First Edition. The author was the American lawyer located in Springfield, Ohio, who wrote the "flying machine" patent application that resulted in the patent granted to Dayton inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright on May 22, 1906. Toulmin handled five patent applications for the Wright brothers over a period of 17 years, spurring more than 13 years of fierce legal battles over the intellectual property rights he helped to create. As a result of Toulmin's success in keeping others from using the Wright brothers' ideas, aircraft manufacturers established the Aircraft Manufacturers Association to coordinate the World War I wartime aircraft manufacturing. A centimeter deep worm hole at lower page edge, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good modestly darkened dustjacket. Item #30658

First Edition stated. F. G. Cooper dustjacket art and illustrations. Collection of humorous essays, antiques, auctions, travel, etc. Near Fine in Very Good price clipped dustjacket. Item #31398

First Edition. Rockwell Kent dustjacket art. Novel of the prophet Moses in the land of Egypt. Near Fine in scarce Rockwell Kent designed dustjacket, spine ends with small chips, unfortunate nickel sized chip at mid-front spine edge. Item #8061

First Edition. Novel of Paraguay set in the 1860's. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with creasing to front top edge and small chip to inside front flap. Item #15902

First Edition. R. dustjacket art. Scotland Yard investigated mystery of a murdered diplomat. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chips at spine ends and flap corners, modest shelf wear, scotch tape strip at edges of verso. Item #22958

First Edition. Edward C. Caswell and Herbert D. Williams dustjacket art. Novel of New York City's literary and dramatic circles. Here Cleve, soldier, bartender and odd man in a hotel is discovered by a successful author who recognizes his skill as a playwright. Very Good-Near Fine, some foxing at page edges, in Good-Very Good scarce dustjacket, light chipping at spine ends and flap corners, some abrasions at front flap fold and rear panel. Item #7547

First Edition. Barreaux dustjacket artwork. Romance novel written by a former stage entertainer and story of backstage life and how show boys and girls survive in a world of tarts, gamblers, boozers and violence. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with mild spine end wear. Item #13054

First Edition. Humor Novel. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with two half dollar size chips to front top edge, light chipping to spine ends, and light chipping to rear bottom edge. An uncommon title. Item #14838

First Edition. Nick dustjacket art. "Extraordinary experiences which happened to the Dean of Frattenbury, when that eminent dignitary embarked on a holiday which did not adhere to his original plan. Scotland Yard, a French seaside resort, cathedral life, all become somewhat intertwined". Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some chipping and wear along front flap edge. Item #28561

First Edition stated. A cultivated young German bookbinder, a poet, a mystic, a philospher and very much in love with his young wife, Erika. The summer before the Armistice he and some of his comrades are taken prisoner by a clever French ruse. And this book is the story of their experience as captives in France. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32345

First Edition, "Review Copy / Publication Date" stamped at front free endpaper. First novel in the “Stecher” trilogy, the story of “a plain American family of immigrant origin in pre-War New York.” Williams was an American poet associated with modernism and Imagism. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks at top spine end, some modest darkening to white panels. Item #20061

First Edition. W. E. Fix dustjacket art. Romance novel of a young woman from an aristocratic Southern household whose situation forces her to become a shop girl in New York, and who falls in love with the Duke of Ascania who is posing as someone else. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24755

First Edition. "Rum, roulette and racing; sugar, cigars and senoritas - these are the ingredients of this effervescent picture of what the tourist does in Cuba, what he sees, and what he drinks. First, as to what he drinks. Mr. Woon gives the real recipe of the Daiquiri as given to him by Facundo Bacardi himself, maker of 'the rum that cured a king and pickled a nation'. He tells you that there are seven thousand places in Havana where alcohol is sold, and helpfully lists the names of the best bartenders, and the drinks that made them famous". Illustrated with photographs. Highly sought after cocktail book and Cuba guide. Almost Near Fine (lacking dustjacket), modest impression to cloth at rear cover (perhaps something heavy was laid on it?), two contemporary gift inscriptions at front endpaper. Item #27169