101. Waste Corner. New York: Edward J. Clode. (1928).
First Edition. Novel of rural English life. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket that has been split vertically at spine and mended at verso, some tiny spine end chips. Item #10283
England & Ireland
102. Their Little Lives. London: Collins Publishers, 1938.
First Edition. Author's third and last book. A. E. Barlow dustjacket art. Collection of six stories that present a kaleidoscopic picture of London life. A sinister Soho pawnbroker, lured by the charm and beauty of a strange adventuress; how one possessed rids himself of his own obsession by driving a doctor into insanity; A London playboy, seeking adventure, finds excitement at last in outwitting a gang of petty smugglers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some scotch tape mends to verso. Item #28498
103. Miss Welby at Steen. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930.
First American Edition. Des Rosiers dustjacket art. English countryside set novel of a governess with grander aspirations. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good silver foil dustjacket. Item #40756
104. Private Affairs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1914.
First Edition. London set novel of a family that finds fame and fortune difficult to deal with when their talented daughter finds stardom on the stage and theatrical life. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners. Item #21393
105. Saviours of Society. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1926.
First Edition. Abbey dustjacket Art. The first novel in the 'The Realists' trilogy by McKenna, whose 'self-made' Sheridan builds his way to power in the conservative political and social arena of aristocratic England. Excellent example of the Abbey dustjacket. Fine, bright copy in Pristine dustjacket. Item #26308
106. Saviours of Society. London: Thornton Butterworth. 1926.
First Edition. Abbey dustjacket Art. The first novel in the 'The Realists' trilogy by McKenna, whose 'self-made' Sheridan builds his way to power in the conservative political and social arena of aristocratic England. Excellent example of the Abbey dustjacket. Fine, bright copy in Pristine dustjacket. Item #6083
107. To-Morrow and To-Morrow (Tomorrow). Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1924.
First American Edition. Novel of English politics at the end of the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with fairly shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #20410
108. Celt and Saxon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910.
First Edition. A young Irishman travels to Northern Wales to stay with a squire and hunt for a wife. He encounters cultural differences not the least of which is religion. Very Good, previous owners name stamp at title page, front endpaper and front panel of dustjacket which is chipped at spine ends, has small stain at upper spine, otherwise Good. Item #35747
109. Mockbeggar. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925.
Third Printing. Novel of English gentlefolk whose relationships with a single character bring about stories, wit, and emotion. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for two several inch closed tears to lower half of front panel, smaller closed tears to rear panel edges, modest chipping to spine ends. Item #18177
110. A Hind Let Loose. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.
First Edition. Novel of “a clever irishman, a mountebank with words and ideas who writes leaders for two separate morning newspapers, deadly rivals, locked in endless strife.” Near Fine but for lacking front free endpaper, light staining to edge of rear cover, in a Very Good dustjacket with light stain along rear flap edge area, spine faded, shallow nicking to top edges, small stain to front cover. Item #19605
111. Janet Thurso: A Simple Chronicle. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1926).
First Edition. Contemporary novel of a Scotch woman who raises 9 children, protects them from the tyranny of their religious father, and whose kindness is worn threadbare by the brutality of her life. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good but edge chipped dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top spine end, some closed tears at edges. Item #39826
112. The Lovely Lloyds. London: Collins, 1933.
First Edition. F. B. dustjacket art. Novel of a young woman with divided loyalties when revolution breaks out in her father's home country of Ireland. Very scarce. Near Fine in Very Good but soiled dustjacket. Item #29744
113. Sparrows, The Story of an Unprotected Girl. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, [1910].
Presumed First Edition, no printing statement, in dustjacket with 'Third Edition' slug at top front panel. The story of the struggles of an unprotected girl in pursuit of a livelihood in London. It reveals the dangers and temptations to which a working girl is exposed. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket printed slightly shorter than book. Item #25326
114. Over 'Ere and Back Home, Random Impressions of an Earnest Soul. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1922).
First Edition. Robert E. Johnston dustjacket art. Humorous narrative of a Canadian visiting England. "Together we brave the terrors of a first visit to a London tailor, we go week-ending to the Englishman's country home and exhibit our skill at riding, shooting, beagling and other bally English sports." Uncommon title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends, edges with short closed tears mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #23358
115. The Way It Was with Them. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
Fourth Printing. Novel set on an island off the coast of Ireland and the stories of struggle and livelihood. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, adhesive shadowing to verso of jacket, few shallow edge chips and darkening. Item #23385
116. The Way It Was With Them. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
First Edition stated. Novel set on an island off the coast of Ireland and the stories of struggle and livelihood. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest darkening, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #32971
117. The Holy Tree. London: William Heinemann, 1922.
First Edition. C. Morse dustjacket art. humorous Ireland set novel by an Irish author. Very Good, some foxing to page edges in Good dustjacket, lacks lower three inches of spine, shallow edge chipping. Item #25720
118. A Nest of Simple Folk. London: Jonathan Cape, (1933).
First Edition. A. M. dustjacket art. "The action thrust forward two main antagonists - Leo Donnel, a type of the wild, imaginative Celt, ineffectual, a revolutionary, a gun-runner, a Fenian, a rebel; and his opposite, Johnnie Hussey, a type of the tough, hard-working peasant from whom has come the modern Irish townsman, all prudence and no imagination" Item #20562
119. The Martyr. New York: MacMillan Co., 1933.
First American Edition. Novel of the Civil War in Ireland. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to spine, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #23863
120. Skerrett. New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1932.
First American Edition. Novel by the well known Irishman of life in an Irish village. Near Fine in Very Good plus attractive dustjacket. Item #25067
121. Adam and Caroline: Being the Sequel to Adam of Dublin. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.
First Edition. Sequel to a tale of a little street urchin of Dublin, the story of that boy in adolescence, developing into a man. Very Good in a Good plus dustjacket with inch by 3 inch chip to lower edge of front panel, some shallow chipping and short closed tears to edges, inch closed tear along front spine edge, few small stains and surface wear. Item #18368
122. The Glorious Adventure. London: Cecil Palmer, (1922).
First Edition and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with twenty four stills from the film starring Lady Diana Manners, Victor McLaglen, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys and Alice Crawford. "A romance of the Great Fire of London", the first British film with color. 'The Film Lover's Library', 'The story of the Super Film Play in Natural Colours Produced by J Stuart Blackton'. A very scarce photoplay to be found in dustjacket. Near Fine (but possibly missing front endpaper) in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chips and closed tears, chipped at spine ends, some small abrasions at front panel. Item #27841
123. The Eligible Bachelor. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, (1935).
First Edition. Jay dustjacket art. Rural England set novel of an eligible bachelor and his affairs of the heart. Almost Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends. Item #31219
124. The Chase. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.
First Edition. Published when the author was only 18 years old, The Chase tells of the life of young man who grows up among the struggling poor of London but who makes his fortune in New York. "He wandered into a street where stalls of fruit and cheap clothing and chinaware lined the kerb. Loud voiced costers bawled the merits of their goods. Chinamen and Cockneys, Jews and negroes, jostled each other impartially" In 1938 Panter-Downes began writing for the New Yorker, first a series of short stories, and from September 1939, a column entitled Letter from London, which she wrote until 1984. The collected columns were later published as Letters from England (1940) and London War Notes (1972). Very uncommon title to be found in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good but soiled dustjacket, some nicks and wear to edges, white panels were likely a pink color. Item #27006
125. Banzai (Hurrah!). New York: Boni and Liveright, (1926).
First Edition. J. Nadejan dustjacket art. “Somewhat biographical story of a modern Japanese” by best-selling novelist who met the main character, a real man, at a London cinema show. “Story of a young Japanese boy seething with unrest and discontent, who comes to England to free himself from the shackles that the rigid conventions of Japan forced upon him.” Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with modest edge and surface wear, including centimeter deep chipping to spine ends, inch plus closed tears to lower front flap edge and lower front spine edge. Item #18795
