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

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

First Edition. Romance novel centering around the amorous adventures of famous theatre actress. Very Good in Good edge chipped and soiled dustjacket. Item #24200

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third Printing. John Austen dustjacket art. Jazz era fiction about a young woman from a small mid-western town who ends up in the chorus of a Broadway revue, and the lifestyle of one-night stands and New York night life. Near Fine with inch closed tear to front free endpaper in a Near Fine dustjacket, spine darkened, with only modest soiling to white of dustjacket, few tiny closed tears. Item #19163