First Edition. Des Rosiers wrap-around dustjacket art. Novel of a middle aged Englishman "uncomfortably married to a woman whose political activities and ambitions made herself ridiculous and her home impossible". Near Fine in Good edge chipped dustjacket. Item #23231

First Edition. B. Cory Kilvert dustjacket art. Whimsical novel of a mother and daughter, human frailty, and marriage. Near Fine but for some natural discoloration to covers (graying to orange cloth), in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35891

First Edition. Novel of farming life as seen through the eyes of a twelve year old girl. 'her sombre brother, her lazy, day dreaming, half-Irish father, her ambitious frustrated mother, the young fisherman who loved her with all the ardour of youth's first love, the young servant girl Rose who was her first awakening to love'. Very Good, some cocking, foxed top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, chip at top spine end, small stain at top front panel. Item #37840

First Edition. Arzybasheff dustjacket art. France set novel, winner of the 1932 Goncourt Prize, of a wealthy middle class family living in Havre. "The dreamy, impractical father of the family, is losing his grip on the family fortune. His sons and daughters are just as improvident". Includes elements of the seafaring community of Havre, "gossipy women of the city, sea captains, dancers, etc." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest wear at spine ends and few edges, tiny chip at lower spine end. Item #14934

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

First Edition. Novel of a family set in Victorian England. Near Fine with foxing to endpapers in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends, foxing to inside flaps, and general shelf wear. Item #15823

First Edition. Novel of children of an interracial marriage. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus example of the fragile dustjacket, few edge chips. Item #15597

First Edition stated. Translated from the Italian by Aida Mastrangelo. Moravia's very scarce first novel. "The story of the moral disintegration of an Italian family... The mordant bitterness, cleverness and wit, and psychological penetration of this first novel by a young Italian author will remind American readers of Aldous Huxley and Richard Aldington." Very Good, mild cocking, spine modestly faded, in near Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, modest shelf wear to edges, pink color at spine faded, few short closed tears. Item #22592

First Edition. Whitten dustjacket art. Novel of a woman deserted by her husband who raises a militant suffragette daughter. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with few square inches of loss at lower rear panel, chipping at spine ends. Item #25257

Early Printing. Romance of a woman who struggles with falling in love with a younger man in the midst of her daughter's romantic awakening at eighteen years old. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket with very shallow crease to lower edge of front panel and mild wear to top spine end. Item #17803

First Edition. Contemporary novel of an American family [complete with fold out family tree] "their pettiness, their selfishness, their false ideals - and also with their great loves, their passions and generosities, their joys and agonies - she places before us a veritable cross-section of life". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears and edge nicks. Item #22087

First Edition stated. San Francisco set novel of parents who hope their children, after braving the stormy sea of life, will return to them. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket that is prone to fading at spine, some chips and abrasions at rear panel. Item #23728

First Edition. Lucius Henry Hitchcock dustjacket art and color illustrations. Author's very scarce second novel. An amusing novel of mothers and their sometime neglected children. Mrs. Carew in the book is described as someone who "was so entirely absorbed in the pursuit of the 'correct thing,' so anxious to read what was 'being read,' to own what was 'right,' that she never stopped to seriously consider her own or her daughter’s place in the universe." Near Fine but for lettering mostly flecked away from spine and front cover, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling (spotting to spine), fairly shallow edge chips to spine ends and flap corners, top rear panel with quarter sized chip. Item #23565