First Edition. 'Absorbing and moving story of English countryside life. It presents vividly the conflict of slow-dying feudal conditions and the spread of urban influences'. This copy with two letters laid in, one handwritten and mostly a thank you letter, but also a three page typed letter which includes discussion of his book being made into a movie, a libel suit he's dealing with and other interesting subjects. Also includes a complimentary receipt from Greenberg Publisher (who would publish the American edition of this title) for Mr. Josiah H. Penniman (also the addressee of the letters), an author and also a person of importance at the University of Pennsylvania which has his papers. Very Good, front endpaper removed, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, soiling to panels, few edge chips. Letters worn and nicked at edges. Item #41277

First Edition. “Story of modern life in an English suburban town,” involving the black sheep of a respectable family who becomes a grocer. Very Good with ownership stamp to front free endpaper, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket with closed tears and inch deep or less chips to edges. Item #18934

First Edition. 'An impulsive young American in pursuit of a runaway wife who insists on marrying a French count, is the inadvertent hero. An innocent actor in a communist riot, pursued by the police, he starts for Paris and meets two people who become his destiny. Its high moments include the epic battle of the snails in a Paris restaurant, the tremendous flight of a glider not intended to fly; the unique manner in which Mark paid highly for the pleasures of a night and unwittingly supplied the innkeeper's daughter with a dowry.' Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end. Item #39863

First Edition. Novel of contemporary English life seen through the eyes of an American. Near Fine with ownership signature to half title in near Very Good dustjacket with mild foxing, several inch long tears with accompanying creases, abrasions to front panel. Item #24221

First Edition. Doco dustjacket art. "A powerful story of life among Irish farm folk. Mary Kirwan, pale and lovely, throbbing with an uneasy sense of life and passion, lives in drudgery with her parents." Near Fine in bright attractive Near Fine dustjacket. Item #27307

First Edition. Abbey dustjacket art. 'Fleur, left an orphan after the death of her French father, is fetched from her convent in Paris to live in England with her English uncle, but finds her life in his house so unbearable and tyrannical that she runs away and takes refuge with an elderly artist. Her adventures among the painters and models in Chelsea make the background for one of the most charming romances'. Very Good, some minor cloth blemishes, old name and date at front endpaper, in Fine dustjacket (having been stored separately from the book in a small collection of loose dustjackets). Item #39873

First Edition. R.W. dustjacket art. Romance novel set in the Welsh Landscape of England, about a young woman who would marry and kill for her ancestral home. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with front spine edge wear, mild bubbling to front top edge, and light pink staining to rear panel. Item #13728

First Edition. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art and frontis. English countryside set novel who has a love affair. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, modest soiling to panels, quarter sized chip at top spine end. Item #32905

First Edition. Jazz Age novel of contemporary England. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, scotch tape mend to exterior of top spine end and top rear panel. Item #22270

Second Printing. Scarce title. ""When Sir Robert Peel's sudden change of policy over the Corn Laws broke up his party. The story turns on a disputed succession, the disappearance and discovery of old documents relating thereto, and on the social unrest caused by Sir R. Peel's action, and presents a careful picture of some phases of life of the England of the middle forties". Very Good, vertical crease to first several leaves, in Very Good dustjacket, light stain at top spine end, some closed tears and wear at edges. Item #27350

First Edition (with publisher's emblem at both title and copyright page). The impractical and inimitable Ukridge in an amusing adventure in high finance. A rather uncommon Wodehouse title. What would be a Very Good copy but for a small cloth chip at top spine end and some rubbing and nicks to spine ends, in Good or better dustjacket, closed tear the length of the front spine edge mended at verso with archival tape, some scotch tape at verso of top spine end, narrow but inch long strip of loss at upper front spine edge, some staining at lower spine end. Item #41425

First Edition. Humorous novel of Sam and Kay 'suburbanites who live and love and suffer as only Wodehouse characters can'. Very Good (appears Near Fine, but with some erosion to page edges presumably from some insect's wanderings) previous contemporary owner's gift inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, few inches of closed tears at lower spine area (now mended at verso with archival tape), some other edge nicks and wear. Item #41424

First Edition. Contemporary novel of "the Shires and the Welsh Marches, Mayfair and Bloomsbury, and, as an incident, the theater of war in German East Africa. Its characters range from county magnates to men of letters and the humbler citizens of a back street in London." Nice dustjacket artwork that almost appears to be chromolithographic. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket chipped at top spine end, very light stain to spine area. Item #22154