First Edition. Aymar dustjacket art. Collection of humorous poems and stories. This copy inscribed and signed by author at front endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, chipped along top rear panel, nicked at spine ends. Item #26756

First Edition. "In a Washington home an unknown man is murdered, while a woman, who is deaf, sits in the same room, unaware of what happens". Very uncommon novel to feature a deaf heroine: "Then there is Judith, Robert and Agatha's daughter, who returns from a trip to Japan with a husband, an army man, whom the family have not previously seen". Near Fine in Good dustjacket, soiling to white of spine and rear panel, rubbing at front panel, chip at mid spine. Item #26764

First Edition. An African-American communist organizer in the South attempts to organize white and black farmers. Uncommon. Rideout p. 194; Hanna 2248. Near Fine, two ink ownership signatures at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, shelf wear at front spine edge, modest shelf wear. Item #26767

Second Edition. Extremely popular novel of rural Scottish life. Basis for the Paramount Picture film starring Donald Crisp and Mary Glynne. Uncommon in original publisher's dustjacket with design that matches the cloth. This copy with publisher's advertising for Doctor of the Old School by Maclaren laid in. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to spine, small chip at top spine end and at mid spine. Item #26831

First Edition. Intrigue novel of English political and social life. Cynthia Daventry is the adopted daughter of a rich and childless couple. Her father, James Challoner was the profligate son of an old English family, whose wife had been killed by an earthquake. Until Cynthia’s seventeenth birthday she is ignorant of her parentage and then her dissolute father appears and claims her. The Daventrys, who love Cynthia as their own, flee with her to England. After three years the elderly couple die, leaving Cynthia heiress to a large fortune. Captain Harry Rames, an Arctic explorer, realizes he must marry money to further his career. Cynthia consents to Rames’s conducting an expedition which will take him from her for three years, though the parting causes her deep sorrow. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine bright copy, some foxing to page edges, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, top rear panel with two square inch sized chip. Item #26853

True First Printing by Grosset of this Jazz Age romance of a young stenographer who dreams of marrying a millionaire and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the First National Picture starring Dorothy Mackaill. Almost Near Fine, contemporary name at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears and nicks. Item #26782

First Edition. Non-fiction title illustrated with photographs. "A sugar plantation in Tehuantepec, Mexico, one hundred miles from the nearest hospital or drug store. Two thousand native laborers from surrounding states. A young American whose official capacity was 'chaperon to a couple of mules' applies a simple 'home remedy' to the infected foot of a native laborer. He is at once dubbed the 'Doctor' and is forced into service and does everything from dentistry to obstetrics". Very Good, some spotty discoloration to cloth, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends. Item #26828

Early Printing. Frank Dobias dustjacket art and illustrations. "What Happened to Tod Moran When He Traveled South into Old Mexico". Young adult oriented mystery novel. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, soiling to spine, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #26818

First Edition. Chas K. Stevens dustjacket art. Romance set among the Devonshire orchards of a young woman nicknamed Cheat-the-Boys after “the cider apple that looks so lovely and turns out so sharp.” Very Good, crack at front inner hinge neatly repaired, in a Very Good dustjacket but for three inch stain to rear panel, modest edge wear, few small chips and closed tears. Item #18332

Third Printing. Something of a suspense novel and fantasy missed by both Hubin and Bleiler of an advertising agent who plunges "into a web of involuntary deceit and contest with the whole British realm... Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare, stepping forward through the veil of the ages to speak with compelling and ghostly voice to the ears of the American". Very Good, some dust soiling to cloth, in edge chipped dustjacket, spotting to spine, else Good. Item #26796

First Edition. Floethe dustjacket art. An account of life in the Royal Welch Fusiliers prior to World War One. Includes China, Burma, India and other stations as documented by Richards and rewritten by Graves. [Higginson & Williams A44b: "Graves rewrote this book"] Near Fine in Very Good, attractive dustjacket, couple small chips at top edge. Item #26832

First Edition. Ruth Kellogg illustrations. Chicago set novel of the city's history from settlers to gangsters, bootleggers and labor unions. Very Good, inner hinges moderately cracked, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chipping. Item #26813