51. Stay At Home. New York: Arcadia House, (1935).
First Edition. Poucher dustjacket art. Romance novel of a "Stay At Home" man and the local theater directress. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #15735
Broadway & Theatre
52. Zelda Marsh. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., (1927).
Later Printing, same month and year as First Edition. Dustjacket artwork by Falls. Romance novel of a woman who had a way of using men, until she meets the "right one" who turns her into a theatrical star. Author is father of writer Kathleen Norris and brother to Frank Norris. Very Good with fraying and loss to cloth at top spine end, in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends, tiny chip to front flap edge. Item #12643
53. Zelda Marsh. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., (1927).
Later Printing, same month and year as First Edition. Dustjacket artwork by Falls. Romance novel of a woman who had a way of using men, until she meets the "right one" who turns her into a theatrical star. Author is father of writer Kathleen Norris and brother to Frank Norris. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends, modest shelf wear, few inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #17617
54. Tony and the Revolution. New York: Lee Furman Inc., (1939).
First Edition. "A lighthearted account of the efforts of a group of young upper class New Yorkers to produce a radical play." Near Fine, top stain discolored, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks at top spine end, small chip at mid-front spine edge. Item #13702
55. The Demi-Widow. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1935).
First Edition. Screen star's novel of Hollywood and Broadway. Alternate dustjacket art with dark background. Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, spine ends well rubbed, few tiny chips at spine ends and flap corners, some surface scratches to rear panel, some pencil-tip sized abrasions to front panel. Item #6231
56. Puzzle for Players. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1938.
First Edition. Theatre set mystery and part of Quentin's puzzle series. Very Good-Near Fine, mild signs of bookplate removed from front free endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, tiny chips and rubbing at spine ends and flap corners. Item #8670
57. First Night. London: william Heinemann Ltd, 1932.
First Edition. Youngman Carter dustjacket art. Novel of a play's production, from start to curtain call. Very Good, some foxing to cloth and page edges, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35830
58. First Night. New York: Harper and Borthers. 1932.
First Edition. Advance Review Copy in illustrated wrappers. Novel of a play's production, from start to curtain call. Very Good, small paper chips at edge of first few leaves. Item #6510
59. A Star In Love. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1935.
First Edition. Romance novel of a stage actress. Near Fine in Very Good Price clipped dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and rear panel edges and inch of paper backing along top and bottom edges at verso. Item #16026
60. A Star in Love. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1935.
First Edition. Romance novel centering around the amorous adventures of famous theatre actress. Very Good in Good edge chipped and soiled dustjacket. Item #24200
61. A Star in Love. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1935.
First Edition. Romance novel centering around the amourous adventures of famous theatre actress. Very Good in edge chipped dustjacket, half dollar sized chip at lower spine end. Item #10130
62. Party Girl. New York: Phoenix Press Publishers, (1941).
First Edition. "Patricia Morley's aim in life was not to be a party girl, but an actress. However, her director disagreed with her interpretation of a girl using her sex appeal to get a job, and Patricia set out to prove him wrong by acting the part in real life. Sure enough, Wall St. brokers forgot to watch the ticker tape when Pat crossed her knees. And before she knew it she was accompanying Whitney Pierce to a house party in order to make his fiancee jealous. It wasn't the sort of position for which Pat had been angling, but it did pay - and not only the stipulated salary". Very Good but for stain to top third of rear cover, in dustjacket with stain to top third of rear panel and spine, few closed tears and sticker abrasion at lower front panel. Item #21279
63. Quo Vadis. A Tale of the Time of Nero. Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., [1913].
Presumed First Theatre Edition, illustrated with photographic scenes from the theatrical production. The play was on Broadway in the year 1900 and these scenes are most likely taken from this production. The book itself may be from the turn of the century but is dated on front end paper by a former owner in 1913, and thus this is the earliest date we can determine. A bright and attractive Very Good plus copy in extremely scarce dustjacket, edge chipping and dime sized chip to mid spine. Item #10966
64. The Woman Thou Art. New York: Macaulay Co., (1925).
First Edition. San Francisco set Jazz Age themed novel of a show-girl who tries to make good, but whose scion lover is only interested in her "like a scientist is interested in some strange bit of life". Fantastic dustjacket art of a colorful dancing girl. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, with very shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #8866
65. The Woman Thou Art. New York: Macaulay Co., (1925).
First Edition. San Francisco set Jazz Age themed novel of a show-girl who tries to make good, but whose scion lover is only interested in her "like a scientist is interested in some strange bit of life". Fantastic dustjacket art of a colorful dancing girl. Very Good-Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow spine end and flap corner chips, mild wear and slight darkening to white of panels. Item #9863
66. Are You Decent? New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
First Edition. Large octavo, original illustrated boards and dustjacket. Wallace Smith dustjacket art and illustrations. Novel of vaudeville and theatrical life, "humorous stories of the folks in Mrs. Fisher's boarding house - 'strictly for the profession'". Very scarce in dustjacket. Good, fragile covers splitting at spine edges, spine end material with loss, in Good dustjacket with several square inches of loss at front panel. Item #24809
67. Married Alive. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1925.
First Edition. Contemporary novel of a Cambridge professor who starts the novel as a "woman hater" and ends "something hardly recognizable". This is the author's only novel to be made into a film, a 1927 black and white silent directed by Emmett Flynn and starring Lou Tellegen and Margaret Livingston. A very uncommon Straus title to be found in original dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, dime sized chip to lower rear panel, tiny chips at top spine end. Item #13327
68. My Actor-Husband, A True Story of American Stage Life. New York: John Lane Company, 1912.
First Edition. Fictionalized account of a woman married to a famous stage actor. Near Fine, small faded area at fore-edge of front cover, in Very Good fragile illustrated dustjacket, chipping at top spine end and flap corners, partial splitting at flap edges. Item #21260
69. My Actor-Husband, A True Story of American Stage Life. New York: John Lane Company, 1912.
First Edition. Fictionalized account of a woman married to a famous stage actor. Near Fine in Very Good or Near Fine dustjacket. Item #40799
70. Unquenchable Fire. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1927.
First Edition. John Drew dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of New York's Broadway set and a mysterious woman. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, short closed tear at top front panel, modest shelf wear. Item #9057
71. Harlequin and Columbine. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1921.
First Edition. Tarkington's satire of a Broadway stage actor. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, with spine ends lightly worn, spine lightly darkened. Item #5163
72. The Curtain Rises. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1935.
First Edition. Novel of the English stage and a young woman's efforts toward being a famous playwright. Nice colorful dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, mild edge wear, dime sized abrasion affecting title at spine. Item #6916
73. The Painted Scene. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. (1916).
First Edition. Arthur William Brown and Herman Pfeifer illustrations. Early novel of stage and theatre life and basis for the silent 1918 film directed by Alice Guy, who is considered to be the first female movie director. Near Fine, small paper residue at lower front panel, in dustjacket with triangular few cm deep chip at top spine end, inch chip at lower rear panel, else Very Good. Item #11416
74. Show Boy. New York: The Macaulay Company. 1931.
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
75. Show Boy. New York: The Macaulay Company. 1931.
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. Very Good plus in Good plus dustjacket with chipping to spine ends, shallow chipping to rear top edge, and moderate edge wear. Item #16032
