Reissue Edition (originally published by Watt in 1910) with new dustjacket art by Dunn. Humorous novel of a shipboard romance. Near Fine but for neat repair at front inner hinge, small stain at contents page, in Very Good dustjacket, soiling to panels, nickel sized chip at top front panel, some creases and closed tears, shallow edge chips. Item #41559
First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Romance novel of a young woman determined to steal a man from another woman. A rather uncommon Hurst title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41557
First Edition in presumably first issue dustjacket that has been stamped 3/6 at spine, lower front flap clipped, which presumably had the original 7/6 price. Examination of the verso of the jacket reveals evidence of the 3/6 price being stamped, not printed. No addition printings at copyright page. Autobiographical novel of American vagabond, pugilist, and writer, laying 'bare the period of his life when he suffered and triumphed with the bizarre characters of an itinerant troupe' of circus performers. An uncommon labor themed novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41556
First Edition. Maxwell dustjacket art. Novel of the greedy people who descended on Florida during the Florida Boom, locusts of humanity that pour over her rich earth, devouring as they swarm. Uncommon. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and closed tears (couple mended at verso with clear tape), quarter sized chip at lower front panel. Item #41554
![Item #41554 Sunshine Stampede [ FLORIDA FICTION ]. Dote FULTON](/pictures/medium/41554.jpg?v=1677698123)
First Edition stated. Murder mystery, the victim with a hatpin protruding from one eye and a beautiful girl speeding away in a roadster. Very Good, bit of soiling to cloth, foxing to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and wear. Item #41552
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Universal Jewel Picture starring Virginia Valli and Percy Marmont at front dustjacket panel but with no internal stills. Near Fine in bright Near Fine (dare I say Fine) dustjacket. Item #41551
Fifth Printing, remainder copy with Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket which features original Mach Tey artwork (which differs from the Stokes jacket) and plug for the Paramount Picture. Manhattan set novel of romance and social intrigue. Basis for the Marion Gering directed film starring Clive Brook and Kay Francis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41550
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox Production featuring Janet Gaynor and Alec Francis. Extremely uncommon supernatural and ghost themed photoplay in which the central figure is a man who dies unexpectedly, leaving his flower business to his niece. Instead of departing to the after world, he stays in ghost form trying to help his niece run the business and find a new suitor. Almost Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, verso with some old scotch tape at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41546
First Edition. Uncommon Peru set novel set in the 17th Century and under Spanish rule. 'A high tragedy of Catholic and Protestant antagonism'. Very uncommon title. Very Good, some moisture spotting to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at lower spine end. Item #41544
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount film directed by D. W. Griffith starring Adolphe Menjou and Carol Dempster. Very scarce photoplay with fantasy and supernatural aspects. One still featuring devil like characters. The final of three films made by D.W. Griffith at Paramount. A poor writer (Ricardo Cortez) living in poverty desperately wants to marry his girlfriend (Carol Dempster) but the lack of money won't allow it. One day, after cursing God, a man (Adolphe Menjou), i.e. Satan, appears out of nowhere offering the writer tons of money but there will be a price to pay. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, inch and half long but narrow chip at top spine area, some clear tape mends at verso. Item #41543
First English Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scene from the Universal Film starring Boris Karloff at front jacket panel. Uncommon. Near Fine firmly bound volume in Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, lower spine area with less than square inch chip. Item #41542
First Edition stated. Politzer dustjacket art. Uncommon Alaska set novel of adventure and romance of a young divorced woman to moves to Alaska. McCracken is better known for his later non-fiction works on Frederic Remington, Frank Tenney, and Buffalo Bill. This is an early and uncommon novel by the biographer and Alaskan grizzly bear hunter. Near Fine but for old bookplate at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41541
Early Printing (first published in 1922). Part of the 'MacMillan 75 cent Library'. Rare story collection. Near Fine but for some foxing to early pages, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41540
First Edition stated. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Murder on a train from Mexico. Rare title by this Native American author of Choctaw descent. Very Good but for some glue remnant spots at front pastedown, in Good dustjacket, some old scotch tape shadows at spine ends and flap corners, wear to edges, some abrasions at verso of front flap, some old bookstore labels adhered to some edges of verso, dark blue of night sky faded to lighter blue at spine. Item #41538
First Edition stated. John Coleman Burroughs dustjacket art. Very Good, attractive volume in Fine unlaminated dustjacket. Item #41537
First Edition, in early variant of the dustjacket, with front cover design somewhat altered. Herman Pheifer illustrations. Indiana set romance novel. Very Good, bit of soiling and wear, in Very Good dustjacket, some soiling nicking to edges. Item #41536
First Edition Deuskan dustjacket art. International intrigue surrounding the expansion of the Royal Air Force, involving Scotland Yard and the C.I.D. Very Good but for Canadian lending library stampings at front pastedown and front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41534
First Edition. Walter Frame dustjacket art. Murder mystery set in a private zoo. Very Good but for Canadian lending library stampings at front pastedown, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, nicking to lower spine end and flap corners. Item #41533
First Edition. C. B. dustjacket art. 'This fine novel may be called the American Tragedy of the rich. The Tragedy of their useless lives affects the lives of those they use in covering up their own follies. A sex crime committed by Rex is saddled upon an innocent man. Enmeshed in the coils of their ruthless pleasure seeking lives also is an upright young hotel clerk and his sweetheart, whose honest love stands as an inspiring contrast to their shallow sex intrigues. The author, a noted New York woman lawyer, has written from a rich experience in observing humanity'. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Frooks at front endpaper in the year of publication. Frooks died at the age of 101 and appeared in the 1981 Warren Beatty film 'Reds'. Uncommon. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, some closed tears at folds, wear to edges. Item #41532
![Item #41532 All in Love [ SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ]. Dorothy FROOKS](/pictures/medium/41532.jpg?v=1677698120)
First Edition. Sweet dustjacket art. 'A daughter of surprising beauty and attraction who was granted to such prosaic and unexpected parents as an ex-bookmaker publican and an ex-barmaid and of the havoc she unwittingly causes'. Very Good but for Canadian lending library stampings at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, some thin paper-tape at verso of spine ends and flap corners. Item #41531
First Edition. Uncommon novel of a young woman artist who is not interested in physical romance. Very Good but for Canadian lending library stampings at front pastedown, Good dustjacket, inch and half lacking at top spine end, some darkening at spine and few small edge chips. Item #41530
Third Edition (two months after First Edition) in dustjacket with 'Third Edition' plug at lower front flap. Seventh novel in the Rodderick Alleyn series. Murder mystery of blackmailing and high society. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple small edge chips. Item #41529
First Edition. Medical themed novel of a doctor 'who, working in resorts to which the idle and the wealthy flock, must endure unwelcome flirtations and uncalled for advances along with the visits of the truly sick. He averted serious scandal by a narrow margin, and then achieved his ambition of starting properly in his profession with the woman he loved'. Good, speckled discoloration to cloth, darkened at spine (with tiny closed tear at top spine end), old bookstore stamp at top rear endpaper, some erosion to paper at rear inner hinge, married to a Fine dustjacket from an archive of Phoenix Press material. Item #41528
Later Printing but First Photoplay Edition, with wrap-around band featuring stills from the 20th Century Fox film starring James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, and Harry Belafonte. Biro dustjacket art. Extremely uncommon photoplay band. Very Good, some drip spots to page edges, tape shadows to pastedowns and endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket and wrap-around band. Item #41527
![Item #41527 Island in the Sun [PHOTOPLAY]. Alec WAUGH](/pictures/medium/41527.jpg?v=1677698120)
First Edition. West Virginia set 'western' adventure novel replete with cattle driving and romance. Scarce in dustjacket. Almost Near Fine, contemporary previous owner gift inscription at front endpaper (who has also written his name at top page edge) in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #41526
