First Edition. M. E. Morris dustjacket art. Novel of the "grand old man of English letters" who rebels against fame, security and luxury. Near Fine but for mild cocking in Very Good dustjacket, bit darkened at spine. Item #32574
First American Edition. Hubin listed mystery title and biblio-mystery of sorts with two men "who were in fact one man. Talbot was reserved, slim, almost effeminate, an intellectual who wrote intricate, unusual novels. Tunstall was a successful, rather venal, portrait painter, who loved liquor and bawdy women and a good time". Near Fine but for a few tape shadows at endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #34970
First Edition. Malaga Grenet dustjacket art. Novel of South America and "a girl of the people, told with the beauty of an idyl and a poignant truth that startlingly tore the mask of hypocrisy from the pretentious and unfeeling upper class". Wast was one of Argentina's most popular authors, who is remembered today mostly for being anti-Semitic. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some shallow edge chips, few inch closed tear at top front panel, lower rear panel with about an inch sized abrasion. Item #20586
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. Novel from the perspective of a young married woman. Very good in a Good only dustjacket with large chip to top flap corner of rear panel, closed tear across rear panel, long chip to length of lower edge of front panel, and large pencil markings to front panel, spine darkened with few smaller chips. Item #17818
First Edition. Balfour Ker dustjacket art and frontispiece. Novel about Jesus written by a Congregationalist minister who lost his position due to the controversy surrounding this novel. He founded the Church of the Social Revolution in New York City, and after being imprisoned several times for his socialistic views, he became known as an eccentric radical. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few small nicks to edges, short closed tears, and light spotting. Item #19745
Early Reprint Edition, with dustjacket featuring an image of Whitman at front panel. Probably from the 1910's or 20's. With "Facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves". Original decorative dark green cloth, gilt lettering, green dyed top page edge, frontis plate of Whitman with facsimile inscription. Uncommon early 20th Century edition of Whitman's seminal poetry collection, this copy exceptional for retaining the original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Scarce. Near Fine but for unfortunate inked name and school at lower page edge, in Very Good dustjacket with modest soiling, shallow chipping at spine ends, flap corners and lower front panel. Item #25968
First Edition. P. B. Taylor dustjacket art. A witty novel of American married life, with the dustjacket caption reading "They went to the Buffalo Exposition on their honeymoon." Great dustjacket art by Taylor. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, light soiling. Item #7554
First Edition. "The theme of this book is that drinking, for those who drink at all, is a part of daily life, not apart from it." Includes cocktail recipes. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #26937
First Edition. "Jack Horner was a man too handsome for his own good. And since he couldn't find work, he gradually drifted into accepting things from the. First there was Anne Husk, who had a good job and could pay for de luxe outings. Then came work for Jack - with an escort bureau - and more women anxious to pay. One invited him to move into her Park Avenue home. And another went so far as to suggest buying him as a husband". A scarce Phoenix pulp novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some fading and soiling to spine. Item #27314
First American Edition. H. Richard Boehm frontispiece. France set mystery novel listed in Hubin as marginal, with nautical content in which a fugitive from a French penal colony escapes on an American yacht. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #21757
First Edition. After Williamson's second and third novels were panned by the critics for being too poetic, he produced Hunky, a more simply written tale of a blue collar protagonist who discovers what life was meant to be all about. The author was born on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Northern Idaho to European parents. He ran away at age 14 and lived the hobo's life, eventually becoming a treasure hunter in Peru, a circus hand, reporter for a San Francisco paper, and text book author. Fine copy in Fine dustjacket with tiny nick to top front panel. Item #14991
First Edition. Anton Otto Fischer dustjacket art. Alaska set romance and adventure novel, with some Stikine River nautical elements. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, couple of closed tears, light edge wear. Item #27547
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. Uncommon novel dealing with India's women, "child wives, matriarchs, concubines and slave girls. Like colored, captive birds they flutter in the cages set by conventionality." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #20139
Early Reprint Edition. B. Cory Kilvert dustjacket art. English authoress attempts to keep her son away from matrimony. Uncommon printing, this copy very likely from 1923 based on jacket advertisements. Very Good, some cloth wear at top front cover, bit of a stain at top spine end, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and along top front panel, soiling and mild stains to panels. Item #35745
First American Edition. Peggy Bacon dustjacket art. Humorous novel featuring Pongo Twistleton and Lord Ickenham and a gambling debt. Near Fine, signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, very shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #32494
First American Edition. Thrilling adventure novel of a gun-runner "captured by Arabs, presented to the Mysterious White Sultan" and eventually becoming the Sultan's second in command in his desert army. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and shelf wear at spine ends and flap corners, spine colors lightly faded. Item #17209
First Edition. A. H. Boesum dustjacket art. Colorful novel of the love of a young south sea's island woman "lithe as a tigress, graceful as the palms, half savage, untamed, passionate..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicking at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25911
First Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy novel of a young man who eludes his fate and travels to America. Near Fine, spine faded, in Very Good plus dustjacket, mild wear and few edge nicks, light horizontal crease. Item #6957
First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. Who had murdered Rollo Bowmark, the wizard of finance. Dr. Hailey and Colonel Wickham investigate. Near Fine in Very Good but soiled dustjacket, nicking at spine ends and flap corners. Item #32551
First Edition. Another novel of Major Berry Pleydell. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks and light wear. Item #20022
Photoplay edition illustrated with scenes from the Cosmopolitan Photoplay starring Marion Davies and Harrison Ford. Near Fine in Good plus to Very Good dustjacket with moderate wear to front flap edge with shallow chipping, small chip to lower front edge, and closed tear that runs all the way across front panel. Item #16480
First Edition, Limited Edition of 1,200 copies privately printed by George Grady Press, New York December, 1948. Original red cloth. Inscribed and signed by Zabriskie at dedication page. Near Fine attractive copy, top fore-edge corners very lightly bumped. Item #37676
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First Edition stated. Sargent dustjacket art. Uncommon novel of a mother's intense and possessive love and a woman's disastrous first marriage, "really nothing but an ill-starred effort to escape from her mother's tyranny". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some closed tears, some chipping and splitting at lower front flap edge. Item #21007
