51. The Wine-Press. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1913).
First Edition. A narrative poem set in the Balkans of the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21588
Jazz Age & Depression Era Literature
First Edition. A narrative poem set in the Balkans of the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21588
First Edition. Odets' play about the decay of the middle class. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks to spine ends, tiny hole at mid-rear panel. Item #21682
First Edition. Ervin Decon dustjacket art. Bleiler listed fantasy novel with elements of farming, travel to China, World War One and race relations. Includes dialectic speech. "Rare Earth is an entirely original novel, gripping, awe-inspiring, glowing with beauty. In it are three distinct romances, one between Scobee and Dallis who are white, one between Linda and Benda Joel who are colored, one between Hung Long Tom and Lotus Blossom who are Chinese". Very Good, rear inner hinge a bit cracked, bookplate removed from front endpaper, in jacket split down middle of spine, mended at verso with scotch tape, shallow edge chips and wear. Item #21700
Second Printing, same month as First. Walter Dean Goldbeck illustrations. Contemporary novel of American city life. Scarce in original printed dustjacket. Very Good, light stain to lower spine end, in dustjacket lacking upper half of spine, closed tears and scotch tape at verso. Item #21494
Early Printing without publisher's symbol at copyright page. Allan McNab dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery set within the boarding house of a "handsome and lovable young Jewess". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #21578
Fourth Printing. "A splendid romantic novel about gallant and heroic Englishmen. A stirring story of glamorous people". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small edge chips. Item #21654
First Edition. Antwerp set World War Two mystery novel of spies and intrigue. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some scrape like abrasions at front panel. Item #21504
Early Printing, no date on title page, H-U code for August, 1920. Collection of eight short stories of American life. Near Fine in Very Good soiled dustjacket, shallow chips. Item #21668
First American Edition. Novel of the inhabitants of a great modern Hotel whom include a newspaper magnate, a financier and his Communistic son, the general, the priest, socialite, Ninette de Nina the movie star, a scientist, spiritualist medium and Arab chieftain. Near Fine in edge chipped dustjacket, about an inch of loss at lower spine area, closed tears at spine area, some fading to spine. Item #21707
First Edition. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical novel intended for young adults, of a boy living amongst Native Americans. Near Fine in edge chipped dustjacket. Item #21669
Presumed Later Printing, copyright date of 1915. Nautical adventure novel of a shipwrecked sailor who drifts to a coral island already occupied by tow waifs from a previous wreck. They discover pearl shells on the island and distrust of one another ensues. Near Fine in dustjacket with scotch tape mending rear flap fold and some tears at spine, few inches lacking from spine ends. Item #21570
First Edition. John Held Jr. dustjacket art. 12mo. Pocket-sized and short work on the value of having a good big brother. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at top rear panel. Item #21740
First or Early Printing, no colophon, "Publishers in America for Hodder and Stoughton" at title page. Historical novel set during the time of Prince Charlie, "when Lancashire flocked to the cavalier standard and marched with the ragged Highlanders for the capture of London". Near Fine in Good dustjacket, several inch closed tear at front panel, chipping at top spine end and rear panel. Item #21594
First Edition. "Jolly, wistful, semi-autobiographical chronicle of Booth Tarkington's" life. This copy inscribed and signed by Tarkington at front free endpaper in 1942. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #21593
First Edition. Ronald McRae dustjacket art. Novel of the "extraordinary adventures that befell Ambrose Deacon among the moving picture stars of Hollywood". Near Fine, contemporary address at front free endpaper, in nearly Very Good modestly edge worn dustjacket, shallow edge chips and shelf wear, closed tears at spine and flap edges. Item #21741
First Edition. "What would happen if Scotland yard were suddenly faced with the bombs, artillery, and political corruption of America's Underworld, with machine guns roaring at the Marble Arch". Near Fine in soiled dustjacket, shallow edge chips, lower spine end with almost an inch of loss. Item #21679
First Edition. 'Lost Civilization' fantasy novel listed in Bleiler set during the age of the Mayans. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with modest edge chipping, some splitting at edges mended at verso with white (presumably archival) tape. Item #21560
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the First National Film starring John Bowers and Marguerite De La Motte. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #21703
Second Edition. Novel missed by Bleiler of telepathy, communication between this world and the "Unseen World and Reincarnation". Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket but for inch closed tear at top panel in original printed box, lower edge half missing. Item #21573