First Edition. Des Rosiers dustjacket art. Fiction about a "young woman who fights a devil in her soul". Near Fine, "Office File Copy" stamp at top page edge, in Very Good dusjacket with heavy fading to spine, chipped at spine ends. Item #21702

First Edition. Mystery author's very scarce first book. Novel intended to wake up feminists to those of the female sex who trade on their womanhood to get their way and subdue weak men. A portrayal of a woman who only wants to be considered to have done everything for the best and for what was correct no matter the consequences to those around her, including her children. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, lower half of front spine edge split, dime sized chip at top rear panel. Item #34866

First American Edition. Eleanor Gadis dustjacket art. Hope's most popular work, Prisoner of Zenda, first published in 1894, was made into six different films, including the United Artists, David O. Selznick version with Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Mary Astor, Ronald Colman and David Niven. Hope, a pseudonym for Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, continued to be a popular writer of swashbuckling adventure stories for several decades, and only attempted more serious prose after being knighted by King George, an event that resulted in Little Tiger. In this work Hope deals with modern post war England and how a woman, a product of her time, attains her rule. Colorful stylized jacket illustration by Gadis. Very Good to Near Fine in Good dustjacket, staining to lower few inches of front panel, quarter sized chip at top front panel. Item #17653

Presumed First Edition, no other publisher copyright information given. Mach Tey dustjacket art. From the dustjacket copy: "P. T. is a flapper. She lives in a New York hotel for the sake of a Good Address. She wears slinky clothes with a swishy little flare of red silk at the right knee. She lies in a tepid salt bath for one hour daily to preserve youth, beauty, suppleness. She makes it a point of business to pick up strange men who pay for her luncheon. She is ready to marry a stranger on a bottle of champagne. But - if you think you are going to find her a Horrible Warning, a Terrible Example of Flaming Youth, read further. P.T. is really the most charming among Ethel Hueston's many charming heroines". An uncommon Hueston title. Near Fine, some foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening at spine, very shallow chips at spine ends. Item #24857

First Edition. Wrap-around dustjacket art. "Thrilling love-story of an exceedingly modern minded girl" who pursues a married man. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at top spine end. Item #24870

First Edition. This copy nicely inscribed and signed 'with the author's friendship and regard' in 1910 at front endpaper. Novel of American women, a psychological study, a stirring analysis of a soul. The New York Times review states: "A story of unusual originality and interest. One of four spinster daughters of a village doctor accepts the position of unsalaried companion to a fairly rich New York cousin who promises to treat the girl as a sister. The cousin is a social climber, hopelessly common at the core, and never admitted into the circle for which she yearns, and of whose members she longs to speak with intimate familiarity. Mrs. Huntington has treated the relation of the two women with wonderful discernment. Because the country girl is a lady in all her instincts, she inspires little by little an almost insane jealousy. When the girl realizes the meanness, the fakeness. the hopeless vulgarity of the older woman, the well springs of her own sweet nature are poisoned, and her loathing of the woman to whom circumstances have bound her becomes an obsession that distorts her own character. In this psychological study Mrs. Hunting, has shown rare insight, and has drawn a picture of startling truth and vividness; Her presentation of various social types is clever as possible, characterized by keen perceptions and many deft touches". Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #30715

Early Printing, lacking "first edition" statement at copyright page. Contemporary novel of a harsh life for an uneducated and sometimes jobless woman. Very Good, some dampstains to covers, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #21644

True First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. At twenty seven Janice Meade decided that life was incomplete without live. For seven years, although ever lacking in men friends, she had been too busy creating a successful business career to think about marriage. Then Janice found there were no thrilling men out of bondage. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at top spine end. Item #32711

First Edition stated. Wilkins dustjacket art. "Into the placid domesticity of Gertrude Haviland's life came a thunderbolt - her husband's letter asking her to divorce him, to set him free to marry another woman. It is an honest, dignified letter and leaves her little choice of action. What she does and how she does it and the effect on Gertrude Haviland's life is a courageous story, brave-hearted and level-headed". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some shallow chips and short closed tears. Item #21298

Reprint Edition, remainder copy with A. L. Burt dustjacket and spine imprint, but with Houghton title page. Cosimini wrap-around dustjacket art. San Francisco set novel of the gay 1890's and a woman who climbs her way to the top of society. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips, light and small stain at front panel. Item #21540

First Edition. Nautical adventure novel of a female pirate. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #20054

First Edition. Novel of a "divorce-mad society, which has evolved in its sophisticated arrogance, the amical divorce. Against this tragi-comedy as a background he has created Sabina Baring, a new significant type of a woman of deep feeling, intelligence and courage, whose rebellion against easy standards may well be the forerunner of a startling change in our philosophy of marriage". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with modest wear, few shallow chips and clear scotch tape mends at verso. Item #25654