First Edition. Uncommon novel of the First World War by a woman. This story of the War, written by a woman, is very timely as it does after so many War novels, which only gave the man's point of view. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32493
![Item #32493 WAAC The Woman's Story of the War [W A A C Women's Auxiliary Army Corps]. ANONYMOUS](/pictures/medium/32493.jpg?v=1518049075)
First Edition. Rollin Kirby dustjacket art. Interesting book concerning sugar and tariffs as well as its use in soda. Cited in works about Coca Cola and artificial sweeteners. "In the following pages are reprinted a few of the editorials, resolutions, bulletins, and other protests against the proposed increase in the tariff on sugar - a tariff which already is too high according to impartial investigations made by governmental and other disinterested bodies." Uncommon in dustjacket featuring great cartoon first published in New York World on April 14, 1929. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, inch chip at lower spine end, top spine end with closed tears mended at verso with archival tape. Item #26002
First Edition. A novel of a monk that lives in a poor house and who is trying to start an institution to teach people to love their country. Very Good In Very Good dustjacket with creasing along edges, spine faded and soiled, wear along flap edges and back panel soiled. Item #11973
First Edition. Fabulously contemporary work on who to tip and how much. Includes Railway, Hotels, Cruising, Shooting, Police, Taxis, Air Travel, etc. Very Good, foxing to pages edges and some leaves, in Very Good dustjacket, closed tear at top spine end. Item #27537
Original printed wrappers. Early anonymously produced fictionalized account of a turn of the century prostitute. This copy illustrated with several photographically produced stills of nude women. A scarce and unusual item. A Very Good tight copy in original printed wrappers, with four scotch tape pieces at spine, few edge chips and short closed tears at rear panel. Item #8011
Novel of an Englishman who, as the fictitious introduction states, "loved his business and loved the ladies". Very Good-Near Fine bright copy with some light spotting to boards in Very Good dustjacket with some fading to colors at front panel, some mild bleeding from the red cloth into the thin paper dustjacket. Item #5638
First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated cloth and dustjacket, illustrated with color plates, 192 pages. Very Good, wear to spine ends, 1899 dated gift inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, about inch of loss at lower spine end, shallow loss at top spine end and front spine edge. Item #26141
First Edition. Contemporary novel of a young woman who moves to New York City to find excitement. Uncommon. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest staining to verso of spine area, shallow edge chips and wear. Item #41176
First Edition. Small octavo. Uncommon collection of toasts including a quote from Mark Twain. Scarce in complete illustrated dustjacket, which duplicates the illustration on the front cover. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips at spine ends. Item #37199
First Edition. Lester G. Hornby illustrations. Novel of "motherhood and babyhood". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some foxing to panels, some shallow chips. Item #23851
Early Edition, and perhaps first Theatre edition, with photographic scene at dustjacket panels likely from the play. Basis for the Goldwyn Picture starring Aileen Pringle and Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket but for being split along rear flap edge (now mended with archival tape at verso). Item #37855
First Edition. African American themed novel written as an 'Autobiography of a colored clergyman long prominently associated as a gentleman of the cloth among Chicago's colored populace. His revelations are not only astonishing, but recounted with a sympathetic understanding of what an unknowing world must be prepared to accept.' Possibly written by Opie Reed. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #34367
Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. Uncommon collection of humorous newspaper editorials by the Texas "Jackass of the Plains" that lent some levity to the depression. Very Good, top front cover corner mildly bent, in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping and soiling to panels, inch chip to top spine end. Item #23021
First Edition. L. S. W. dustjacket art. "The little Indian village is a web of perjury and roguery and intrigue spun by the old pundit, Hassan's father, who writes law briefs for the natives. And what Hassan sees of this as well as what happens to the boy himself, gives new colors to an old design." Near Fine in Good or better dustjacket with few light stains, edges with chips ranging from one to two centimeters in size. Item #22534
First Edition. Very scarce novel by this English civil servant serving in India (and written in the style of an Indian story teller) and writing under a pseudonym. 'They are a brave race, the English, but lacking in intelligence. From the early moment when Hassan chooses for himself the career of a dacoit the story moves with unfailing neatness. The account of his problems in finding a wife is subtly told, while his journeyings with Maryam, and their misadventures are most entertaining.' Very Good in Good edge chipped and soiled dustjacket, half dollar sized chip at lower front panel. Item #32691
First Edition. Very uncommon collection of newspaper stories from the previous year including stories by Walter Duranty, Louis Weitzenkorn, John Gunther, Will Irwin, Dudley Nichols, and many others. Features include such topics as the democratic convention; the Leopold-Loeb trial; Bishop Brown's heresy trial; Nellie Morse's win at the Preakness; the Carpentier-Tunney fight; the Panama Canal; Pershing; and the first Native American Senator, Charles Curtis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping, nickel sized chip at top spine end. Item #21267
Interesting collection of mostly clipped signatures collection circa 1927 judging from inscription at front inside cover. Original blue felt-like fabric covers, illustrated title page. Collection of approximately fifty autographs including SUSAN B. ANTHONY, clipped from a letter to her cousin. Senators and Congressmen include: Lymon Trumbull, John Conness, John Alexander Logan (Union General), Lewis Cass, William Steele Holman, John Griffin Carlisle, John Turner Wait, Hamilton Fish, John Sherman, John Charles Black, Clarence Emir Allen, Henry Moore Teller, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Texas Fame). MILITARY: William S. Rosencrans (Union General), William E. Chandler (Secretary of Navy), Gideon Welles [twice] (Secretary Navy), William Worth Belknap (impeached Secretary Navy and General), Robert B. Vance (Confederate Brigadier General), Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Confederate General), John Eaton, Jr (Colonel Colored Regiment), Major Octavius L. Pruden. OTHER NOTABLES: Carl Schurz (Famous German American), Nance O'Neil (Actress), Fritzi Scheff (Actress), Mary Livermore (Suffrage), Cyrus West Field (Financier), George William Curtis (Author), Robert Todd Lincoln (President’s Son), J. D. C. Atkins (Indian Affairs Office), Zachariah "Zach" Montgomery (Orator), Kate Douglas Wiggin. Very Good, fabric covers with wear, few loose pages. Item #17754
First or Early Edition. G. W. Gage dustjacket art. Cattlemen feuding Western novel set in Wyoming. Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine moderately darkened, some shelf wear. Item #9279
First Edition. G. W. Gage dustjacket art. Author's second Hubin listed mystery of of a man who is faced with "a situation that demands his acceptance of the evidence that he brutally murdered his father..." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest shelf wear and few nicks. Item #6558
First Edition. Charles Durant dustjacket art. Western and adventure novel set in California, while still a Mexican province, whose queen is fascinated by the American officer condemned to die as a spy. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few cm sized chip at lower front panel, shallow chips to spine ends, some wear to flap fold and rear panel. Item #5822
First Edition. Joseph Stella (presumed) wrap-around dustjacket art and illustrations. Progressive work on immigration by prominent Jewish author and supporter of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, chipped along top edge, some loss and wear at flap edges. Item #29107
First Edition. Original printed wrappers, with two tone printing. Collection of short stories in original Czech, originally banned in Germany. Almost Near Fine, but for browning from adhesive to corners of front and rear free endpapers, slight crease to front cover and slightest wear to spine ends, otherwise, clean, bright and solid. Item #24344
![Item #24344 Povídky Z Obou Kapes [Stories from Both Pockets]. Karel APEK](/pictures/medium/24344.jpg?v=1434450551)
First Edition. Probably Arthur Hawkins Jr. dustjacket design. 'An expedition to a buried city in the desert of Central Asia to dig up a gold Buddha. The party is financed by a New York magnate hungry for social prestige. His companions are a young novelist, a middle aged hard boiled agent of the millionaire, the leader's divorced wife. As they leave India and cross the Himalayas to the Pamir, all the secret impulses of these ill assorted characters come to the surface'. Scarce title. Very Good, bit of a stain to top of front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, shelf wear to all edges. Item #34963
First Edition. Includes Four Young Men Look at a Corpse by Appel. Uncommon anthology. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket but for couple inch split at top spine edge. Item #37127
First Edition. Large Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Rare children's book. Very Good, general shelf wear, small child's name at top front wrap, some soiling to covers. Item #15832
