Jazz Age and Depression Era Literature & Non-Fiction
First Edition. American South set romance novel by the wife of Davis Dresser better known as Brett Halliday. This copy nicely inscribed by the author to her daughter. Near Fine in attractive Very Good dustjacket. Item #35432
![Enchanted Interlude [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. Kathleen ROLLINS, Brett HALLIDAY](/pictures/medium/35432.jpg?v=1559255302)
First Edition. Western set romance novel by the wife of Davis Dresser better known as Brett Halliday. This copy nicely inscribed by the author to her daughter. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #35414
![Honeymoon Path [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. Kathleen ROLLINS, Brett HALLIDAY](/pictures/medium/35414.jpg?v=1559255301)
First Edition. Carmine Zingaro dustjacket art. Romance novel of a doctor who finds himself in a love triangle. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35429
First Edition. Original cloth with color cover art and photographically produced dustjacket. Western novel and basis for the 1917 black and white silent film The Squaw Man's Son directed by Edward Le Saint and starring Wallace Reid and Anita King. Book is illustrated with photographs from the Moffet Studio in Chicago. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple of closed tears (both a few inches in length), some shallow edge chipping. Item #35437
Second Printing. Author's scarce third book. 'A novel of the American sex struggle. Enders, the tortured, harassed and successful business man; Winifred his wife with a career; Grayson, writer; Lippy, racketeer; Parass, the intellectual beyond the reach of the world'. Very Good in dustjacket with significant loss along lower inch, including few square inch area of loss to front panel. Item #35089
First Edition stated (in first issue dustjacket). Hawkins dustjacket art. Sayer's third mystery to feature Harriet Vane, companion of Lord Peter Wimsey. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, previous owner inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, spine a bit faded, few edge nicks. Item #35057
First Edition stated. Remington Schuyler dustjacket art. Western Adventure novel. Very Good in Very Good price clipped dustjacket with some shallow chips and closed tears, tiny chip at mid-spine. Item #35030
First Edition. Lawrence Wilbur dustjacket art. Uncommon Harold Sherman basketball themed novel in which the high school team inspires a whole town. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest shelf wear, few edge nicks. Item #35010
First Edition. Kurt Wiese dustjacket art and illustrations. A Novel in Verse. Jewish author. Four sections of work are Sex, Work, Money, Race. Very Good in Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping at edges, stain at upper rear panel. Item #35006
![14th [Fourteenth] Street. Percy SHOSTAC](/pictures/medium/35006.jpg?v=1559255227)
First Edition. Finnish novel of Depression Era farmers and a young woman who fights for more in life. Almost Near Fine, darkened area at lower spine end, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends. Item #35381
First Edition. Des Rosiers dustjacket art. Bleiler title, and story of Phoinix, Greek hero of the Peleus, his struggles during the Greek war on Troy and the slaying of the Trojan hero, Hektor. Great Des Rosiers dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good fragile gold foil dustjacket, shallow chipping to top spine end. Item #35064
First Edition. Great Depression themed novel of an American family pulled apart by the economic calamity that tries to rebuild their lives. Attractive example of a Depression Era romance novel. Near Fine, one fore-edge page miscut, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #35407
First Edition. George F. Kelley dustjacket art. Murder mystery of "Nathan Thayer, wealthy publisher and amateur stargazer." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease at front, spine and rear panel. Item #35399
First Edition. Snell dustjacket art. 'A boy brought up to inherit a prosperous manufactory, conceives the idea that he was really meant to succeed as an author and throws over his chances and a charming fiancee in order to embark on the Bohemian life in Chelsea'. Very Good in Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge and front flap edge, some narrow loss along lower front flap edge. Item #35046
First Edition. Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Irish set novel involving a man in a monotonous life that was interrupted when he met the legendary leader of the Irish revolutionary movement, facing death and passionate love within twenty-four hours. Very Good in Good dustjacket, some chipping along top edge, modest shelf wear. Item #35032
First Edition. Herbert C. Amier dustjacket art. Tales from the native tribes of North America that show their closeness and respect for nature and how nature influenced so much of their lives. These stories also showed how outsiders took advantage of this and destroyed the balance the native tribes had with the world around them, harming them as much as they did the natural world. Very Good in Good dustjacket, two square inch chip at top front panel, small chips and wear. Item #35378
First Edition. George Annand dustjacket art. Novel of one day in the life of several Londoners. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, two chips at top spine end, both dime sized. Item #35065
First Edition. The story of a few days in the lives of a set of ill-assorted English tourists who find themselves unexpectedly stranded in a sedate and ramshackle Spanish town by a bus strike. Querinda is isolated by virtue of its poverty, the widespread somnolence and the limited embrace of technology, and so the travelers are effectively imprisoned. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #35029
First Edition. J. Henry dustjacket art and frontis. Author's first book. 'The story of a family of Jewish immigrants, especially of the youngest, Emil, who works his way through hardship and suffering and - at last arrives. As a picture of the immigrant and of Jewish family life it is sympathetic and true and shows remarkably their assimilation into American life'. Rideout Novel. Near Fine but for spotting to page edges, in Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge, two inch loss at lower spine end, and one inch of loss at top spine end, some chipping at top front panel. Item #35366
![Witte Arrives [JEWISH INTEREST]. Elias TOBENKIN](/pictures/medium/35366.jpg?v=1559255297)
First Edition. J. A. C. dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of a social climbing woman who marries a dedicated lawyer seduced by a large New York City law firm. Very Good, some cloth discoloration, in Very Good dustjacket, some small edge chips. Item #35033
First Edition in dustjacket with 7/6 price at front flap but with 3/6 sticker at spine. Romance between a vaudeville artist masquerading as a man of leisure and an heiress. Basis for the 1929 black and white Paramount Pictures talkie directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Nancy Carroll. Very uncommon English edition. Very Good but for dampstaining to lower area of covers, in Good only dustjacket, dampstaining to lower panels, inch of loss at lower front panel. Item #35024
First English Edition. Novel of the Bohemian places and people of Paris and New York City. Uncommon English edition. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, split along front flap edge, quarter sized chip at lower spine end. Item #35034
First Edition. Ralph Barton dustjacket art. Novel of American provincial life of the 19th century. Basis for the 1925 black and white silent classic directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Pola Negri. One of the early pre-code classics produced by Laski with risqué themes. Great Barton dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #15566
First Edition stated. 'Superintendent Bendilow frustrates an arch criminal who threatened the credit of his nation and made it pay ransom to the tune of eleven and one half tons of gold'. Very scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some soiling and small edge chips. Item #35022
First Edition. Hubin listed crime novel that involves both Scotland Yard and an American sleuth on the trail of the criminal known as The Frog. Basis for the 1959 German black and white film Der Frosch Mit Der Maske, directed by Harald Reinl and starring, Joachim Fuchsberger and Elfie Von Kalckreuth. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with square inch sized chip at top spine end, some shallow chips and wear. Item #35385
