26. Guyfford Of Weare. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1928.
First Edition. Elizabethan adventure novel. Near Fine, contemporary ownership signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27044
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27. Martin Conisby's Vengeance. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1921.
First Edition. D. D. W. W. dustjacket art. Nautical adventure novel of the Spanish Main and pirates. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips and wear. Item #27129
28. The Quest of Youth. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1927.
First Edition. Historical romance and adventure novel of 19th Century England. "The thrilling story of Sir Marmaduke Vane-Temperly, who, a weary man of the world, goes forth to seek his vanished youth. Of the many adventures which befall him, a mysterious murder is but one." Very Good but for mild stain at rear cover, in Good dustjacket, stain to lower rear panel, spotting at spine. Item #27046
29. In Those Days. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.
First Edition. Sante Fe set novel of the coming of the railroad. "Robert, once the pioneer, finds himself an 'old timer', left behind by a modernity he cannot understand, to reflect on the glories of the now vanished age". One of the foremost historical novelists of the American West, Fergusson depicts the clash of men with nature - and men with men - in a style that Frank Waters calls "simple and profound." Near Fine in Good dustjacket that has faded at spine and edges of front panel, abrasion at mid front panel. Item #27124
30. The South Foreland Murder. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
First Edition. "Mystery moves from a quiet village on the southern coast of England to the sophisticated casinos of Monte Carlo". Near Fine but for 1980's ownership inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end, modest wear. Item #27128
31. John Malcolm, A Novel. Providence: Snow and Farnham, Publishers, 1902.
First Edijtion. J. H. Appleton dustjacket art and frontis. Uncommon novel of an older gentleman of means whose life is upended by the return of his daughter who eloped with an English adventurer and who was cut off from the family for 25 years. A contemporary review states: "An old fashioned house in Clinton Place, New York City, is the home of John Malcolm, a very rich retired business man. His son and daughter had long ago left him the one under suspicion of a crime the other had fled with a worthless Englishman. When the story opens the daughter with her daughter is returning after many years to Clinton Place. The intrigues that are woven around John Malcolm all aiming at his money have an unexpected ending." Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket with some loss at edges. Item #27078
32. My Lady's Garter. Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., (1912).
First Edition. F. R. Gruger illustrations. Futrelle's Hubin listed mystery novel of a gentleman thief, "The Hawk", and his involvement in a missing Countess's garter. Futrelle would parish on the Titanic. Basis for the 1920 black and white silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur starring Wyndham Standing and Sylvia Breamer. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, lacking lower inch and half of lower spine end, chipped at top spine end. Item #27113
33. The Philosophy of Love. Auburn, New York: Authors' Press. (1923).
First Edition. Glyn's expose on love and marriage and guide to making it work in the Jazz Age. Glyn, a very popular romance novelist of the time, had a number of her novels made into successful films. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27059
34. The Back to Backs. New York and London: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1930).
First Edition. Introduction by Liam O'Flaherty. "The human drama of a coal-mining town in England where the miners' cottages lie back-to-back with a grimy alley between; a town of one main street beginning at the pit-head and ending at the graveyard." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some very light stains to panels. Item #27019
35. Pickett's Gap. New York: MacMillan Co., 1913.
Later Printing (originally published by MacMillan in 1902). Interesting Pennsylvania set novel of a man who feels swindled by the Railroad company who deceived him about where the tracks would be laid thru his property (over the family grave yard), court drama ensues. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine but for some mild cocking, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some chips and wear to edges. Item #27117
36. Majesty's Rancho. New York: Harper and Brothers, [1942].
First Edition. Arizona set western and crime novel of kidnapping and cowboys. Very Good, crease at spine, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chips and closed tears. Item #27122
37. The Happy Pilgrimage. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1927.
First Edition. Georgia author's narrative of a trip to Santa Barbara California. Near Fine in Very Good price clipped dustjacket. Item #27151
38. The Ostrich for the Defence. Boston: George H. Ellis Co, 1912.
First Edition. Octavo, original red illustrated cloth and original dustjacket. Photographic frontis. Very scarce Bleiler listed fantasy and utopian novel of a lost African race living in cooperative bliss and raising ostrich. (Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, page 78); Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, edge nicked and chipped, three closed tears repaired with scotch tape at lower spine and front panel. Item #27058
39. Experience, Acting Version. New York: H. K. Fly Company, (1915).
First Edition. Original Preusser wrap-around illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with stills from the theatrical production produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest. Hobart's popular morality play of "Youth's progress from the sunlit, flowering garden, along the highway of temptation and disillusionment until, form the very colony of Lost Souls, he is recalled by an ancient miracle in the Street of Forgotten Days. Youth comes to know the pitfalls of the House of Last Resort, and haunted now by the dreadful figure of Poverty he seeks the treacherous refuge of the House of Lost Souls, where drugs are to be had and where Degradation lives with Crime". Very Good in wrappers, light stain to front wrapper and stills. Item #27072
40. Long Shadows. Cleveland: International Fiction Library, (1929).
First American Edition. Lee dustjacket art. Hubin listed murder mystery set in Morocco and within the French Foreign Legion. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #27063
41. Murder for Breakfast. New York: Walter J. Black Inc., (1934).
Reprint Edition, first published by Vanguard. Murder mystery involving "Alan Miller, that oddity among detectives, a Chief of Police in a suburban town whose wholesomeness and normalcy are a refreshing contrast to the prevalent crop of supersensitive sleuths". Near Fine but for tread like patterns to pages from acidity of paper, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #27062
42. Anitra's Dance. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1934.
First Edition stated. "A kaleidoscopic picture of modern New York," concerning a musician and his daughter. "Around these two revolve suitors, relatives, musicians". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips and edge wear. Item #27007
43. Lament for A Maker. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1938.
First American Edition. When mad recluse, Ranald Guthrie, the laird of Erchany, falls from the ramparts of his castle on a wild winter night, Appleby discovers the doom that shrouded his life, and the grim legends of the bleak and nameless hamlets, in a tale that emanates sheer terror and suspense. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Scarce title. Very Good bright copy, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, front flap edge worn, modest soiling and wear to panels. Item #27089
44. The Virgin of Skalholt. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1935.
First Edition. Translated from Danish by Evelyn Ramsden. Voute dustjacket art. Novel of 17th century Danish rural life. Scarce. Near Fine in almost Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, larger chips at top front panel. Item #27125
45. The Terrace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934.
First Edition. R. Henry Blattner dustjacket art. A large New England family, owners of textile mills north of Boston, reacts to the return of a soldier, disabled and shell-shocked, from the World War that ended over ten years before. Near Fine in Good only price-clipped dustjacket, three square inch chip at upper rear panel, chipping to edges. Item #27009
46. 'They'. London: MacMillan Co., 1905.
First Edition, Second Issue with corrected "Bemrose and Sons Ltd" at end of text. F. H. Townsend illustrations. Tall octavo, original cloth, original printed dustjacket. An attractive book. "They" is a brooding story about the lost ways of the old world, a tale en-witching in its simplicity, and a reminder that technology and the other raiments of progress will never lay claim to all corners of human experience. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, small chip at mid spine. Item #27035
47. The Lost Girl. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1921.
Second Printing (same month as First, in second issue dustjacket with reviews added to front panel by Rose Macaulay, Heywood Broun and two others). "The literary event of the season in England and in America. Why there are old maids and how to prevent them is the theme of this novel, a gripping story, centering around a strikingly original heroine". Scarce in original printed dustjacket. Almost Near Fine, minor bumped edges, in dustjacket split at front flap edge, with some narrow loss at that edge, else Very Good, some chipping at spine ends. Item #27103
48. The Adventures of King Pausole. London: The Society of Sophisticates, [1927].
First Edition Thus. Tall octavo, original decorative cloth and dustjacket. "Privately printed in a strictly limited edition for members of the Society of Sophisticates." Nine faux gilt-foil upon black tipped in plates with risque themes. Near Fine in Very Good or better dustjacket, with original publisher's box, top of box lacks 3 of 4 edges, wear to edges, lower box complete but with splitting at corners. Item #27030
49. The Lodger. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935.
First Photoplay Edition, with long plug (and reviews) for the film version of The Lodger, the "motion picture under the title The Phantom Fiend, produced by Olympic Pictures with Elizzabeth Allen and Ivar Novello, directed by Maurice Elvey. 'The Phantom Fiend' is the best unadulterated horror film I've seen since the powerful German production of 'M', says the New York Daily News..." The Lodger is Lowndes most recognized contribution to the genre of crime fiction and served as the basis for the early and important Alfred Hitchcock directed silent film. This present edition is a very scarce movie edition and seldom found with original dustjacket. Unfortunately not published with scenes from the film. D. W. T. dustjacket art. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Near Fine in Very Good fragile dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, partial splitting at front flap edge, various short closed tears mended at verso with archival tape. Item #27056
50. What Timmy Did. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1922).
First Edition. "Pretty Mrs. Crofton's husband had died from poison - self administered, the coroner decided - and though but three months had passed it was quite apparent that she had come to Beechfield on a fresh romantic quest. Little Timmy by some uncanny second sight was the first to see that something was wrong. At her heels a shadow man and behind him a phantom dog!" Uncommon. Near Fine in Good but edge chipped and soiled dustjacket. Item #27109
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