Early Printing, no statement at copyright page, '2nd Printing' statement at top front flap of jacket. Walter Frame dustjacket art. Chicago set mystery. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some chipping at spine ends, modest wear to edges. Item #39932

First Photoplay Edition (utilizing Bobbs-Merrill sheets and binding, but with Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket), illustrated with scenes from the 1930 black and white talking film A Lady Surrenders directed by John M. Stahl and starring Conrad Nagel, Basil Rathbone, and Genevieve Tobin. Mach Tey dustjacket art. An interesting Jazz Age novel of social introspection of a man who lived with a woman after his wife left him but whom he never divorced. An uncommon title. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, clear tape along top edge of verso and some corners, colored paper taped at verso to cover chips at front flap edge and top spine end. Item #39922

First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original wrappers. John Alan Maxwell wrap-around wrapper art and frontis. Colonel John Primrose investigates the murder of a Senator who was about to renounce his support of public utilities. The lovely lobbyist for the utility interests is found strangled to death in her car. Very Good in wrappers. Item #39897

First Edition. Dobias dustjacket art. 'An unusual type of detective story solved cleverly by the use of a certain drug new to modern medical science'. Very Good, some discoloration to cloth in Good only dustjacket LACKING front flap, with soiling, creases and wear and large chip at lower front panel. Item #39891

First Edition stated. Virginia set novel of a 'governor (a former circus performer) who finds himself in society where blood and breeding are paramount. His vivacious daughter feels her lack of background and resents it keenly'. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine in dustjacket with splitting at front flap mended at verso with archival tape, some chipping at front flap edge, else Very Good. Item #39996

First Edition. 'The heroine, daughter of the legitimate king, is forced to flee from the palace owning to the tyranny of the People of the Dawn.' Uncommon in original dustjacket. Author's last book published during his lifetime. Very Good, cloth picked up a few spots from what was likely a newly painted bookcase (back in the day), in nearly Very Good dustjacket, quarter sized chip at lower front panel, dime sized chip at top. Item #39902

First Edition stated. Edna Reindel dustjacket art. Uncommon mystery title by this author better known for young adult fiction. 'The gold fields of the Amur River in far eastern Siberia provide the background for this tale of revolution and famine, brutal revenge and courageous loyalty. Under cover of the general disorder that sweeps over the country at the close of the Russo-Japanese War, Grubof, a corrupt and powerful official attempts to seize a gold mine operated by a young American mining engineer.' Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some small edge chips. Item #39842

First Edition, Second Issue dustjacket designed by Neely, with photographer's name at rear panel. Hemingway returned to critical acclaim with this intense novel of the Spanish Civil War. Basis for the 1943 classic Technicolor film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman. Near Fine copy with red at spine nice and bright in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, some rubbing at spine ends. Item #39999

First Cape Edition with additional chapter. Arthur Hawkins Jr. dustjacket art. An account of contemporary Russia. Very Good, fading at spine in rather soiled dustjacket, nickel sized chip at lower rear panel. Item #39964

First Edition. Long Island set murder mystery. Basis for the 1935 James Whale directed film Remember Last Night? starring Edward Arnold, Robert Young and Constance Cummings. Near Fine in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #39864

Second Edition, first printed by Grant Richards, in a print run of 500 copies. Octavo, original cloth. This copy with postcard laid in with short inscription by Housman, dated June 6, 1928 and with address in Housman's hand. Charles Wilson, the addressee, must have been an autograph collector, as D. H. Lawrence is quoted in his letters as writing 'If you have time would you send me those two books that a nuisance of a fellow - Charles Wilson, Willington - sent me to sign'. Housman's autograph is uncommon. An attractive Very Good plus copy, with smallish bookplate at front pastedown, shadow at front endpaper from postcard. Item #39939

First Edition. Original full leather binding and printed dustjacket. A not terribly uncommon title, but in this case rather scarce given the original dustjacket. Includes excerpts from the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson, etc. Very Good, wear at spine ends, in Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears, chipped at top spine end. Item #39828

Early Reprint Edition. Uncommon horror title by King. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends. Item #39859