1. Quadrille Court. Cleveland: International Fiction Library, (1929).
First American Edition. Novel of the heir to a fine property and a family feud. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicks at spine ends. Item #22814
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2. No Surrender. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.
First Edition. John O’Hara Cosgrave II dustjacket art. Author’s first book. Nazi-themed novel about a man who worked by day for the Netherlands Department of Justice, “a tool in the hands of his Nazi superiors,” but by night was an “important keystone in the Dutch underground movement, lashing out against the Nazis by whose side he worked during the day.” Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at spine ends, some modest edge wear, crease at top rear panel, some rubbing at front flap edge. Item #22788
3. Rejected Guest. New York: Viking Press, 1939.
First Edition stated. Novel of a young Englishman who is confronted by the "advantages to which his real parentage entitled him". Near Fine but for 1960's ownership signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #22838
4. Hankow Return. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1941.
First Edition. World War Two set adventure novel. "This first novel about an airman in China gives a really extraordinary picture of China at war [and] professional air fighters". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few edge chips and short closed tears. Item #22816
5. Peacock Feathers. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co., 1924.
First Edition. Coles Phillips dustjacket art. Romance novel about a poor man in love with a rich society girl. Basis for the 1925 black and white film starring Jacqueline Logan and Cullen Landis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with publisher's bookmark removed from front flap, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #22764
6. Angel Casey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
First Edition stated. Floherty Jr. dustjacket art. Romance novel of a woman who marries young, endures a failed marriage and later in life meets a returning war veteran with whom she "supplants disillusion with faith and the capacity to love and be loved again". Near Fine, ownership stamp at lower page edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #22832
7. Ships in the Bay! New York: Coward-McCann Inc, (1931).
First Edition. Henry C. Pitz dustjacket art. Nautical adventure novel of an Englishman in pursuit of his Irish brother-in-law. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at spine ends. Item #22797
8. Oh, Say, Can you See! New York: MacMillan Co., 1937.
First Edition stated. Humorous novel of a Soviet Russian who visits America. "Ivan Krassnaumov, a young Soviet scientist, arrives to do research at a marine biological station in California. He becomes involved with Carole, the wife of a polo-playing millionaire, and with Gus, the taxi-driver whose girl is in trouble. He runs foul of Red-baiters, is lionized by parlor-Pinks, exploited by a fund-grubbing scientist, and bewildered by everybody." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with few shallow chips. Item #22847
9. The Blanket of the Dark. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931.
First Edition, remainder copy with "A. L. Burt" at spine and in A. L. Burt issued dustjacket. Richard N. Holderg dustjacket art. Historical Fiction set in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #22819
10. The Second Mercury Story Book. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931.
First Edition. Large anthology including works by Capek, Baring, J. B. Priestley, Max Beerbohm, Lady Eleanor Smith, etc. Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #22772
11. The Golden Knight. New York: The Greystone Press, 1937.
First Edition, "Advance Complimentary Copy" stamped at lower page edge. Raymond Bishop dustjacket art. Historical novel of Richard the Lion-Heart returning from the Second Crusade. Near Fine in very attractive almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #22756
12. The Vanishing Men. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1920).
First Edition stated. Hubin listed mystery novel of "a beautiful woman and three men who want to marry her and who mysteriously vanish, one after the other. This rapid-fire tale of intrigue, crime, suspense and expiation, unfolds for us in the strange story of Brena Selcoss whose life was shadowed by this inexplicable horror". Near Fine in nearly Very Good, modestly edge chipped, dustjacket. Item #22864
13. Nixey's Harlequin. London: Jonathan Cape, (1931).
First Edition. Collection of ten short stories including fantasy tales listed in Bleiler. Very colorful cover art obscured by the plain printed dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #22765
14. Murder at the Schoolhouse. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1940.
First Edition stated. Sochis dustjacket art. Mystery novel of a murdered school teacher in the backwoods community of Deer Lick. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear at spine ends and flap corners. Item #22841
15. Droll Tales, The Second Decade. New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1929.
First Edition, Limited Edition of 1550 copies. Tall octavo, original red cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Jean De Bosschere dustjacket art and illustrations. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, several inch closed tear at lower spine area, few edge chips, some scotch tape shadows at verso. Item #22786
16. Doomsday. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
First Edition. "Story of a girl's search for her destined life, her destined mate; and it embodies the truth that marriage, a brilliant social career, and wealth can mean nothing without love". Near Fine, gift inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, light stain to top front panel, soiling to panels, top rear panel with few closed tears. Item #22781
17. Fathomless. New York: Henry Waterson Co, (1927).
First Edition. Nautical adventure novel set in the Arctic Seas of a ship "in search of a treasure that lies hidden among the recesses of the great icebergs. The presence of two stowaways, a girl and a preacher adds to the confusion". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped half inch deep, shallow chips at flap corners. Item #22784
18. Lysistrata: A Comedy In Four Acts. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
First Edition. "Modernized adaptation of Aristophanes' famous play". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny chips at lower spine end. Item #22801
19. The Sky But Not the Heart. New York: Macmillan Co., 1936.
First Edition. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Farcical fantasy novel of a mythical land with some outlandish inhabitants. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and modest wear. Item #22846
20. Odin Grows Up. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1934).
First American Edition. "The story of a youth's education at the hands of Life and of the forging of his strong vivid character, set forth against a Norwegian background". The fifth volume of the six volume "The People Of Juvik" saga. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, green at spine faded, chipped at lower spine end. Item #22774
21. The Kindly Gods. New York: Macaulay Co., (1935).
First Edition. Mexican set adventure novel of a young man who must avenge his uncle's murder. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, mild rubbing and few short closed tears. Item #22825
22. To the Sun. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Co., 1929.
First Edition. Biographical novel of the life of Shakespeare. "The bewildered boy-husband, the struggling youth drunk on ambition and visions of beauty; the wise lover making a fool of himself with grim desperation". Very Good in nearly Very Good edge chipped dustjacket. Item #22836
23. The General's Lady. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1938).
First Edition stated. American Revolution set romance novel of a dissatisfied Tory woman who marries a rebel general to save the family fortune. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and rubbing to spine ends and flap corners, few short closed tears. Item #22817
24. Guilt, A Mystery Story. Cleveland: International Fiction Libary, (1924).
Reprint Edition. Murder mystery in which the dead man's lifelong friend swears to devote his life to the crime's solution. Near Fine in Very Good but edge worn dustjacket, stain at lower rear panel. Item #22783
25. The Mob, A Play in Four Acts. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
First American Edition. Scarce Galsworthy play concerning a member of Parliament and his dealings with constituents and his family. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicking at spine ends. Item #22763
