First Edition. Originally published serially as ‘The Man of the Family.” Depression Era coming of age story of a young man in the Midwest. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket but for light wear to spine ends and rear flap corners lightly bumped. Item #19944
Third American Edition. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Novel of contemporary upper class European life. Very Good, modest edge and surface wear to binding. Item #16142
Second Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 7 by 4 1/2 inches, 36 pages. Fabulously color illustrated (by Thom) cocktail recipe guide with such mixtures as Red Lion, Marny, Scotch Mist, Macnish Smash, Alouette, Old Sport, Breezy etc. Very Good. Item #35552
First Edition. “A comedy in three acts translated by Charles Recht from the German.” Drama by German writer, editor and publisher who gained popularity through his exaggerated description of the Bavarian workday, his plays, especially 'Moral' reflecting elements of folk theater. Very Good with some wear to edges in a Very Good dustjacket, modestly edge-chipped with spine darkened. Item #18355
First Edition. Chas K. Stevens dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an international confidence game which worked successfully on a gib oil and real estate man from California, invited to Spain and seeing a chance to recover lost fortunes. Very Good in a Good to Very Good dustjacket with edge chipping and short closed tears and chipping to edges, light soiling to white of panels, spine darkened and dime sized abrasion to surface of lower spine. Item #18405
Early Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, octavo, 192 pages. Torelli was the bartender at the Winter Palace of Nice. Fabulous Jazz Age cocktail recipe guide from France. Frontis photo of author behind the bar at the Winter-Palace in Nice. Cocktail recipes of the 1920’s Speakeasy genre, likely imported to Europe by vacationing Americans and writers. Several Aldo and Winter-Palace titled recipes. Very Good. Item #32755
First Edition, Uncorrected Proof with review slip laid in. Author’s fourth novel, set in Istanbul and Anatolia and involving an aging, alcoholic former professor and television interviewer. Octavo, original illustrated orange, white and black wraps. Near Fine but for spine bit wrinkled. Item #19552
First Edition. Contemporary romance novel of a young woman’s loyalty to her mother. Near Fine with some foxing to pages and discreet ownership sticker to front free endpaper, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, only slightly soiled with shallow loss to spine ends and flap corners. Item #19951
First Edition stated. Paul Laune dustjacket art. Murder on the day of the Garden Club Flower Show. And it was up to that hardboiled flower lover, Sergeant Gridley of the State Police to solve the crime. Uncommon title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket but for inch sized chip at lower spine end. Item #29046
First Edition. Mystery novel of a New York City lady killer by the author of The Trial of Mary Dugan. Near Fine in attractive almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #31473
Early Edition. Vico cover art. Original illustrated wrappers, 53/4 by 4 1/2 inches, 76 pages, side stapled. Uncommon collection of cocktail recipes used as a promotion for the Bar La Florida. The bar was a favorite of Hemingway. This copy signed by Constantino Ribalaigua Vert, the famous bartender of El Floridita, in 1951, one year before his death. Constantino came to be known as el rey de los coteleros, or the cocktail king of Cuba. He invented over 200 drinks, most famously for his variations of the Daiquiri. A very scarce autograph. Very Good, some wear to wrappers. Item #32743
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First Edition. "Dr. Laffin, diabolical and unscrupulous master of a secret society, whose membership divides a yearly prize". Dustjacket art by Gene. Very Good, some smudges to cloth in Near Fine or Fine, very attractive dustjacket (no doubt stored separate from the book for 86 years). Item #29164
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original printed wrappers. Bleiler listed fantasy title of death personified and basis for the1939 black and white film starring Lionel Barrymore and Cedric Hardwicke. Very Good in wraps. Item #26099
First Edition. Stuart Boyle dustjacket art and illustrations. Short novel set in southern California, "that region, where all men are displaced persons". Basis for the 1965 film directed by Tony Richardson, screenplay by Terry Southern, and starring Robert Morse, Milton Berle, James Coburn, Liberace, John Gielgud, Dana Andrews, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowell, and Jonathan Winters. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, top spine end chipped inch deep. Item #23203
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Fleming Stone detective mystery novel. "Was dynamic Robert Allenby murdered by one of his three business associates?" Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some minor wrinkling and soiling to spine. Item #27055
First Edition. E. C. Caswell wraparound dustjacket art. Novel by prolific American writer and poet, and wife of Hadwin Houghton, the heir to the Houghton-Mifflin company. Wells was the collector of much American poetry, and bequeathed her rare and extensive Walt Whitman collection to the Library of Congress. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #31103
First Edition. H. C. Ireland illustrations. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. Very Good, modest shelf wear. Item #26217
First Edition. M. V. Lee dustjacket art. Aviation adventure novel intended for young adults by this author best known for his hard-boiled detective fiction. Very Good-Near Fine tight and bright copy with few minor cloth frays, in dustjacket with publisher's bookmark still attached at front flap, some edge chipping, dime sized chip at lower spine end, top spine end with uneven chipping about a half inch deep, silver dollar sized chip to top front panel. Item #9676
Early Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt decoration and decorative dustjacket. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, some staining at lower front panel, inch chip at lower spine end. Item #37317
First Edition. Hastain dustjacket art. Attractive omnibus edition which includes the following books: The Man with the Clubfoot, The Return of Club Foot, The Crouching Beast, and The Gold Comfit Box. Near Fine, some foxing to spine cloth, in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, few nicks and signs of edge wear. Item #23560
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Universal Jewel Production starring Reginald Denny. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends, half dollar sized chip at lower front panel. Item #22252
First Edition. Boxing Novel. Story of a prize fighting New York City taxi driver. Very Good but for pages with modest stain to top outer fore-edge corner, in a Very Good dustjacket with light staining to top corner of front panel of dustjacket and fore edge area of rear panel. Item #18750
First Edition. Adventure and romance novel set in Mexico by this accomplished mystery author. Very Good, couple of small areas of discoloration at front cover, some foxing to front endpapers and few early pages, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some chipping at spine ends and front panel edges, small internal chip at mid front panel, few light small stains at front panel. Item #25909
First Edition. L. D. dustjacket art. "Fate turns a professor of entomology into a proprietor of a large hotel on the Riviera, and Cinders, a maid of all work in a Pimlico boarding house, becomes his lady factotum". Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #30725
First Edition, Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Sandro Girard dustjacket art. This copy inscribed and signed "S. Y." to "I. M. P." believed to be Isabel Mary Paterson, founder of the Libertarian Party and author of The God of the Machine. Collection of short stories dealing with the American South. Near Fine in very attractive Near Fine dustjacket. Item #20076
