First Photoplay Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the First National Picture. Near Fine, some spotting to top page edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, extremely shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners. Item #6275

First Edition. Scarce Bleiler listed fantasy title by this obscure publisher, of a scientific and mystical adventure. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with small chip to mid spine and general shelf wear. Item #15968

Entirely New and Revised Edition. Original yellow wrappers (printed in black and red), 130 pages, 7 by 4 1/2 inches. Full title continues: "Containing Clear and Reliable Directions For Mixing All The Beverages Used In The United States, Together With The Most Popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish Recipes; Embracing Punches, Juleps, Cobblers, Etc., Etc., In Endless Variety. By Jerry Thomas, Formerly Principal Bar-Tender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planters' House, St. Louis." Jerry Thomas and publishers Dick & Fitzgerald introduced the first cocktail mixing guide in America in 1864 bound with Schultz' Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials which is dropped for this edition. This third edition is notable for containing numerous cocktails that gained popularity in the 1880's and for its inclusion of the Martinez, recognized by cocktail aficionados, as a prelude to the Martini (made with gin, vermouth, bitters, two dashes of maraschino, and ice). Also very likely debuted in this edition is a variant of the Manhattan, (made with vermouth, rye whiskey, bitters, two dashes of curacao or maraschino, and ice). A important work of American bar tending and extremely uncommon in wrappers, more commonly found (when found at all) in cloth. An unlikely survivor given its fragile construction. Very Good, about a centimeter of loss at top spine end, nicked at lower spine end, wear to spine edges, some fading at spine, tiny nick and closed tear at top front wrap. Item #29336

First Edition. Historical Fiction. Second volume of the New World Trilogy, a story about Russia involving a poet wasteful with his fortune and reputation, the cruel Czar, and a wild romance. Very Good but for foxing to endpapers and page ends, soiled top page edge, vintage bookplate to front pastedown, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket with moisture spotting to spin, light stains to verso of dustjacket at flap edges, few surface abrasions to front panel. Item #18938

First Edition. D.D. dustjacket art. Novel exploring a young married woman's temptation toward taking on a lover. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good scarce illustrated dustjacket, inch closed tear with creases at front panel, small chips at spine ends, small chip a mid-rear spine edge. Item #5819

First Edition. Crime novel not found in Hubin in which the outing of a murderer would mean soiling the good name of a woman. An unusual novel of adultery and redemption with some crime mixed in. An uncommon title from a obscure Rhode Island publisher. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, four inch closed tear at front panel. Item #25325

First Edition. V. B. dustjacket art. "This is the romantic chronicle of the five sons of Orugh who made swords in Long Baravais south of the Four Seas, about that time when Octavian became Augustus". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #23864

First Edition. Collection of poetry in 19th Century printed and decorative dustjacket. Photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, with facsimile signature. 250 pages. Near Fine, gift inscription at front endpaper dated 1900, in Very Good mildly soiled dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #25998

First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt lettering at spine, gilt top page edge. From the introduction: "Whatever may be the verdict of history upon the grade of Mr. Wilson's statesmanship of this we may be sure even today he is a successful politician. He succeeds in performing at the same time the difficult exploit of keeping his ear to the ground. With a few notable exceptions he has spoken the convictions of that average man in whom Whitman saw the salvation of America and at last the world. In selecting these poems while I have sought always to emphasize those giving most vivid expression to the ideas with which the consciousness of the world today is burning I have tried to keep the organism of Leaves of Grass intact." Very scarce in original dustjacket. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine area, some soiling to white panels, few closed tears. Item #25923

Second Printing (in presumed first issue 7/6 dustjacket with signs of cheaper price sticker having been removed). A wealthy industrialist has a group of friends staying with him at his country house in England. He apparently commits suicide, but a good friend of the young woman engaged to the industrialist believes it's murder and seeks to find the murderer. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, modest signs of wear. Item #29113

First Edition. Chas. K. Stevens. Western-set novel involving a man uninterested in his community and neighbors but who finds himself in political life. Very Good to Near Fine with ink inscription and wax seal pressed to front free endpaper, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with nickel-sized abrasion at mid spine not affecting text, tope edge modestly edge worn with short closed tears and shallow nicks. Item #19249

Second American Printing. Harry Deitch dustjacket art. Courtroom story of an English man who had spent four years in a German prison camp and had been back in England for five years when he was accused as an imposter and brought suit against the newspaper for libel. Basis for the 1959 film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Dirk Bogarde and Olivia de Havilland. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, with wraparound dustjacket art, modest stain to lower edge of rear panel, short closed tears to flap corners and spine corners mended with tape at verso, light edge wear and creasing. Item #18380

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox Production starring Belle Bennett. Nice colorful dustjacket art. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #14797