First Edition. Illustrations by Reginald Birch. Novel of a New York City bookshop "The Shop of Dreams", where a romance buds from behind the shelves. Near Fine in Very Good plus to Near Fine Dustjacket. Item #16113
First Edition. Illustrations by Reginald Birch. Novel of a New York City bookshop "The Shop of Dreams", where a romance buds from behind the shelves. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at top spine end. Item #17293
First Edition. J. A. C. dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of a social climbing woman who marries a dedicated lawyer seduced by a large New York City law firm. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest wear and nicking to spine ends and flap corners, orange at spine mildly faded. Item #15433
First Edition. J. A. C. dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of a social climbing woman who marries a dedicated lawyer seduced by a large New York City law firm. Near Fine in almost Near Fine dustjacket, few tiny chips. Item #23380
First Edition. J. A. C. dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of a social climbing woman who marries a dedicated lawyer seduced by a large New York City law firm. Very Good, some cloth discoloration, in Very Good dustjacket, some small edge chips. Item #35033
Early Reprint Edition. Charles D. Mitchell dustjacket art and illustrations. Novel of post-war high society, and a family whose financial ruin becomes a blessing in disguise. Very Good in a Very Good plus dustjacket, few closed tears. Item #18832
First Edition. Mystery not listed in Hubin of a young man "wiped out" by the stock market crash and his "entanglement in rum-running affairs and a murder mystery..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, with small chips at spine ends and flap corners, minor edge wear, tiny dampstain at top front flap. Item #7001
First Edition. Mystery not listed in Hubin of a young man "wiped out" by the stock market crash and his "entanglement in rum-running affairs and a murder mystery..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, some darkening to spine. Item #20540
First Edition. C. Malvern dustjacket art. Uncommon restaurant business themed romance novel of four young people "who suddenly find themselves possessed of a dilapidated roadhouse. It was not enough that the headwaiter was a sword-swallower and the dishwasher an India-rubber man; that the roof leaked and there was no money to pay for fixing it; that their very first patron - although an unofficial one - was a notorious gangster". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicking to top spine end. Item #25302
First Edition. Arthur Hawkins dustjacket art. Hubin listed murder mystery novel of a wealthy financier. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, modest shelf wear. Item #24168
First Edition. Arthur Hawkins dustjacket art. Hubin listed murder mystery novel of a wealthy financier. Very Good with light rubbing and chipping to cloth at front bottom edge in Very Good plus dustjacket with creasing to front inside flap, shallow chipping to spine ends, and wear to rear top edge. Item #14195
First Edition. Tony Sarg dustjacket art. Humorous novel of a "high-pressure salesman" who set off to the Continent to sell tractors, "beard the Communist in his den and conquer him, stagger Mussolini himself by their dazzling methods". The 1936 comedy film Earthworm Tractors was based on this novel's salesman character. The film was directed by Roy Enright and starred Joe E. Brown and June Travis. Almost Near Fine, tiny closed tear to top spine end cloth in Very Good dustjacket, red at spine faded, chip at top spine end. Item #26826
First Edition. Love story set in a London department store. "Watling's is a great London shop and Watling himself, energetic, crusty, self made, but wise and golden hearted". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, some creases to panels. Item #27290
True First Edition. Romance novel of two young woman working in a Wall Street office who find themselves in the playboy world. Near Fine but for mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #26077
True First Edition. Romance novel of two young woman working in a Wall Street office who find themselves in the playboy world. Near Fine but for foxing at top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #28997
First Photoplay Edition, with rare wrap-around band advertising, and depicting a scene, for the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer feature film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr. Hawkins dustjacket art. Wakeman's classic contemporary business novel of a ruthless advertising man. Near Fine but for some surface abrasions to edges of front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some wear at top spine end, wrap-around band with modest soiling, dime sized abrasion at spine. Item #17401
First Small, Maynard Edition (first published by Henry Holt in 1908). C. dustjacket art. Business themed Hubin listed mystery novel. Basis for the 1919 silent film directed by W. P. Kellino. Near Fine in dustjacket that has been reinforced with brown paper at verso, but without the usual outward signs, appears quiet attractive and bright, Very Good. Item #34872
First Edition. Contemporary romance novel of wealthy builder of "huge buildings" but who was inarticulate with women. When he proposes to a woman he does not love "life suddenly loses its glamour. Business is at a standstill. Shard becomes morose and dictatorial. He quarrels with his younger brother, who joins a rival organization". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with few shallow edge chips, lower spine end with nickel sized chip. Item #21060
First Edition. Lobel dustjacket art. Fictionalized account of the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's enterprise, reconstructed from the viewpoint of modern America. "While it debunks in large measure the story of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims it changes the tinsel gilt into pure gold, and produces a picture of courageous, ignorant, often bigoted but amazingly tenacious men and women who, searching for large profits, founded a civilization that now tops the world". Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #17567
First Edition. Contemporary novel of a "young man of wealthy family, who, upon entering his father's office after leaving college, finds that the huge fortune founded by his grandfather was mainly made by profiteering during the Civil War. The question is: What is he to do? High minded and sensitive, the problem is a very real and difficult one and out of it comes the story". Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #22776
First Edition. A. H. Bolton dustjacket art. Nautical set murder mystery in which a shrewd oil man is murdered onboard a passenger ship. Very Good, mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, partial splitting at front spine edge, few shallow chips at spine ends. Item #23877
First Edition. C. H. dustjacket art. Woman in business themed novel of a young woman who takes over her father's newspaper. "The Cryer found itself under his daughter, Henrietta. A unique situation, with the pupils knowing more than the teacher, as 'Miss Boss' struggled with a staff who didn't want her interference. An exciting story of a young girl's fight to make her paper stand for lawful enterprise". Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #24696
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Pathe picture, presumably starring Claire Adams and Carl Gantvoort. A scarce photoplay edition. Very Good but for stain to top rear cover corner, tiny chip at cloth at same spot, in jacket with scotch tape to exterior of spine ends, chipping at lower spine end, stain to top rear panel corner. Item #17042
First Edition. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger and W. Glackens. Contemporary novel of a young dandy in business and his relations with upper-class high society. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by White at front free endpaper. White has the distinction of being pictured on a 3¢ US postage stamp in the Famous Americans- Authors series, issued 31 July 1948. He was the owner and editor of the Emporia [Kansas] Gazette newspaper, 1895-1944. Near Fine in dustjacket with chipping at top edge, spine lacking a strip down middle and lower third. Item #12457
First Edition. William Van Dresser dustjacket art. Kansas set novel of an ambitious business tycoon who "sets himself up to take what he wants from society with the complacent belief that he can take as much as he likes without impairing his powers or his personality". White's previous novel of which this title is advertised as thematically similar is listed in the James H. Berson Collection of Business Fiction. Basis for the 1920 black and white silent film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Anna Q. Nilsson and James Kirkwood. Near Fine, with bold lettered contemporary Kansas inscription at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear to edges, tiny chip at mid-rear panel, few inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #16205
