First Edition. Perry Mason mystery novel which features a blackmailer and a couple of ice picks. This copy with nice inscription signed in full by Gardner at front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest shelf wear, few edge nicks. Item #23759

First Edition. C. C. dustjacket art. Secret Service spy thriller of aircraft secrets being sold to the highest bidder. Secret Service man Gilbert Larose tracks down his quarry. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at edges, dime sized chip at lower spine end, soiling to rear panel. Item #23811

First Edition. Kahlil Gibran dustjacket art and illustrations. Collection of aphorisms, poems, and parables by this Syrian philosopher. Near Fine in better than Good dustjacket, some chipping at front flap edge (with some partial splitting), some shallow loss at top front panel, chip at mid spine and loss at top spine end. Item #39451

Early Edition. Novel of an Aunt Agatha, who "sinned mournfully in an earnest age. What really ruined poor Aunt Agatha was not a fall from virtue, but Victorian psychology". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #15655

Early Printing, copyright date of 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Co. F. C. Gordon illustrations. Presumed 19th Century printing of Goldsmith's famous play. Uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good, pages with mild moisture wave, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at top spine end and top rear panel, closed tears at edges. Item #32539

Early Reprint Edition. E. dustajcket art. Murder and a historic object, 'The Hundred Knives' is investigated by Scotland Yard's Inspector Slade. Scarce in any edition. Very Good, lower fore-edge corners of covers dampstained, in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at edges, hints of some stains to panels. Item #34172

Later Printing. Small octavo, red cloth stamped in silver, 142 pages. This copy signed by Haimo at front endpaper. An uncommon signature. Introduction states: "The professional barman has many obligations to the public. Courtesy, cleanliness, restrictions on smoking, drinking, etc. these you all know about. One obligation, however, of equal importance, many of you tend to forget: that a drink should be the same all over the country. Clearly what is needed is some standard for drink-mixing, some way to prepare drinks in similar fashion from state to state and region to region." Book based on the private notes of Oscar Haimo, Maitre de Bar - Hotel Pierre and President of the International Bar Manager's Association. Nearly Very Good, page 63 with three inch closed tear to page, mild crack at title page. Item #34734

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

First Edition. John R. Neill frontispiece. "The first big love story to come out of the war zone - founded on fact more strange, more powerful than fiction. The author, Lt. Credo Harris, stationed in France with the International Red Cross is a Kentuckian. His story starts with the entrance of America into the war and ends on the firing line of France. A very uncommon World War One novel to be found in original illustrated dustjacket. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends, modest shelf wear. Item #32704

First Benziger Edition, first published by Duffield. Rare Hubin listed murder mystery and grand estate who-dunnit. Near Fine but for previous owner name stamp at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at top spine end and flap corners. Item #20440

First Edition. Mystery author's very scarce first book. Novel intended to wake up feminists to those of the female sex who trade on their womanhood to get their way and subdue weak men. A portrayal of a woman who only wants to be considered to have done everything for the best and for what was correct no matter the consequences to those around her, including her children. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, lower half of front spine edge split, dime sized chip at top rear panel. Item #34866

First Edition. Novel of a young 'High Society' girl who falls for a Vermont farmer just returned from the war, and who weds him "while under the spell of his novelty". When she discovers that she hardly knows her new husband "Lola gritted her teeth and set about learning to be a farmerette." Scarce Gramercy published war-time novel. Very Good, drug store stamp at front and rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #15549

Second Printing (one month after first). Galdone dustjacket art. British intelligence mystery concerning naval warfare. Very Good, foxing at top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening at spine, small chip at top panel. Item #35818