Presumed First Theatre Edition, with plug for the Broadway play at front dustjacket panel. Fabulously contemporary novel of mad cap antics and crime. "Dance Girl, Gang Murder Witness, Found in Princeton Dormitories...So the headlines ran when the newspapers got it! And when inquisitive fiancees, rich uncles, persistent gangsters, moving picture men, suspicious cops and puritanical parents arrived, then the boys had a time- to keep them all from seeing each other and everyone from seeing the dean!" Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and top front flap corner, amateurishly repaired with tape at verso and inked over in blue. Item #15554

First Edition. Klein's own adaptation of his play which served as the basis for a 1919 silent film comedy. This edition with photographic image at front dustjacket panel likely taken from the theatrical release. A scarce early theatre edition, in original dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with few small chips at top spine end, light shelf wear. Item #20530

First Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the theatrical production, including a wraparound photographically produced dustjacket illustration. The original Broadway production by George M. Cohan which opened at the George M. Cohan Theater and starred George M. Cohan. Basis for the 1917 black and white silent film by the Coban Feature Film Company, directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring George M. Cohan and Marguerite Snow. Story of a man who inherits a fortune and, tired of life in a small village, heads to Broadway where things don’t go as he planned. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, only light wear, with dustjacket printed slightly shorter than book. Item #18747

First Theatre Edition, illustrated with stills from the play produced by Corey Williams Riter, Inc. starring Mrs. Fiske. The successful play ran on Broadway for 167 shows. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few shallow edge chips, spine slightly spotted. Item #12155

First Theatre Edition, illustrated with photographic stills from the Broadway production starring Robert Ober. A.D. Rahn dustjacket art. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears and tiny nicks, light staining to top edge of rear panel, some darkening to white of jacket. Item #18808

First Theater Edition, illustrated with stills from the Broadway play starring W. J. Brady, Cecile Breton and Louise Drew. "A modern comedy on the power of advertising, and has plenty of action which hinges chiefly on a wager of thirty thousand dollars made between two rival millionaire soap manufacturers, on the business acumen of their respective sons". Very Good, light stain to front cover at lower corner, in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end, some soiling and few small stains. Item #24760

First Play Edition, illustrated with scenes from the play and by Paul Meylan. Novel filled with humor and romance about a southern home and its occupants. Very Good plus with top spine end bumped in Very Good dustjacket with wear along front flap edge, chipping to spine ends, wear along spine edges, and creasing to lower rear edge. Item #12437

First Edition. True First Printing of this novelization of the play by Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano listed in Hubin. Illustrated with scenes from the original play production. The Spider was made into two films, a 1931 black and white talking film directed by Kenneth Mackenna and starring Edmund Lowe and a 1945 Robert Webb film starring Richard Conte and Faye Marlowe. Alternate dustjacket art by Mach Tey. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41435

First Edition. E. W. Jay dustjacket art. Romance novel about a young girl from Vermont who finds herself the sole beneficiary of her great aunt's wealth and home on Sutton Place. Near Fine but for a long tear to page 33, in Very Good dustjacket with some shallow chips and mild wear. Item #20780

First Theatre Edition, illustrated with scenes from the play that was on Broadway featuring Janet Dunbar and George Nash. Bleiler listed horror thriller. Very Good plus with minor fading to cloth at top edge and still from page 76 loose, in Very Good dustjacket with quarter size chip to front top edge, dime size chip to lower front edge, light chipping to spine ends, and creasing and light chipping to rear edges. Scarce in Dustjacket. Item #14191

First Edition. First Theatre Edition, illustrated with stills from the play. Wraparound color dustjacket scene from play. Story of an average man who, in a moment of weakness, makes a slip, and after paying the penalty resolves to live life anew, with the love and trust of a good woman. Very Good in a Good plus dustjacket with two inch chip to lower spine, few closed tears and shallow edge chipping, mild surface wear. Item #18737