First Edition. Theatrical comedy play set in a high-school, illustrated with scenes from the Broadway production featuring Ezra Stone. Basis for the 1939 Paramount Pictures' black and white talking film, directed by Theodore Reed and starring Jackie Cooper, Betty Field and John Howard. First of a series of films featuring Goldsmith's Henry Aldrich character, a lovable but mischievous schoolboy. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at top rear panel. Item #15439

First Edition. Epic novel of the First World War and of a veteran turned social activist. Fabulous unsigned three tone art deco dustjacket illustration of two soldiers on the front line. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and edge wear. Item #32341

First Edition. T. G. Greene dustjacket art and illustrations. Octavo. "Thirty stories, all authentic history, many seldom told before, gleaned from the original sources - law reports, forgotten newspapers, official documents, dispatches, missionary accounts, ships' logs, and general record." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #23032

First Edition Thus, Pirated Edition, Once A Week Library. Original printed wrappers. The last of Haggard's titles to be pirated in America, this copy dated at front wrap July 1, 1891. A scarce title to be found in original wrappers. Near Fine in wrappers. Item #21488

First Edition. Triggs dustjacket art. Uncommon newspaper themed novel of a disillusioned ex-reporter who returns to his native New England town to find that the political machine has infiltrated the only newspaper, and the protagonist is compelled to start a competing paper, even if it was scandal rag. Compared to Front Page at front flap. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, light shelf wear, small chip at lower front panel. Item #16698

First Edition. Nashoba, Ohio set novel concerning workers who strike at a factory resulting in the death of the owner. Hatcher was the director of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio, helping to oversee the production of various regional guides, and he was also the editor of The Ohio Guide. Very scarce. Near Fine in Very Good attractive dustjacket. Item #35386

Souvenir Photo Album, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 professionally produced souvenir book circa 1880. Nine 4 x 6 sepia toned photographs mounted on heavy (card-stock quality) pages. Scenes from Wilkesbarre, PA late 1800's. Photos by photographer Loudolph (Louis) Hensel, whose photography business was renown in Pennsylvania from 1876 until his death in 1927. Original grosgrain ribbon still attached at front of book, but ribbon not intact through all pages. Leaves (and ribbon holes intact) although some leaves detached. This souvenir book shows scenes circa 1880: horse drawn carts and carriages, prominent local buildings, and other sites of Wilkesbarre, PA including: Susquehanna River, Steamboats, Ladies in White, The Coal Exchange. Each photo is captioned. Photo of Wyoming Monument is not surrounded by a cast iron fence which suggests the photo was taken prior to 1890; clothing also suggests circa 1880. These photographs predate the fire that destroyed Hensel's photographic studio: "Tragedy struck the town of Hawley on July 19, 1897 when a spreading fire destroyed almost an entire block. Several Main Avenue businesses burned, including Hensel's photographic studio. Adding to the loss, not only to Hensel but to the generations, was his collection of glass plates taken up to that time." One copy on WorldCat located at Harvard. Item #31353

Second Edition. Preceded by an Essay on the Violin and its Position as a Musical Instrument. Original decorative red cloth. Possibly published later than 1885, given the condition of book and jacket, perhaps a turn of the century printing (with stamped "30/- nett" price at front flap). Photographic frontispiece, numerous illustrations, including three fold-out illustrations of various violins, including a Stradivarius model. Near Fine in attractive dustjacket. Item #29530

First Edition. Original illustrated cloth. Very Good plus tight copy, small name impression at title page, light shelf wear and only modest flecking to cover illustrations. Item #8300

First Edition. Signed and Inscribed. Signed under photographic at frontis, inscribed at front free endpaper. Limited edition of 100 copies, this one numbered 82. Rare, only three library holdings on WorldCat. Collection of poems, most of which were previously published in magazines and newspapers; as a book, it was intended “only for presentation to friends and relatives.” Octavo, stiff paper boards, printed paper title label to front cover. Good plus, clean and readable text, with front cover detached but present, spine removed to webbing, wear to edges and lower spine corner of rear panel torn one inch with crease. Item #19364

First Edition. M. Leone Bracker illustrations. Third in author’s trilogy on America, other volumes being “54-40 or Fight,” and “Purchase Price.” This volume was criticized as being propaganda for liberal Republicans and Democrats, because of its condemnation of protective tariffs and its consistently negative portrayal of money-driven characters. Near Fine in a Very Good plus ,scarce dustjacket, few short closed tears and shallow nicks. Item #19861

Third Printing. Salter dustjacket art. Author's very scarce first book. Set during the years of 1929 and 1942. "Drawing on his own boyhood, Huie gives the reader a detailed account of rural life and race relations in the Tennessee Valley in the early years of this century, including a vivid picture of college life at The University of Alabama during the Great Depression. Through a careful weaving of characters and events, fact and fiction, Huie’s novel captures the tumultuous times before World War II in the urban South, times of social unrest and testing of new political ideologies." Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #35683