26. Barbarian's Country. London: Hutchinson of London, (1960).
First English Edition. Biro dustjacket art. Novel of Indo-China. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #23957
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First English Edition. Biro dustjacket art. Novel of Indo-China. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #23957
Second Printing. F. M. dustjacket art. Author's first book, the story of a "young South American girl's triumph over the conventions and restrictions imposed on her liberty by her religion and environment. The scenes of this colorful story are laid in Venezuela and New York". Very Good, tiny nick at top spine end cloth, in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, rear flap edge with stain. Item #24062
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Vitagraph Production starring Percy Marmont and Marguerite De La Motte. Romance of a novelist. Uncommon photoplay. Near Fine, contemporary signatures at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, piece of scotch tape at top spine end, some nicking and wear. Item #24042
Fifth Impression. Abbey dustjacket art. "The concluding volume of Miss Jacob's saga of Jewish family life". Near Fine, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24060
First Edition. Social comedy of a beautiful woman whose ex-fiancé "goes to this new lover on a mission of apparent explanation for Julia herself. But his real motive is to make use of Julia's prospective married position for his own selfish ends". Uncommon James title to be found in original illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, scotch tape mending at verso of spine area. Item #24019
First Edition. Politzer designed jacket. Hubin listed mystery puzzle book in which the reader is given the clues and is challenged to solve the crime. "The 32 problems that constitute this book are really nothing more nor less than 32 complete detective stories, reduced to the essential facts. There is no padding, and the insipid and irritating love-interest that is an integral part of the conventional detective story, has in all cases been omitted. Short of having the stories read like excerpts from a dry-goods catalog, we have presented our cases as tersely as possible. You who have so long prided yourself on your abilities as an amateur Sherlock Holmes, now have the opportunity of pitting your cunning against that of the dastardly criminals who roam through the pages of Murder." Very Good, contemporary bookplate at front endpaper, lacking solutions at pocket at rear pastedown, in dustjacket with some large chips, narrow loss along front flap edge, some mild stains. Item #24026
First Edition. Author's first book. Mystery novel set at a house party on an east coast island. Very Good in nearly Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, few small abrasions and 'drip' spots to front panel, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #23960
First Edition. "Maxwell must be credited with the creation of a temptress of a wholly different type". Scarce. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24070
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Universal Pictures feature starring Tsuru Aoki and Stanhope Wheatcroft. Extremely rare photoplay to feature this early Japanese actress with four internal stills and colorized still at front jacket panel. The novel takes place in both Japan and Washington D. C. and revolves around the events of the Russo-Japanese War. Good, with fore-edge of front cover badly bumped, some 'splash' stains to page edges, light stain to lower covers, in almost Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends, light stain to lower edge of panels, top flap edge area with two dime sized chips. Item #24022
First Edition stated. Nautical novel of romance, "a young engineer, a girl writer of sentimental fiction". Very Good, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, small sticker abrasion at lower spine end, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and few edges. Item #23990
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the RKO-Radio Production at end papers starring Ann Harding and Jean Hersholt. Novel set in pro-German but neutral Holland during the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some darkening to spine, few tiny chips and light shelf wear. Item #23953
First Edition. F. M. dustjacket art. World War One novel in which an English officer and prisoner of war discovers his childhood sweetheart married to a German officer at his camp. Basis for the 1934 black and white talking film directed by John Cromwell and starring Ann Harding, Jean Hersholt and Brian Aherne. Near Fine in almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #23973
Later Printing, first published in 1916. Gene Pressler dustjacket art. "A Blossom Shop" romance of a young woman. Uncommon Mullins title to be found in dustjacket. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, inch chip at top spine end, coin sized chip at mid-spine, soiling to white of panels. Item #23979
First Edition. Bip Pares dustjacket art. International intrigue involving a nonviolent plan to overthrow Russia. Very Good, few bumped corners in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #24068
Early Reprint Edition. Early automobile fiction. From a contemporary review: "little stories of frank extravaganzas founded on the mania for motor-cars, which burns, apparently, even more fiercely in America than in England. The stories will be extraordinarily irritating to any one who is not familiar with the idioms of the "garage." but the motorist will feel a certain pleasure in seeing the language of sentiment translated into the language of petrol. The book is full of humor and energy, and, though it is not of course serious literature, the reader will always have a kindness for any work from the pen of that one of the authors of "The Wrong Box" who was not "old enough to be ashamed of himself." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and few edges, closed tear and creases at front panel. Item #24016
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated at front dustjacket panel with still from the Paramount Picture starring Lon Chaney, Betty Compson and Thomas Meighan. Uncommon photoplay with Lon Chaney in his break-out role. Near Fine, contemporary signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket with a scattering of tiny abrasions to spine area. Item #24041
First Edition stated. Harry Cimino dustjacket art and illustrations. Rare gambling title. "Tarboe, perhaps the most accomplished gambler of his period, is well known to the author over a long period of years. So attractive a figure does Tarboe become that one regrets not being swindled by him." Fabulous dustjacket art featuring a card player at table. Near Fine, small nick to cloth at lower front cover edge, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, small sticker at lower spine end. Item #23999
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Novel of a young woman and her daughter who try to escape from a bleak factory town. Near Fine, ownership signature markered out at front endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #23986
Early Printing. Ludwig dustjacket art. Interesting novel of a doctor who is called up to operate on a young man while intoxicated and who blunders tragically and his efforts at redemption. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends. Item #24072
First Edition. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art. Adventure novel of the "Northern border, a corking story of life half-wild, half-civilized, of American lumbermen keen in contest and ruthless in competition, of Indians, of 'breeds' and habitants, of dynamite and quick gunplay." Very Good, foxing to page edges and endpapers, in Good rather edge chipped dustjacket, rear panel soiled. Item #24018
First Edition. "Black gold! Gaunt oil derricks reaching their ugly arms against the clear Alaskan sky!" Near Fine but for contemporary bookplate at front pastedown, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at lower spine end and flap corners, modest edge wear, top spine end with deeper chipping. Item #24014
First Edition. Hubin listed collection of insurance mysteries by this obscure Philadelphia publisher. This copy inscribed and signed by the author at front free endpaper. Near Fine, in Very Good plus thin-paper dustjacket. Item #24051
First Edition. Romance novel of a famous traveling architect. Great deco style dustjacket art. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #23951
First Edition. Collection of short stories about people of Central America. Great Art Deco dustjacket art with pictorial endpapers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some spotting to spine, few pieces of tape at verso. Item #24067
Reprint Edition. New York City set contemporary novel of romance, comedy and intrigue based on the play by Selwyn, with great photographic scene at dustjacket from the theatrical production. Basis for the 1915 lost Jesse Lasky silent film directed by Frederick A. Thompson and starring Marshall Neilan and Florence Dagmar. The film is the earliest known appearance of Erich von Stroheim in a film. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #24025