First Edition. R. Pallen Coleman dustjacket art. A novel of two young girls living in Virginia who rebel against convention. Near Fine, foxing to page edges, in nearly Very Good dustjacket (retaining bookmark at front flap), shallow edge chips and short closed tears, few inch closed tear at lower front spine edge. Item #21954

First Edition. Unusual novel of a middle aged man who "makes a gesture of resentment against the chilly reserve of his son. This gesture is a whimsical and minute examination of the pattern made by the incidents and accidents and chances of twenty-five years". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at top spine end. Item #22001

Early Printing, without 'first edition' statement, but F-C code indicating a 1928 publication. Goodhead dustjacket artwork. Uncommon Bleiler listed fantasy novel set on a "god-forsaken West Indian Island... of native magic and mystery... the spell that native superstition weaves about the invading white man" who marries "a half-breed wife". Not found in Hubin despite the jacket's blurb: "Thrilling mystery melodrama on a West Indian island". Near Fine in dustjacket with several inch closed tear at front panel mended at verso with a long piece of paper tape, else Very Good, some edge chipping, masking tape shadows at verso. Item #22015

First Edition. Author's third novel and story of a ruined doctor who travels to the Canary Islands. "The short passenger list included among others two fervent missionaries, an ex-pugilist, and Lady Mary Fielding. The passengers arrived at their destination in the midst of an epidemic of yellow fever." Basis for the 1934 black and white Fox Film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter and Madge Evans. Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and tiny closed tears, some mended at verso with scotch tape. Item #21941

First Edition. Grant dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel. "Into the little village of Rickaby, smiling serenely in the spring sunshine, there enters an alien presence, a beautiful woman from another world, with a different set of ideas. The currents and counter-currents of human feeling which she sets in motion form the basis of this fascinating story." Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at lower spine end and few flap corners, few short closed tears, some scotch tape mends at verso, top spine end chipped few centimeters deep. Item #21987

First Edition. A. I. Keller frontispiece. Romance and intrigue novel listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery set during a single summer on an English farm. Basis for the 1920 black and white silent film directed by Fred Paul and starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Gordon Craig. Near Fine in dustjacket with signs of a stain at spine and lower front panel, less than an inch loss at lower spine end, top front panel with top edge torn away with a depth of a few centimeters to an inch. Item #21929

First Edition. Original green cloth, illustrated with gilt, and illustrated dustjacket. Rare travel narrative of a Chicago physician writing from the point of view of a woman whose health requires that she travel in the American west. Illustrated with 47 photographs in the text. Wright III, 2135. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped inch deep, about inch of loss at top rear panel. Item #22000

First Edition. F. dustjacket art. Turn of the century guide to a woman's place in marriage with chapters titled: Interfering Parents, Daughters Have Rights, Matrimony vs. A Career, The Family Funds, Who Shall Be Boss? What Shall We Do to Keep Our Husbands Home Nights? The Club Habit, Drifting Apart. Near Fine in scarce Very Good dustjacket, several inch closed tear at front panel, some shallow chips and expected darkening to panels. Item #21981

First Edition. "Impressive little sketches and cameos of the war. A book of war gains, not the gains in yards of trenches won or in sanguinary repulses of the enemy, but in the conquest of the spirit, the filling of the soul with a new zest for life, the strengthening of the moral fiber." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips. Item #21974

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, tiny abrasion at mid-front panel, few shallow chips. Item #21964

First English Photoplay Edition, Sixth Edition overall, illustrated with color scene from the 20th Century Fox film 'The Blue Bird' at front jacket panel, starring Shirley Temple and Johnny Russell. A very uncommon photoplay edition. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, shallow edge chips, light soiling to white panels. Item #21983

First Edition. "A thrilling, red-blooded tale of a picturesque character against the background of hell-roaring towns where men drank, quarreled, killed and went about their business. Gordon Lillie, as Pawnee Bill, the hero of countless men and boys of this and past generations, stood in the doorway of the restaurant in Caldwell one Saturday afternoon. Before him were cattle thieves, horse thieves, Indians, desperadoes, women with hard eyes and painted cheeks. He stood on the threshold of a career that was to be one of the most colorful and stirring in the annals of the glamorous Southwest." A very uncommon title to be found in dustjacket. Near Fine but for mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, some wear at front spine edge, shallow chipping at lower spine end. Item #22008