Fifth Printing, one month after First. Arthur Hawkins dustjacket art. Bronx, New York set novel in which "the movies, Chinese restaurants, and bare hallways provide the background for love, and seduction..." Near Fine, contemporary previous owner gift inscription at half-title page, in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear. Item #41448

First Edition. French novel and winner of the Prix Femina Award concerning a woman who wishes to raise a child without the influence of a man. Contemporary reviews favorably compared it to Madame Bovary. Extremely uncommon in original illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with only modest signs of wear. Item #14901

First Edition thus. Tall octavo, original black cloth with gilt illustration and lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers, black and white illustrations throughout, in original Zhenya Gay illustrated dustjacket. Famous novel by French writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and a member of the Académie Française, known for his witty and skeptical tone. Near Fine with contemporary bookplate to inner front free endpaper, in almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #24134

First Edition Thus. Tall octavo, original black cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front cover and spine, blue pictorial endpapers, Frank C. Pape illustrations throughout, in original illustrated dustjacket. Translated by Frederic Chapman. Early novel by winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and member of the Académie française, known for his witty and skeptical tone. Near Fine with contemporary bookplate, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24138

First Edition in dustjacket with '150th Thousand' plug at front panel. Scarce first printing of Glyn's novel about a married and exotic Balkan queen who seduces a young British aristocrat, allegedly inspired by her affair with 16-years junior Lord Alistair Innes Ker, brother of the Duke of Roxburghe, which scandalized Edwardian society. The fact that the pair make love on a tiger-skin rug was more than enough to shock reading audiences and provoke somewhat of a scandal. The liaison produces a son, though because Henrietta is married, she is able to pass the child off as her husband's. On a more conservative note, she devotes the remainder of her life to her son's success. Still, due to the provocative sex scenes, London critics almost universally condemned Three Weeks, with the result that by 1916 the novel had sold more than two million copies and been translated into a number of languages. Basis for the 1924 Goldwyn Picture starring Aileen Pringle and Conrad Nagel. Also the source for a London stage play in 1908 and a silent film in 1914. Mark Twain read Three Weeks and met with Elinor Glyn who later produced a 1908 pamphlet in which Glyn reported on there meeting and what Twain said about her book which was complimentary. A contemporary 1907 printed dustjacket in an exceptional scarcity for this title, having been produced on rather fragile paper stock. We presume the changes from (if there was a first printing jacket) the first jacket would be the addition of some press quotes at the front panel and the addition of the printing statement at front panel. Near Fine, paper rose pasted to front end paper, in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease at spine. Item #25598

First Mexican Edition. Signed an Inscribed by author. With two authorial text changes. Cover design and illustrations from the original watercolors by the author. Softcover, Illustrated wraps with glassine covers. Love poetry. Very Good, some light soiling to few pages, light wear to glassine edges. Item #18315

First Edition. Photographer for the aristocracy introduces a lowly (but lovely) store clerk to beauticians and dressmakers and then sponsors her debut into society. 'And some of aristocracy's scions were perfectly willing to fool around with Jessie'. Very scarce. Very Good appearing book, with clean cloth, but with couple of lending library stamps and abrasions at pastedowns, married to a lovely Fine dustjacket (that has obviously never seen the light of day since 1940). Item #41103

First Edition. Gorska dustjacket art. Translated by William A Drake. "Ezard and Galeide are destined for each other; but Ezard marries before he realizes his real passion and then guilty love involves not only himself, his wife, and Galeide, but both their families in a strange and inevitable cycle of doom". A scarce Huch title. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, light stain and fading at spine, shallow chipping at spine ends, splitting at front spine edge. Item #24467

First Edition stated, M-C code. Very uncommon Hurst collection of short stories including Give This Little Girl a Hand, which served as the basis for the early First National Pictures talkie of a night club hostess directed by Millard Webb and starring Billie Dove and Edmund Lowe. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at upper rear panel, some surface wear to mid rear panel. Item #29671

First Edition. Risqué contemporary romance novel of young woman who moves to the big city. "In Springdale Ohio, Joan Garcin's genuine charm had been outshone by the more blatant attractiveness of her elder sister Irene. However, in New York, where Joan went to live her own life, she was appreciated by connoisseurs in attractive femininity. Jealous of Joan's success, Irene followed her to the city, in order to win away her sister's men and add a few extra to her own string. But when Irene's small-town artifices proved no defense against the advances of a worldly and notorious playboy, it was the 'cute kid' of the Garcin family who proved wiser and better able to cope with the situation than her 'smart' sister". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with modest wear, nicking and rubbing to edges. Item #23539

First Edition. Cheesecake romance novel of a "bad girl" who leaves her small town for New York where she is more appreciated. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end with chip, closed tear and abrasion. Item #10099