First Edition. Original illustrated cloth. Adventure novel of the domestication of a wild canine. BAL 11896. Very Good attractive copy, bit of foxing to title page and frontis tissue, mild soiling and wear to cloth, an old previous owner signature at front endpaper. Item #39936

First Edition. 'First Novel Library No. 24'. Uncommon" crime novel of a woman, Helen, who moves to a Provencal village near Nice and takes over an olive farm, hires a mentally unstable groundskeeper who attacks her maid and is subsequently axed to death by Helen. 'People who found themselves the central figures in a tragedy so pitiless, so frightening, that for years afterwards Helen could hear demoniacal laughter echoing around the hills.' A contemporary New York Times review states: 'Although it is a tale of murder, defensive and unpremeditated, this story is related without any recourse at all to the standard intricacies of crime and detection stuff.' Very Good, fading to spine, few small stains to cloth, in Near Fine dustjacket that has been stored separately from the book (as part of a small collection of loose dustjackets). Item #39846

First Edition. Collection of humorous poetry. Uncommon. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, soiling to white panels, some shallow edge chips, chipped at spine ends. Item #39992

First Edition. John Drew dustjacket art. Adventure novel of the mysterious Hudson Bay and the Chibougaman Trail and Waswanipi country. Very Good but for discoloration to top edge of covers from dampstain, in Very Good dustjacket with some small edge chips. Item #39832

First Edition. An uncommon Maxwell title and one that deals with an abusive relationship and revenge. Basis for the 1920 Kenneth Webb directed film starring Lionel Barrymore and Doris Rankin. The plot of the film is described: 'To help her husband keep his job, a woman gives in to her employer's advances. When the husband finds out, he kills his rival'. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #39909

First Edition. Mystery novel set in a Dorset village in 1830 and 'concerned with the suppression of the smugglers, then at the very height of their activity'. Very Good, some areas of discoloration to cloth from dampstaining, foxing to page edges, lending library stamp at front pastedown and front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, less than dime sized chip at mid front spine edge and lower front panel. Item #39890

First Edition. An uncommon early romance novel dealing with dog shows and Great Dane breeding. Front inner hinge cracked, showing webbing, and with front endpaper removed, otherwise Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Item #39957

First Edition. Contemporary novel of a Scotch woman who raises 9 children, protects them from the tyranny of their religious father, and whose kindness is worn threadbare by the brutality of her life. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good but edge chipped dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top spine end, some closed tears at edges. Item #39826

First Edition. 'This is a story of a woman spy in the Great War. She was the toast of two Continents. As a dancer she was the idol of London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin. She might have been Mati Hari herself'. An extremely uncommon title to be found as a first edition. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some soiling to panels and nicks to edges. Item #39886

First American Edition. Singer dustjacket art. Jewel theft themed crime novel. A television series based on the exploits of Morton's Baron ran from 1966 to 1967. Very Good, signs of removed bookplate at rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, blueish horizontal line at upper and lower edge likely a shadow from an archaic jacket protector, some nicks and wear. Item #39855

First American Edition. Diplomatic intrigue featuring Blue Mask. A television series based on the exploits of Morton's Baron ran from 1966 to 1967. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, blueish horizontal line at upper and lower edge likely a shadow from an archaic jacket protector. Item #39856

First Canadian Edition. Romance novel of peasant life in the Lowlands of Hungary that has overtly anti-Semitic elements. A young man is reported dead during his military service, his love is forced to become betrothed to a rich farmer, when he returns alive drama ensues. 'The dramatic climax of the story is brought about through the treachery of a handsome and young Jewish girl, and the passionate jealousy of her own fiancee and of her people'. Very scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine, contemporary previous owner gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chips at spine ends, couple of closed tears at edges of front panel. Item #39959