$45 Jazz Age & Depression Era Literature
First Edition. L. Hopkins dustjacket art and silhouette illustrations throughout. Translated from the French of Emile de la Bedolliere. Charming children's story "of Mother Michael and her cat." Near Fine in Very Good Plus dustjacket, spine sunned with few shallow tears along edges. Item #24281
First Edition. Collection of Allen's stories published shortly after his death. Near Fine with foxing to page ends, in Almost Near Fine dustjacket, only slight darkening to spine and edges. Item #24499
First Edition. Original printed wrappers, with two tone printing. Collection of short stories in original Czech, originally banned in Germany. Almost Near Fine, but for browning from adhesive to corners of front and rear free endpapers, slight crease to front cover and slightest wear to spine ends, otherwise, clean, bright and solid. Item #24344
![Item #24344 Povídky Z Obou Kapes [Stories from Both Pockets]. Karel APEK](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24344.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1400793213)
Early Reprint. Rare novel dealing with art and alcoholism. A contemporary review in The Forum states: "The Gorgeous Isle, which is Gertrude Atherton's sole contribution to this year's fiction. The familiar situation is this: a certain man has been steadily drinking himself to death. A certain woman loves him well enough to run the risk of marrying him on the chance of bringing about a reformation. They are married; he keeps his word and his health is re-established. But it happens that this man is a poet, who is able to give the world immortal verse, provided he continues the use of alcohol. The choice lies between a long life of stagnation and a few brief years of meteoric glory. Has the woman the right to rob the world of great literature for the sake of one man's physical welfare? Mrs. Atherton's solution at least opens up some interesting discussions." Near Fine in Very Good Plus dustjacket, tiny nicks to flap corners and spine ends, few short closed tears. Item #24492
![Item #24492 The Gorgeous Isle [ALCOHOLISM FICTION]. Gertrude ATHERTON](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/24492.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1400793213)
First Edition. N. C. Wyeth dustjacket art. Bacheller's historical adventure novel of colonial New England. Colorful Wyeth dustjacket illustration of a sinister looking pilgrim and adventurers. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, soiling at spine. Item #24187
First Edition. John Wolcott Adams dustjacket art and illustrations. Historical Fiction set during the founding of the American Republic. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, somewhat soiled with few closed tears, shallow chips and creasing. Item #24332
First Edition. Mary Baker illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated throughout. Collection of stories for young readers, including "The Guinea-Pig's Tail," "The Little Gold Penny," "Cinderella's Sisters," and "The Pea-Plant," among many others. Near Fine in scarce Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling, inch closed tear to lower rear spine edge, few tiny closed tears to edges. Item #24152
First Edition. Novel about a young girl who leaves her home because of her father's bigotry and intolerance; she then goes to New York in order to try and become a musician. Basis for the 1926 film starring Lois Moran, Noah Beery, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Richard Arlen. Near Fine with ownership inscription at half title and slight spotting to cloth at rear cover, in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, few short closed tears with accompanying creases to edges. Item #24505
First Edition. Braun dustjacket art. A "very modern" novel, "written by a man who, in a world of chaos, still has faith in that spark of human courage, human warmth, human compassion that will continue to make man rise from the ashes of his own undoing..." Near Fine with very light wear to cover, in Very Good Plus unclipped dustjacket with wear at edges and corners, and tiny neat trim on flaps. Item #24266
Early Reprint Ediiton. Frank dustjacket art. Early novel by Irish clergyman and prolific novelist. Near Fine but for front board with bend and slight crease, foxing to page ends, in a Very Good dustjacket few short tears. Item #24262
First Edition. Humorous drama of a cast of characters whose interweaving lives lead from New York, to Rome, to Japan, and back again. Near Fine in a Very Good Plus price-clipped dustjacket with shallow loss to spine ends and flap corners. Item #24275
First Edition. Contemporary World War Two theatrical play of Europe's brave attempt to thwart Hitler's advances. Near Fine with pink markings to front free endpaper, in Very Good Plus dustjacket, few tiny chips and light wear to corners and spine ends. Item #24209
First Edition. L.S.W. dustjacket art. Interesting novel set in the Siam jungle, in which an elephant, "Poo Lorn, [leads a] tribe whose depredations have struck horror to the hearts of natives and whites alike - a villainous Chinaman and his henchmen- the family of a British agent, menaced on all sides - here is a deeply stirring and significant picture of one of the outposts of progress". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and flap corners. Item #24158
First Edition. Bleiler title and story of Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General of England who terrorizes 17th Century England with extortion, theft, torture and murder. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, top edge of rear panel chipped half inch deep, scotch tape repairs to tears at verso. Item #24144
Octavo, saddle-stitched binding, in original illustrated wrappers. collection of literary circulars - "not intended as 'literary' productions -- critical essays and biographical appreciations -- but as intensely practical summaries of telling facts and persuasive opinions" - from publisher's letter to the agent. Includes circulars on Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, J. Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, among others. Very Good Plus, firmly bound volume, staples rusted but firm, pencil drawings to front endpaper, nibbling to lower corner of agent's letter, some soiling and edge wear to wrappers. Item #24285
First Edition. Victor Beals dustjacket art. "a Chinese Romeo and Juliet, rich with the incense of the Orient". Wonderful dustjacket art by Beals borrowed from a Shakespeare scene. Very Good, in Good dustjacket, inch chip at top spine end, small chips and wear to edges. Item #24171
First American Edition. Conrad's last novel left partially unfinished at his death. Adventure novel of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Near Fine in nearly Very Good illustrated dustjacket, spine darkened, few small chips to spine, inch plus closed to top edge of front panel, few smaller closed tears. Item #24351
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox All Talking film staring Will Rogers and Irene Rich. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, few inch closed tear at front flap edge. Item #24196
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox All Talking film staring Will Rogers and Irene Rich. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips and wear. Item #24588
First Edition. G. L. B. dustjacket art. Action and adventure novel involving a wounded dog in an Alaskan mining camp. Near Fine in Very Good Plus dustjacket, white of dustjacket darkened, with some shallow chipping and tears, pink ink along top edge of rear panel. Item #24331
First Edition. Wild West adventure novel of a lone hero. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with inch closed tear to top edge for front panel, quarter sized chip at mid-lower spine. Item #24231
Second Edition. Novel of mid-life crisis. "A woman of forty whose job is done; children raised, financial worries over, husband safely embarked upon a career. What is she to do next?" Near Fine with ownership signature inked to front free endpaper, in Very Good Plus dustjacket, but for half inch chip to lower spine edge, few other shallow chips. Item #24263
First Edition. C. D. Williams illustrated dustjacket. Novel about socialism, in which a group of socialists begin a community funded by "enemy of the cause who believes that only in actual experience will these eager souls be convinced how futile ... are their efforts to reconstruct society." Near Fine but for mild bowing to boards and speckling to cloth at front panel, in Very Good dustjacket, only shallow edge wears and slight soiling. Item #24214
First Edition. H. M. Brock dustjacket art and illustrations. Poetry collection for and about children. Very Good Plus, lacking front free endpaper with school stamp to inner front cover, in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears including inch plus closed tear to top edge of rear panel, several shallow chips along tope edges and flap corners, abrasion to lower front panel from what appears to be sticker removal. Item #24509
Early Reprint Edition. Romance novel about a young woman who pretends to be from a wealthy family in order to marry well. In turn she snags a young man who is looking to "marry well" so also is pretending to be something he is not. So convinced she has found all she has dreamed of in the money aspect she cast aside the love that has been developing with another young man, what she does not know is that he is the rich one. Instead blindly she turns to the other and marries him in turns into the opposite of what she sold herself for. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #24192
