First Edition. Author's first book. Novel of two partners in the cloak and suit business. This copy inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Basis for the First National Silent Film starring Barney Bernard and Alexander Carr. Very Good cloth binding with spine faded, moderate wear and closed tear to cloth at top spine end, spine cloth bowed inward, and general shelf wear. Item #16088

First Edition. Novel of a young English girl whose gypsy blood affects her judgment concerning men while she is traveling in the United States. Basis for the 1921 silent film starring Gloria Swanson. An uncommon Glyn title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with dime sized chip at lower spine end, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, few short closed tears. Item #19055

First Edition. Glyn's tale of an unsophisticated girl who finds herself in the most desperate matrimonial situations. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film production directed by John Francis Dillow, and starring Ned Sparks. Glyn was one of the most popular romance novelists of the Jazz Age. Near Fine with contemporary ownership markings to front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few inch sized tears to jacket and along edges of faded spine. Item #24228

First Edition in dustjacket with '150th Thousand' plug at front panel. Scarce first printing of Glyn's novel about a married and exotic Balkan queen who seduces a young British aristocrat, allegedly inspired by her affair with 16-years junior Lord Alistair Innes Ker, brother of the Duke of Roxburghe, which scandalized Edwardian society. The fact that the pair make love on a tiger-skin rug was more than enough to shock reading audiences and provoke somewhat of a scandal. The liaison produces a son, though because Henrietta is married, she is able to pass the child off as her husband's. On a more conservative note, she devotes the remainder of her life to her son's success. Still, due to the provocative sex scenes, London critics almost universally condemned Three Weeks, with the result that by 1916 the novel had sold more than two million copies and been translated into a number of languages. Basis for the 1924 Goldwyn Picture starring Aileen Pringle and Conrad Nagel. Also the source for a London stage play in 1908 and a silent film in 1914. Mark Twain read Three Weeks and met with Elinor Glyn who later produced a 1908 pamphlet in which Glyn reported on there meeting and what Twain said about her book which was complimentary. A contemporary 1907 printed dustjacket in an exceptional scarcity for this title, having been produced on rather fragile paper stock. We presume the changes from (if there was a first printing jacket) the first jacket would be the addition of some press quotes at the front panel and the addition of the printing statement at front panel. Near Fine, paper rose pasted to front end paper, in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease at spine. Item #25598

First Edition. Extremely uncommon novelization of a play by Austin Strong set in the Paris slums and of a woman being forced into prostitution by her oppressive sister. Colorized scene from the theatrical production at front dustjacket panel in which a woman is flagellating another woman on a balcony. Basis for the 1927 black and white silent 20th Century Fox film directed by Frank Borzage starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell. The film garnered three Academy Awards including best actress, best director and best Screenplay. Fox produced a 1937 talking version directed by Henry King starring Simone Simon, James Stewart, and Jean Hersholt. This copy inscribed by John Golden in pencil at front free paper in large script. Very Good in Good to Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to flap corners and top spine end, wear along flap edge, lower spine end with quarter sized chip, few spots and surface wear. Item #15517

First Edition. Theatrical comedy play set in a high-school, illustrated with scenes from the Broadway production featuring Ezra Stone. Basis for the 1939 Paramount Pictures' black and white talking film, directed by Theodore Reed and starring Jackie Cooper, Betty Field and John Howard. First of a series of films featuring Goldsmith's Henry Aldrich character, a lovable but mischievous schoolboy. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at top rear panel. Item #15439

First Edition. Three plays of southern life and the lives of African Americans living in contemporary South. "Here are depicted the philosophies, prejudices, fears and gropings of an oppressed but struggling people..." Dustjacket art depicting African-American laborers. The House of Connelly served as the basis for the 1934 film Carolina directedy by Henry King and starring Lionel Barrymore and Janet Gaynor. Near Fine, few smudges to contents page, in Very Good dustjacket, soiling to spine, top spine end chipped, small chip and closed tear at top rear panel. Item #17336

First English Edition. Western adventure novel with card playing content. 'Novel of the great Southwest which turns upon a cattle feud is the author's supreme romance'. Basis for the 1922 black and white silent Universal Film feature starring Harry Carey and Lillian Rich. Very Good, foxing to page edges and first several pages, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41132

First Garden City Edition, originally published by William Rickey in 1912. Novel founded on the play by E. G. Hemmerde, K. C., M. P., and Francis Neilson, M. P. Illustrated with a colorized still from the play at front panel. Original illustrated wrappers. Court-room drama listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery by the author better known by his pseudonym, Guy Thorne. Made into the 1915 Maurice Tourner black and white silent film starring Holbrook Blinn and Vivian Martin. Very Good in wraps, some shallow chips, one page detached but present. Item #19134