Jazz Age and Depression Era Literature
First Edition. C. [Cleonike] and R. W. dustjacket art. Depression themed novel of New York City and a man from the south who becomes unemployed in the city. "Surrounded by despair and confusion, stifled by the futility of his life, he never stopped fighting his way out". Scarce in dustjacket. Very Good in nearly Very Good edge chipped dustjacket, closed tears at lower rear panel mended at verso with archival tape. Item #25266
First Edition. C. Malvern dustjacket art. Uncommon restaurant business themed romance novel of four young people "who suddenly find themselves possessed of a dilapidated roadhouse. It was not enough that the headwaiter was a sword-swallower and the dishwasher an India-rubber man; that the roof leaked and there was no money to pay for fixing it; that their very first patron - although an unofficial one - was a notorious gangster". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicking to top spine end. Item #25302
First Edition stated. "Is it possible for an adventuress to influence legislation? The story tells vividly and dramatically of a senator who struggled for forty years for the betterment of the working classes, and waged a valiant fight against Wall Street. At the most crucial moment of his career he is thwarted by a woman". Bookplate at front pastedown of Annie Edgerly Thayer, niece of Major General Winfield Scott Edgerly who was a lieutenant in Custer's own Regiment,Uncommon Washington D. C. novel. Near Fine, tread like pattern to pages caused by acidity of paper, in Very Good dustjacket, lower front panel with few inch sized closed tears. Item #25339
First Edition. Crime novel not found in Hubin in which the outing of a murderer would mean soiling the good name of a woman. An unusual novel of adultery and redemption with some crime mixed in. An uncommon title from a obscure Rhode Island publisher. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, four inch closed tear at front panel. Item #25325
Second Edition. Mystery novel of "Captain Timothy Jordan of the Rhodesian C. I. D. - and England's most ruthless killer had marked him for death!" Very Good, a bit musty, in Good only dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, splitting at front flap edge. Item #25245
First Edition. M. A. L. dustjacket art. Presumed 19th Century printing (with 19th Century illustrated dustjacket) of this short novella intended for 'guidence' for young women. 1903 gift inscription at front endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with shallow edge chipping. Item #25262
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Co. film starring Robert Edeson and Theodore Roberts. Very scarce photoplay edition to be found with original illustrated dustjacket. Good, front inner hinge showing webbing, lacking front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, chipping at edges, top rear panel with half dollar sized chip. Item #25239
First Edition. Thomas Fogarty dustjacket art and illustrations. San Francisco set novel of the "days of the Vigilantes following the gold rush- the stirring times when California emerged from chaos to a state of rough and ready law and order". Near Fine but for foxing to front endpapers in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips, few inch closed tear at top front panel mended at verso with scotch tape, quarter sized chip at lower spine end, half inch off top spine end. Item #25353
First Edition. Novel of New Orleans and based on the true life of John McDonogh whose legacy was free schools for children of all castes and creeds. Whitman also published a book under the auspices of the WPA. Very Good in Very Good soiled dustjacket. Item #25320
First Edition. John Drew dustjacket art. "Novel of a woman's psychological slavery to her physical self. Katherine Halsingham, cultured and sensitive, is torn by a strange conflict. She cannot give herself to the man that her mind admires and she is a slave of a man who is spiritually repugnant yet physically irresistible". Obscure and virtually unobtainable romance of the period. Very Good but for short closed tear to cloth at top spine end, tiny stain to fore-edge of first several pages, in Good or better dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and few flap corners, shelf wear. Item #25328
First Edition. RR dustjacket art. Novel of a contemporary New York City family, and the New York "social spectacle, including the many shades of snobbery..." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #25238
First English Photoplay Edition, with plug for the Paramount Picture at front dustjacket panel which starred Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston, George Bancroft, and Charles Farrell. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #25291
