Jazz Age & Depression Era Literature
First Edition. Horror and mystery novel of a diabolical crime using germs. Very Good, mild cocking, ownership address at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and modest edge wear. Item #23644
First Edition. Large octavo, original cloth and fragile illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs. Biography of a National League outfielder of the 1880's who became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist in the early 20th century. Very Good, cheap cloth with scattered nicking to spine gutters, in Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped inch and half deep, shallow chipping at lower spine end and top rear corners, some splitting to fragile jacket at spine edges. Item #22588
First Edition. Arthur E. Becher dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical "romance of the Greenwood which is by far the greatest achievement of the author". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping to edges. Item #23699
Second Printing in second issue dustjacket with blank rear panel. Maurer dustjacket art. Mardi Gras set novel "in the lives of a strange set of people connected with the airplane contests which are being held in celebration of the opening of a new airport." Very Good, mildly cracked at title page, some foxing to page edges, small stamp at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, some foxing, shallow edge chips. Item #23602
First Edition. Uncommon anthology which features this early Fitzgerald story. Almost Near Fine in Good dustjacket, soiling and spotting to panels, nearly two inch chip at lower spine end, few shallow chips, chipping along top area of front flap edge. Item #23631
First Edition. Original hardcover printing with dustjacket. Hungarian author's unusual play in which a modern day American is charged with removing the body of Christ from the tomb which held it after the crucifixion. This copy with long inscription at front free endpaper signed and inscribed by Fodor and dated in year of publication. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #16851
Second Large Printing plug at dustjacket. "Novel of a vulgar sentimentalist". Near Fine in fragile Very Good dustjacket, spine darkened, chipping at top spine end. Item #23738
First Edition. Medical profession and labor themed novel by the co-author of 'The Interne' written in conjunction with Harlem Renaissance figure Wallace Thurman. This title is best described by the jacket copy: "Dr. Carl Armstrong, after a year as interne in a graft-infested public hospital, settles down to private practice. Almost immediately he is plunged into a nerve-wracking industrial drama crowded with corruption and intrigue. The mill-owners control the local political machine; they run the police. Against them are arrayed the discontented workers, appealing for justice. Shall Carl join their side; or go where there is money and privilege and social prestige? In his private practice other temptations pursue him. Cynical lawyers, racketeering druggists, crooked lodge officials whisper of shady deals, huge fees are offered for illegal practices, sensual women patients, idle and rich, who patronize young doctors for services beyond the scope of medicine, threaten to break up his home." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #23677
Second Printing. R. dustjacket art. Russian Revolution set novel. Fabulous dustjacket artwork in black and white. Near Fine, ownership signature markered out at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping along lower edge. Item #23647
First Edition stated. H. R. dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of American's in Paris. "The Selbys are Southerners who have lived in Paris for years, and who know and enjoy the real social life of the city - not the false bohemianism of Montmartre. Their pretty niece from Savannah comes to visit them, to be 'brought out' in French society". A very uncommon title to be found as an actual first edition and the jacket artwork is certainly a high spot from the period. Near Fine but for signature markered out at front endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #23653
First Edition. J. Paul Verrees dustjacket art and frontispiece. Humorous contemporary romance novel of a young woman who must choose between three suitors. Mixed into the story is "an old-fashioned grandmother from Minnesota; a mother with fighting blood and a Russian lady with a past; two men who love the same girl and two girls who love the same man; a butler who gives notice at a critical moment; a very intellectual woman; a little shopkeeper who is not quite intellectual enough". Very Good, contemporary signature at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and closed tears, mild soiling to white panels, dime sized chip at lower spine end. Item #23599
First Edition. Early dustjacket. Patriotic history by descendent of the Revolution’s patriot-spy, Nathan Hale. Color illustrated dustjacket, with color illustrated plates throughout and red border to text on each page. Near Fine with shadowing to endpapers in a moderately soiled dustjacket, Very Good plus but for chipping and tears to top edge of rear panel and spine ends, few short closed tears. Item #19190
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Selznick Production starring Bert Lytell and Adolphe Menjou. Very Good, some soiling to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #23670
First Edition. Nick dustjacket design. Author's first novel. Novel of a few days in the life of an Irish solicitor who drinks to excess. Near Fine, contemporary bookplate at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks at lower spine end. Item #23689
First Edition. Trever Evans dustjacket art. Author's second book. Hubin listed crime novel and "case of dual personality, but, unlike Jekyll, John remains fully conscious of his change of identity. Despite this a powerful rivalry grows up between John, the successful business man, and Richard, the poor but brilliant author. Richard becomes, much to his own astonishment and against his will, the leader of a powerful Secret Society, composed of deaf mutes with a communistic aim". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few inch closed tear and associated creases at lower rear panel. Item #23730
First Edition. Mary Briggs dustjacket art. Business themed novel of "the executive colony of a large industry". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, closed tear at lower rear panel, light stain to lower spine end. Item #23727
Early Printing. Ibanez's famous novel of the events leading up to the First World War. Near Fine, ownership signature at front endpaper and half-title, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #23618
Early Printing, "82nd Thousand" plug at dustjacket. Uncommon dustjacketed copy of the author's first book, originally published in 1898. The author would find fame with her adventure novel, "To Have and To Hold". Very Good, top fore-edge page corners mildly bumped, tiny stain at fore-edge of later pages, in Good dustjacket, edge chipping, top spine end with inch of loss, few inch piece reattached with archival tape at top front panel. Item #22360
First Edition stated. Sheridan dustjacket art. The toils of a young man against prejudice and persecution who must live down a crime he did not wittingly commit. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, hint of cup stain at front panel. Item #23698
Early Printing, first published in 1926. Theatrical play and "portrait of a selfish woman. Mrs. Craig is house-crazy. She worships her house as coldly as pagans do their idols". Winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Basis for three films in 1928, 1936, and 1950 in which the leading ladies included Irene Rich, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford. The 1936 version with Russell was the actress's first major success. An uncommon play and especially so in original illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, minor chips at spine ends. Item #23668
First Edition. Hubin-listed mystery of a medium and the world of spiritualism, a popular subject of the time. Very Good but for part of front flap pasted to front endpaper, date stamps at front pastedown in a Good only dustjacket, lacking front flap and few inch deep chip at top spine end, scotch tape shadows to edges of verso. Item #23745
First Edition. Collection of six stories of people "caught in the meshes of the sex impulse". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow edge chipping and wear. Item #23658
First Edition, Second Issue, with Gantry at spine with "G". Novel of a preacher immortalized by the 1960 Richard Brook's directed film starring Burt Lancaster. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and few edges, few short closed tears. Item #23735
First Edition. Hans Krause dustjacket art. Two Volumes, Original publisher's slipcase. Jazz Age themed novel of an elusive woman desired by all and who belongs to the high society of Europe. Art-deco dustjacket artwork of a young woman and a greyhound dog. Near Fine copies, fragile dustjackets Very Good, some soiling to spines, volume one with small chip at lower spine end, slipcase is Very Good with wear to corners and edges, area of dampstaining to lower corner. Item #23715
First Edition. "Scotland yard was helpless before the inexplicable murderer who struck again and again, always at the police, always with fiendish skill". Very Good, some tape shadows at covers, hint of a stain to edges of front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, darkened scotch tape at verso of edges, chipped at spine ends. Item #23719
