51. My “Little Bit”. New York: George H. Doran Company, (1919).
First Edition. Collection of essays on war and peace, particularly related to World War I. Near Fine with foxed endpapers in an Almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #19700
First Edition. Collection of essays on war and peace, particularly related to World War I. Near Fine with foxed endpapers in an Almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #19700
First Canadian Edition. Bleiler listed fantasy title of a super weapon meant to end all wars. Scarce. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with nickel sized abrasion to front panel affecting 'et' of 'secret' in title. Item #12296
First Edition. Scarce English war-time edition of Curie's narrative of her experiences in the Second World War as a foreign correspondent. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some chipping at spine ends, moderate wear. Item #7194
First Edition. Octavo, 8 pages, self-wrappers. Booklet for the officers and enlisted men of this signal company serving in the Caserne Leopold, Namur, Belgium during the Second World War. Includes a menu for Christmas dinner and prayer signed in ink by Czajkowski (a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania native). Very Good. Item #35379
First American Edition. J. H. Hartley dustjacket art. Humorous novel of a doughboy private whose jacket button was made from Aladdin's lamp and possesses powers. Basis for the 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. Scarce. This copy with photograph of Darlington clipped from a magazine pasted to front endpaper, and is signed by the author. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge, shallow loss at top spine end and flap corners, some stains to spine. Item #32977
First Edition. World War One nautical themed adventure novel. "From Buenos Aires of 1914 to the S. O. S. of a mined and sinking tramp in the Bay of Biscay, and from the reverberating cannonades of Jutland to leave in wartime London there is no conscious straining after effect. The secret of the story's grip is the honesty of its vivid descriptions". Very scarce title. Very Good but for cloth rather discolored from moisture exposure, in Good dustjacket, loss at spine ends and some flap edges, three or four inch sized chip at top rear panel. Item #23425
First Edition. Two short novellas set during World War II in the China-Burma-India theater. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Davis at front endpaper. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #26639
First Edition stated. George Illian dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel of a young man returning from the trenches of the First World War to reclaim his childhood sweetheart and his memories of England, Africa and Canada. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #23486
First Edition. Carlton Ellinger dustjacket art. Novel of the First World War. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with two large chips quarter in size to top and lower front edges, light chipping to spine ends and rear bottom edge. Item #15979
First Edition. Dawson's poignant novella of World War One and the man destined to fill the grave of the unknown soldier. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, crease at spine, some tiny chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #6611
First Edition. LT dustjacket art. “Whiteoak Edition.” World War II era novel and romance. Near Fine with small bookstore sticker to front free endpaper, in a Near Fine, bright dustjacket with few small instances of surface wear, lightest wear to flap edges and top spine end. Item #19246
First Edition. Novel of a modern young man living in pre-Civil War Spain. Interesting colorful dustjacket art, likely photographically produced. Near Fine in Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket. Item #15598
Reprint Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Romance novel of a young man injured in World War One who starts off as the plaything of a jazz age maven but who slowly becomes something more. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #21537
First Edition. Leadon dustjacket art. Novel of a romance between an Irish war correspondent and a French girl, and of Bismarck before and during the Franco Prussian War of 1870. Near Fine in Good or better edge chipped dustjacket, inch sized chip at top front panel. Item #32887
First Edition. Leadon dustjacket art. Novel of a romance between an Irish war correspondent and a French girl, and of Bismarck before and during the Franco Prussian War of 1870. Near Fine but for a couple old stamps asking that book to be returned in five days, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #41779
First Edition. R. N. Burley dustjacket art. Story of a happily married mother of two children parted temporarily from her family when she serves as a nurse in the first World War. After an intimate experience with a soldier on his deathbed and death doesn’t come, she struggles to return to her normal life and marriage. Near Fine with front inner hinge bit loose, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with shallow chipping to edges and modest shelf wear. Item #19828
Presumed First Edition. Small octavo, original red cloth, dustjacket. Nice World War One title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top front panel. Item #17105
Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. Mystery novel set in France with a casual but masterful detective. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some modest soiling and shelf wear, some nicking to edges. Item #34955
First Edition. Art deco dustjacket art by Millian. Paris war related fiction. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, tiny chips at spine ends. Item #16644
First Edition (in dustjacket with Third Printing plug at top front panel). R. M. Brinkerhoff dustjacket art and illustrations. "A love story with the Great War as background. The scenes are in Germany, France, Italy, England and the United States. A brilliant Pole, a handsome Rumanian, a French spy, a German Secret Service agent, a German nobleman, a young Englishman studying for the diplomatic service, and a fascinating American girl and her chaperone". Very Good, some discoloration along cover fore-edges, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, lower rear panel and along rear flap edge. Item #31172
First Edition. First World War One set novel of an American Army hospital unit in a French village. "Against this background the love affairs of soldiers and nurses and the French villagers, the daily grind, the lure of cognac, the conflicting emotions of futility and inspiration crowd the book with a rare combination of colour and authentic fact". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some darkening to spine, edges with a few closed tears a few inches in length. Item #20565
First Edition. World War Two era romance novel. This copy inscribed and signed by Doran at front free endpaper. Very Good, second endpaper creased, tiny area of cloth wear at top front panel. Item #17106
First Edition. Sextodecimo. Short collection of World War One poetry. Nice contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper by Sergeant Powers of the A. E. F. France. Near Fine in rather soiled dustjacket, spotting to rear panel, few shallow chips. Item #25089
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author/illustrator, with full page illustration opposite title page. Illustrated story about how a man, once inside an armory, ceases to be a civilian. Very Good with light wear to edges and spine ends, in a Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips, closed tears and creases to spine ends and edges and panel edges and corners, few small nicks to cover. Item #18409
Leona changes places with her twin brother so that he could get away from camp to visit his fiancee. Unexpected sailing orders however send Leona to the trenches of France. An early reprint edition of this "confession of a virgin in Khaki" with great jacket art by Mach. Near Fine in Very Good plus jacket with short closed tear and crease to top front panel. Item #4375