First Edition. Small octavo. Rare first appearance of Maxwell Anderson, well known playwright. Very uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, scotch tape mends to verso, lacking half of spine material, chipped at edges. Item #25151

First Edition. Frank Higgins dustjacket art. Labor themed novel, the author's first book. "A child of the Pennsylvania coal valleys, hoped that life would be spent with Charlie. It was for him that she took the course in literature, that she left the silk mils and studied to be a nurse. But there were different things in store for her, the finer things that she deserved". Scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #25130

First Edition. San Francisco set murder mystery which begins with a man finding the 'White Flower' of San Fran's nightlife dead in his hotel room. Very Good or Near Fine, some wear at spine ends, very mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and wear to edges. Item #25057

First Edition, Early Issue. P. J. Monahan dustjacket art. The creator of Tarzan's only Hollywood fiction title, and one that rails against the Hollywood lifestyle, including the use and trafficking of cocaine and other narcotics which was already in the 1920's becoming a scandal in contemporary America. Found in Anthony Slide's Hollywood Novel, but missed by Hubin, despite its clear criminal content. Early printing of this title with green cover lettering and frontis stating: "The director's eyes snapped....'Only a camera man and myself are here.'" In very early state of the colorful dustjacket with the rear panel advertising titles published by Macaulay in 1924. Near Fine in Good or Very Good dustjacket lacking lower inch of spine, shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #25097

First Edition. Original Sextodecimo, illustrated boards, similar to Big Little Book series. Adapted from Elaine Sterne Carrington's radio program. Very Good. Item #25159

First Edition. W. D. Stevens dustjacket art and illustrations. World War One themed novel of intrigue and espionage. "Thrilling story of adventure based upon the work of the German and Turkish secret service and their attempts to recover the lost plans of the fortifications of Gallipoli". Near Fine but for soiling to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25168

First Edition. Ethel C. Taylor dustjacket art. "His humorous account of a retreat from the city to the farm". Very Good, covers very mildly bowed, soiling to top page edge, in Good but edge chipped dustjacket. Item #25061

First Edition. "An eye witness of the horrors of war, he would choose war rather than that this free people be brought into bondage of the Prussian". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge, shallow edge chips, top spine end with inch deep chip. Item #25065

First Edition. Sextodecimo. Short collection of World War One poetry. Nice contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper by Sergeant Powers of the A. E. F. France. Near Fine in rather soiled dustjacket, spotting to rear panel, few shallow chips. Item #25089

First Edition. Hubin and Bleiler listed science fiction murder mystery of a scientist who is trying to unlock the "cosmic forces" in the atom and is found murdered in his San Francisco lab. Scarce British edition. Near Fine in nearly Very Good fragile dustjacket with chipping to spine ends and flap corners, top spine end chipped half inch deep. Item #25144

First Edition. Adventure novel intended for young adults. "An American from Paradise City, Nevada, has reached China on a trip around the world. While there he meets an English officer, who, with his nephew, Frank Armitage, agrees to accompany the American on a journey of exploration into the interior of China. They are captured by a band of Chinese robbers and held in a hidden mountain cave for an enormous ransom. Frank, the only one of the three who can speak Chinese, escapes, and disguised as a Chinaman, starts out on a perilous trip across the mountainous country to obtain help. While on his way he is captured by another robber and held prisoner in an opium den". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25178

First Edition. Novel of a Slavic New Englander who moves to the prairie and falls in love with her Polish foreman of her ranch. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #25145

First Edition. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. L. F. A. Lorenz illustrations. Humorous novel of Lower East Side gangs and rivalries, including African American characters. "Harrigan was an American actor, playwright, lyricist and theater producer who, together with Tony Hart, formed one of the most celebrated theatrical partnerships of the 19th century. His career progressed to the production of multi-act plays full of singing, dancing and physical comedy, making Harrigan one of the founding fathers of modern American musical theatre." Near Fine. Item #25131