listed as co-author on spine and front panel of dustjacket but not the title page. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, half dollar sized chip at lower rear panel. Item #28486

First Edition. Interesting novel written in the form of an autobiography of the Jewish God of the Old Testament. "Molded by man he rises only so high as man will let him. The vast sweep of history from the days of Abraham down to Hitler and the coronation of George VI of England in 1937 is portrayed as seen by Yahweh himself, the chief Actor in the dramatic episodes that have shaped the modern world". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end and few edges, some wear and short closed tears. Item #22970

First Edition. H. Gilmore dustjacket art. Uncommon aviation themed adventure of a young man who takes up daredevil and test-flight flying when he fails his army examination. "In a magnificent test-flight he proves that his eccentric grandfather was an inventor far in advance of his times". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with foxing to verso and flaps, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21441

First Edition. Illustrated with photographic stills from the theatrical production. "A pair of silk stockings, used to tie up a burglar's legs, bring an estranged wife and her husband together. How Sam Thornhill learns all about a rival; how a burglar is caught in his wife's room, is securely bound and then disappears; how an idyllic romance is shattered because a burglar cannot be found; and how the romance is restored, and two pair of lovers made happy at last, are episodes in a story that goes lightly from farcical situation to another". The theatrical version ran on Broadway at the Little Theatre for 223 performances and starred Barabra Allen, Caroline Bayley and Kenneth Douglas. Rare teens romance to be found in original illustrated dustjacket. Almost Near Fine, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, modest signs of wear. Item #23936

Early Edition, volume one of The Complete Works (in 13 volumes) edited by George Parsons Lathrop. Octavo, original red cloth, etching frontis, gilt top page edge, printed dustjacket. Almost certainly a 19th Century dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #32643

First Edition. Bip Pares dustjacket art. An unusual novel about champion bronco and rodeo riders, "the gypsylike wanderings of the riders from Salinas to Calgary. In the words of the Stampede announcer, See the West, folks, and Grey Sage coming out of Chute Number One on Widow Maker". The modern West where rodeos have replaced the round-up and dude ranches cater to Eastern visitors. Grey Sage had always wanted to own a homestead and be a real part of the great rangeland but, discouraged with the lonely struggle, he drifted to the annual Stampede at Arapahoe and overnight found himself a champion bronc rider. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at lower spine end and top rear panel. Item #29695

First Edition, Advance Review Copy slip laid in. Quarto. Illustrated by Lionard Weisgard. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with few short closed tears, original price at flap. Item #20731

First American Edition, in dustjacket with "Second Edition" plug at front panel. Scarce 19th Century illustrated dustjacket. Short novel of a high-living Anglican priest. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few spots to front panel. Item #25071

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Selznick Production starring Bert Lytell and Adolphe Menjou. Very Good, some soiling to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #23670

First Edition. Uncommon Louisiana bayou set novel of an ancient Creole plantation- Point Noir. Near Fine in Very Good or Near Fine dustjacket. Item #13664

First Edition. Author's second book. Murder mystery set inside a private men's social club. Almost Near Fine, couple of tiny cloth tears at upper spine end, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end. Item #30695