First Edition. New Hampshire set novel of a man returning from long travels and his brother, "a lovable, whimsical genius who has won national fame by rearing great skyscrapers in New York. Gil's gay and extravagant young second wife, whose life in Newport and New York and on the Riviera demands more money than he can afford..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #28435

First Edition. M. dustjacket art. Theater set murder mystery. Very uncommon. Near Fine but for darkening to top spine end, in Good only price-clipped dustjacket, two closed tears (several inches in length) at lower front panel, spine area a web of closed tears mended at verso with archival tape, inch chip at mid rear spine edge, chipped at spine ends. Item #39894

First Edition. Romance novel of young woman who thinks her life is over when her crush marries another. Near Fine in bright Near Fine dustjacket, few light scratches at rear panel. Item #15115

First Edition (or at the very least, the first Appleton printing, with '1' at last page). Tony Sarg dustjacket art. Uncommon thin book of conundrums. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping along top edge, some closed tears. Item #39825

First Edition. M. Stone dustjacket art. Ruck's only Bleiler listed fantasy novel of an old professor who delves into the mysteries of the fabled fountain of eternal youth and who turns the village old maid into a modern flapper. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some mild foxing, few short closed tears and tiny chips. Item #7162

First Edition. Political novel of the history of a fictional American president, raised by a Southern preacher "of the straight and narrow ante-bellum school... the little girls who first aroused his sense of erotic pleasure, and the bold little tart who lured him out at night to meet her down on the river bank, started a conflict between strong natural impulse and moral rectitude that tormented his whole life and colored his actions". Schwabacker wrote the screenplay for the first film appearance of Batman in 1943. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and few flap corners. Item #21408

First Edition. Diner fiction. Story of a young woman in a small town who, while working at her family's diner, falls in love with a young man she later finds out is married. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, in a Very Good dustjacket with two-inch closed tear and accompanying creases to lower edge of front panel mended with scotch tape at verso, light edge wear and small water staining to lower flap corners. Item #18606

First Edition. One of Seuss most entertaining books for first and second graders. Meets all first issue points as described in Younger and Hirsche bibliography. Near Fine bright copy with 'Good Wishes' greeting card pasted to front pastedown, in Near Fine dustjacket with yellow at spine faded, else crisp. Item #9746

First Edition. Fred Ludekens dustjacket art. Western novel of two sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, who resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire. Basis for the 1951 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker. Uncommon title. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with some light stains at flap edges and verso of panels, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #26642

First Edition and Advance Review Copy (in three small volumes). Unusual three small stiff-wrappers octavo volume set for 'advance reading by our friends in the book trade'. Novel of "Camila, the dark and lovely daughter of an Andalusian gipsy, the swaggering bandit and murderer, Lobo...On a drunken impulse, Richard Lovell, ostracized by London society for cheating at cards... buys the child, Camila." This intriguing novel of Gipsy life as throbbing with the nervous and fantastic gipsy music which stirs the senses and casts a spell. Very Good set, volume one suffers from a light stain to front cover and cracked front hinge, remnants of the publisher's box included. Item #25614

First Edition. "Modern Delilah who schemes to fascinate an immensely wealthy man who, in his turn, is willing to pretend to be her victim for certain subtly calculated reasons of his own. The resulting events are, however, very far from the original intentions of both plotters. Listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery. Near Fine but for foxed and soiled page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, some very shallow edge chips. Item #30721

Revised Edition. Tall octavo, original illustrated wrappers, 87 pages plus index. A contemporary ad for this book states: "American drinks: some new, some old, from buttermilk and ginger beer to whiskey punch. An effort is made to cover non alcoholic as well as alcoholic beverages. Even black coffee is included. The book has rubricated crossheads ornamented cover and a quaint format." Beginning in 1902, May E. Southworth wrote a series a cookbooks for Paul Elder, each containing one hundred and one recipes. Elder named the series “101 Epicurean Thrills”. They sold well and many were reprinted into the early 1910's. Very Good, numerous small closed tears along wrapper edges, some small edge chips, some loss at spine ends. Item #40650

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in wraps. Hollywood play of comedy and romance, set on a Hollywood motion picture studio. Very Good-Near Fine, spine a bit faded, minor shelf wear. Item #8910