First Edition. Carroll Snell dustjacket art. Author's first novel, of youth's revolt against the narrow religious tyranny. "Naomi is driven from home by her fanatical father, and seeks self realization in dancing... In the desert she finds her inspiration in the mystic whirling of the sand spirals, which she incorporates and symbolizes in the dance which she creates." This copy inscribed and signed by Hamlin at front free endpaper in 1931 to fellow author, Anna Blake Mezquida, poet most famous for her work, A-Gypsying. Hamlin refers to her as "co-writer" in his inscription and may possibly indicate that Mezquida did some writing for this book and was not just an inspiration for the novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #17231

Firt Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the film starring Blanche Sweet. "Tess of the d'Urbervilles is generally regarded as Hardy's finest novel. A brilliant tale of seduction, love, betrayal, and murder, Tess of the d'Ubervilles yields to narrative convention by punishing Tess's sin, but boldly exposes this standard denouement of unforgiving morality as cruelly unjust." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, nickel sized chip at top rear panel. Item #34957

Third Edition. George Varian dustjacket art and illustrations. Adventure novel set to the backdrop of the slave trade. Near Fine, with small abrasion to black image of front cover, in scarce Very Good Plus dustjacket, only shallow wear to spine ends and edges, with dime sized burgundy stain to rear panel and accompanying soiling, and shallow nibbling along one inch of rear panel edge. Item #24255

First Edition. Dorothy Owen dustjacket art. "Something new in detective fiction. A man is found dead. Medical examination shows that the man was shot after he was dead. Why?" Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, modest soiling. Item #37296

First Edition. Romance novel. "When Reuben Remington, on his last day at the office before he went off on a well deserved vacation, helped a fainting stenographer to the hospital, he had no idea what he was letting himself in for". Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #25133

First Edition, in dustjacket with 'Second Edition' plug at spine. An uncommon Joseph Hocking novel in which a man is given a year to live by his doctor and who decides to spend this time in a small Cornish village. Hocking was a Cornish novelist and United Methodist Free Church minister. Near Fine but for a light stain to front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, some edge chips and wear. Item #26869

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. Very Good, innocuous previous owner stamp exhorting borrowers to return book after 5 days at front pastedown and front endpaper, some foxing to page edges, top fore-edge of pages with area of minute loss to corners, in scarce Very Good illustrated dustjacket, printed slightly shorter than the book as was the practice with Dillingham, with soiling, shallow spine end chips, few inch closed tear at lower rear spine edge. Item #20869

First Edition. Author's second book, a collection of poetry. This copy with short hand written letter by Houghton (and signed by him) in envelope laid in. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #26780

First Edition. Simple ruminates on the recurrence of house rent parties in Harlem, the need for housing, labor conditions, the segregation issue. His encounters with Puerto Ricans, the Atom Bomb, TV, his alcoholic cousin Minnie..." This copy nicely signed and inscribed by Hughes at front endpaper in 1959. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, faded at spine, some small chips and light stains. Item #37345

First Edition. A likely candidate for being an actual First American edition of this mystery title, with purple cloth, with ad for title published in 1901 at rear. Very Good bright and tight copy, spine modestly faded, flecking to lettering at spine, front cover illustration still bright. Item #17161

First Edition. Author’s first book published in America. Mystery thriller involving a journalist on vacation in Cornwall and his discovery of a wartime secret. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends, shallow edge wear. Item #18828

First Edition. Bird dustjacket art and E. Jep illustrations. Short collection of humorous stories including tales of casino gambling, golfing, skiing, cricket, yachting, hunting, skating, and ice yachting. Near Fine, in Good only edge chipped dustjacket, split along front spine edge, closed tear across front panel. Item #25278

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