First Edition. Very scarce title. 'Southern New England, a town once rich and pungent with the slave, rum and molasses trade; romantic with the arrival and departure of cargo laden ships'. Near Fine but for 'Sample Copy' stamped at page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chipping. Item #34912

First Edition stated. "A kaleidoscopic picture of modern New York," concerning a musician and his daughter. "Around these two revolve suitors, relatives, musicians". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips and edge wear. Item #27007

Presumed First Trade Edition after Limited Edition, no printing statement. Carl Bertsch dustjacket art. Uncommon novel of a relationship dealing with the Depression. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #37274

Third Printing. Novel of two brothers who are very close due to the fact the elder is blind and the younger one is his "eyes", are torn apart when a young woman they both fall for arrives on the scene. Very Good plus with mild soiling in Very Good dustjacket with spine faded and with mild foxing/soiling, rear panel with age toning and short closed tear to top front edge. Item #14854

Presumed First Prose Edition despite 'Published, September 1908' at copyright page, and 1909 date at title page. The story was first copyrighted as a play and this present edition is prose. Bleiler listed collection of short stories. Dustjacket features photograph from the Maxine Elliott's Theatre production. Near Fine but for light newspaper shadow at title page in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some smaller edge nicks and short closed tears. Item #32334

First Edition. C. H. Taffs dustjacket art and illustrations. Contemporary women's studies novel, in which a young wife of a "New York business man, [who] has wealth, beauty, sensibility, and - at first - ideals, but the growing need of mental excitement and emotional stimulus which her life of idle luxury creates, leads her farther and farther into a world where the one aim is to seek amusement." Near Fine, foxing to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, narrow chip at mid-rear spine edge, some foxing to spine area. Item #17353

First Edition. Somewhat satirical novel involving a professor who looks more like a prize-fighter than a scholar, and his misadventures during his summer job as a tutor for an unscholarly young man and his girlfriend. Very Good but for old Maine lending library bookplate at front pastedown, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, signs of wear, shallow chipping at edges. Item #41173

Early American Edition. Octavo, original green cloth, with blind stamped and gilt decorations on front and rear covers and spine. "Love of animals, imagination about animals, the placing of anthropomorphic words in their mouths, is the prevailing whim of the English, and The Jungle Books, for that reason, have brought joy and enthusiasm to many a heart. Mowgli, the wolf-child, and wolf-reared children are true things. Baloo, and Bagheera and Kaa are not only household words in our nurseries and school-rooms, they are the wisdom of the ages and the pleasure of the hour in the studies and boudoirs of the parents. Rikki-tikki-Tavi is supreme in the hearts of our old ladies. Toomai of the Elephants is sheer Kheddah lore. A great mastering of the wild forest and its fauna, of the aboriginal folk whom Jan Chinn controlled, is herein displayed, a lore before which the scientist will bow down." [ George MacMunn, in Rudyard Kipling, Craftsman]. Uncommon in early 1905 issued dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, some darkening to spine. Item #29116

First Edition. Jules Cotlieb dustjacket art. Western novel of a temperamental woman who travels from the East to Texas and changes everything around her. Near Fine in Bright Very Good plus dustjacket with small chip to lower spine end. Item #16036

First Edition. Collection Of Short Stories. Near Fine in Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket. Item #20008

First Edition. Large Octavo, original illustrated boards and dustjacket. Rare Harold Lentz designed and illustrated pop-up children's book. Contains four stories, with one pop-up illustration per story: "Jack the Giant Killer", "Jack and the Bean-Stalk", "Little Red Riding Hood", and "Sleeping Beauty". All four pop-ups are intact and in working order. Very Good to Near Fine attractive tightly bound copy, pop-ups in Very Good condition, last illustration with tiny tear, in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, with only modest wear and usual darkening to spine. Item #16055

First Edition. Gene dustjacket art. House of terrors whose master had 'talents that bordered on the supernatural'. Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, some foxing to panels, small chip and abrasions to front spine edge. Item #40815