226. America in France. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1918.
First Edition. The major's exploits on in France during the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #8570
First Edition. The major's exploits on in France during the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #8570
First Edition. African set novel of intrigue, romance and action against the background of the Boer War. Basis for the 1917 black and white silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and starring Violet Heming and Wilfred Lucas. Near Fine in dustjacket with inch sized chip at lower spine end, top spine end with several centimeter sized chip, rear spine edge split, red lettering at spine faded. Item #16996
First Edition. Dibner dustjacket art. Translated from the Russian by Stephen Garry. Scarce Russian adventure novel set during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930's and focusing on the experiences of the border guards on the Russian-Chinese border. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with few short closed tears to edges and light wear to jacket corners and spine ends. Item #18603
First Edition. World War Two novel of some misfit soldiers and their escapades in army life. Pereda helped produce the Spanish Civil War documentary The Spanish Earth which was one of Ernest Hemingway's contributions to the anti-fascist cause. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #7085
First Edition. Decoration by Beatrice Stevens. Very scarce World War One narrative. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #28930
First Edition. Romance and adventure which begins on a London rooftop with raiding Zeppelins overhead, continues to battle in France, and ends in the African jungle. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears and shallow loss to spine ends and flap corners. Item #19739
First Edition. Translated from the French by R.H. Torres. Novel of the Austrian Revolt of October 1934. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to top spine end, small abrasion to lower spine end, darkening to rear panel, and general edge wear. Item #14771
First American Edition. Translated from the German by Margaret Green. Nautical fiction based on author's experiences in the Imperial High Sea Fleet. Plivier's critical view forced him to leave Germany. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, strips of white paper have been glued to edges of verso for the purpose of coloring in chips at spine ends, small chip at mid front flap. Item #37865
First Edition. Eugene M. Frandzen dustjacket art. Adventure novel of a young American involved in European war. Near Fine but for soiling to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, with spine edges with mild dampstaining, few tiny edge chips and moderate wear. Item #9548
First Edition. Salter dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and front top edge, darkening to spine and to edges of rear panel. Item #16294
First Edition. G. S. Brien dustjacket art. Collection of short stories by Prosperi, "one of the most penetrating writers of modern Italy. The interest of her stories is international, yet they present most vividly to English readers the emotional fibre of the race which has produced Fascism". Near Fine, shadow at front endpaper, in Very Good fragile dustjacket, old sticker price partly removed at front panel, few shallow edge chips and short closed tears. Item #24307
Second Printing. J. Henry dustjacket art. "A quaint longshoreman and his struggles to get rich and to get into the European War as well". Near Fine, small abrasion at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27392
First Edition. Joseph Caroff dustjacket art. World War Two novel of the air campaign in the Mediterranean and the grim life of a tail gunner on a B-26 Marauder. Author's first novel and based on his own tour of duty overseas as a sergeant in the 12th Air Force. This copy with a nice six line inscription by Quigley, signed by him and dated Aug. 12, 1949. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chips and rubbing at spine ends. Item #7054
Early or First Canadian Edition. This copy with London and Putnam at title page, copyright page listing to 'July 1929, completing 195,000', but with McClelland and Stewart at spine of book and at spine of dustjacket. Featuring variant artwork (of a rat on top a German skull and helmet) that differs from both the American and first English Editions. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. Classic novel based on author's own experiences as a young soldier in the First World War, and stands as one of the most powerful works of anti-war literature ever written. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with closed tears at lower spine end, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #41796
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated wrappers. Wenck dustjacket art. Scarce advance copy of this World War One novel which follows up Remarque's more notable, All Quiet on the Western Front. Includes publisher's promotional jacket which states, "This is an advance copy of The Road Back. Publication date May 11th." Nearly Fine copy with only mild signs of wear, in Very Good promo jacket, some tiny edge chips, top spine end chipped few centimeters deep. Item #15189
First American Edition with 'First Edition' stated at copyright page, in dustjacket with 'Third Printing!' plug at lower front flap and with new jacket artwork by M. L. Bower (Paul Wenck art is featured on the first issue of the book). Uncommon in alternate jacket. Remarque's novel of the German Depression following the First World War. Basis for the 1938 black and white mono-sound film produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film was directed by Frank Borzage, with the screenplay by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and starring Robert Taylor and Margaret Sullavan. Very Good, some fading to edges of cloth, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #37291
First Edition. Nad dustjacket art. Very Good, some nicks to cloth and gutter, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #27709
First Edition. Scarce World War One themed romance novel that includes scenes of trench warfare, gas attacks at Ypres and the home front of England. "Shadows is preeminently a finished piece of work. Every character is original in conception and even the minor ones, the blind blacksmith, the tipsy landlady, and Torchlight, the Canadian soldier, are unforgetable". Almost Near Fine in nearly Very Good, extremely scarce, printed dustjacket, with chipping at spine ends, corners, and along front spine edge with splitting along the same edge mended with archival tape at verso. Item #20086
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. Short novel of a mother who sends her son off to fight in World War One. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, with some overall darkening to panels. Item #6601
Third Printing. C. Allan Gilbert dustjacket art. World War One novel of a young Englishman, educated in Germany and working at the British Embassy in Berlin who becomes a spy. Very Good, mid-spine cloth badly bumped, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends, modest soiling. Item #24792
First Edition. A short appeal to the mothers of America to prepare for the coming war. A scarce and unusual Rinehart title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #24183
Presumed Early Printing, lacking publisher's device at title page. Thelma Cudlipp dustjacket art. Novel of a woman who, despite the misgivings of her friends and fiancé, decides to serve her country over seas during World War One. Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, short closed tear at lower spine end, closed tear at lower rear flap edge. Item #31045
First Edition. Thelma Cudlipp dustjacket art. Novel of a woman who, despite the misgivings of her friends and fiancé, decides to serve her country over seas during World War One. Near Fine in scarce dustjacket with cm of top spine end chipped, few short closed tears, three inch closed tear to rear panel with archival tape mend to verso. Item #5771
First Edition. Hubin listed 'Yellow Peril' mystery novel of a kidnapping related to "a series of events that threatened the peace between" Japan and the United States. "Admiral Takemura, of the Japanese Navy, had mysteriously disappeared one evening, and next morning his skeleton had been found, garbed in evening dress, propped jauntily against a lamp post on San Francisco's busiest street corner. Telegrams flew back and forth between Washington and Mandell of the U. S. Secret Service in San Francisco". Chinatown setting and considerable use of derogatory language in text. Very Good, small area of cloth discoloration, some drip spots to top page edge, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and some edges (including rear flap edge), some clear tape to edges at verso. Item #600136