1. Success. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1921).
Early Edition. Story of a man who climbs the ladders of New York's business world. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket with wear along front flap edge, spine end wear and general shelf wear. Item #12258
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2. Through the Years. New York: Schroeder and Gunther. 1925.
First Edition. An interesting novel of the development of an Opera singer from her humble beginnings growing up in New Mexico to her move to New York City and subsequent tours of Europe. Near Fine, with publisher's slip laid in, in Very Good plus dustjacket, cm sized chip at lower spine end, fairly shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #7356
3. Tantalus. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1930).
First Edition. "The adventures of a modern Dutch Don Juan" in New York City. "This is an extremely forceful novel of the international philandering of a Dutch aristocrat" and businessman. This copy inscribed and signed to a professor "With the authors compliments" at half-title page, dated Amsterdam, January 1930. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, sticker abrasion at top front panel, modest shelf wear. Item #21762
4. Babylon On Hudson. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1932.
First Edition. "A thoughtful novel about present-day New York. Presenting a new and startling view of the bank scandals, racketeers, gangsters and politicians, written by an author who knows". A contemporary reviewer wrote: "This writer studies the turbulence of the boom period and the chaotic turmoil of the depression by following the fortunes of the three children of a wealthy New York merchant. They are two brothers and a sister, and when the merchant dies an aging lawyer is left to look after them; and it is largely through his eyes that the action is seen. It makes a queer picture. Most of the recent municipal scandals in New York are dragged in, thinly disguised. Racketeers, crooked politicians, unscrupulous financiers. Reading, you get an impression of a society grown utterly corrupt, utterly rotten, ready to disintegrate at the first serious shock." Very Good, top cover corners worn, in Very Good dustjacket, spine darkened, chipping to top spine end, small chips at lower spine end and flap corners. Item #24046
5. Ex-Judge. New York: Brentano's. (1930).
Second Printing. W. S. dustjacket art. Novel exposing the rise and fall of a New York City judge corrupted by the machine of politics. Near Fine in Very Good plus attractive dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #13613
6. Poetry in Manuscript Form from 1936. No Place: No Publisher, [1936].
8vo black limp leather sketch book with about 30 pages of original unsigned poetry in a woman's hand and New York City resident. The book was aparently given away as a gift with the inscription, 'from my heart to yours'. Includes poems titled, New York, New York Bus, Cape Cod, and Branchbrook Park. Near Fine volume. Item #4844
7. Black Oxen. New York: A. L. Burt Co., (1923).
First Photoplay Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the film starring Conway Tearle, Tom Guise, and Corinne Griffith. A Romance of upper-class New York City. Near Fine, lacking front free endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at top spine end. Item #7011
8. East of the Hudson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931.
First Edition, limited to 1,200 copies. Series of partly autobiographical essays about metropolitan life in New York, from the time of the author's “introduction to New York while a college student to his present experiences as dramatic critic of the New York Times.” Very Good, with top one-inch of inner hinge cracking to show webbing, In a Very Good dustjacket but for splitting along front spine edge mended with scotch tape at verso, modest wear to spine ends and jacket corners. Item #18607
9. 26 Jayne St. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1920.
First Edition. An early 'Jazz Age' themed novel in which a young woman, stifled by the Victorian attitudes of her upper-class surroundings, rents an apartment in New York City. "Here, with the zest of new found freedom, she moulds her life afresh, drawing about her some of the most interesting characters of recent fiction, including Adam Frear, a famous radical..." Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end and few flap corners, few panel edges with tiny closed tears and modest shelf wear. Item #15203
10. The Girl at the Window. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1934.
First Edition. Clara Elsene Peck dustjacket art and illustrations. Young adult novel set in New York City of a convalescing girl who solves a kidnapping. Bacon is an American writer best known for her female protagonists, and as a pioneer of the Girl Scouts movement and compiler of the Girls Scouts guidebook. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, chip at mid-front flap edge. Item #25788
11. The Incredible Year. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1929).
Reprint Edition. Arthur Hawkins Jr. dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of a woman brought up in the North Woods and then transported into the sophisticated society of New York City. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips and modest edge wear. Item #22271
12. Manhattan Nights. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1937).
First Edition. Photographic dustjacket design by Corinne Malvern. "A long, rich, panoramic novel of Manhattan with its brilliant lights and towering skyscrapers, and of its people who have made it the most colorful, the most cosmopolitan city in the world". This copy comes with two dustjackets, one rather chipped and another Near Fine but with 'Second Large Printing' plug at top front flap. Item #26059
13. Rehearsal for Love. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1940).
First Edition (in Grosset and Dunlap dustjacket). Pope dustjacket art. New York City set romance novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small light stain at front flap edge. Item #25858
14. Skyscraper. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.
First Edition. Novel of the individual human stories and spunky vitality of people living in Manhattan's skyscrapers. Basis for a pre-code black and white Cosmopolitan Productions film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. Very Good to Near Fine but for “Mechanicsburg Book Club” sheet adhered to front free endpaper, some soiling to page ends, in Very Good dustjacket with light edge wear, shallow rubbing to spine ends and flap corners, and spine faded. Item #18535
15. Padlocked. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1926.
First Edition. Novel of a young woman who goes to New York City to chase her dream to become a singer. Near Fine in dustjacket, few edge chips, not easily noticed scotch tape at exterior top edge as well as spine and flap edges. Item #8222
16. Antonia. Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1901.
First Edition. Amy M. Sacker dustjacket and cover art. Original gray cloth decorated in gilt over pictorial boards stamped in gilt, green, red and black. Historical novel of 1640's New York City, known then as New Amsterdam, the Dutch West India Company and the settlers of Manhattan. This copy retains the extremely scarce original dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with nickel sized chip at lower spine end. Item #22648
17. Slaves of Destiny. New York: W. J. Watt and Co., (1926).
First Edition. Politzer wrap-around dustjacket art. New York City set romance novel. This copy inscribed and signed by the author at front free end paper. Laid in are two publicity sheets for the author's filmed novels. Also laid in is a letter from a friend of the author's that states concerning this title: "no wonder Hollywood wants to reproduce it over again". No film production could be found by us for this title, though several of her other works were made into films. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #11335
18. Tune In On Love. New York: Gramercy Publishing Co., (1940).
Romance novel set in New York City with radio broadcasting studio life as the backdrop. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping and wear to spine ends, inch closed tear to front top edge and light general shelf wear to edges. Item #13374
19. Easter Holiday. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1935).
First Edition. David Berger dustjacket art. "Story of a New York family..." of a woman whose husband dies and who eventually finds herself involved in a love affair "which is as bewildering to her as it was uninvited". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some foxing and fading to spine. Item #24411
20. Flamingo. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1927.
First Edition. Aladjalov dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of New York City, "the social life of the surface; the artistic and intellectual life above the surface; and the physical life of dissipation and spontaneity, of jazz and Harlem cabarets, that lies below." Fabulous jacket art work of a jazz club. Near Fine, small ink 'x' at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some shallow chips and short closed tears at spine ends and edges. Item #17736
21. Flamingo. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1927.
First Edition. Aladjalov dustjacket art. Jazz Age novel of New York City, "the social life of the surface; the artistic and intellectual life above the surface; and the physical life of dissipation and spontaneity, of jazz and Harlem cabarets, that lies below." Fabulous jacket art work of a jazz club. Almost Near Fine, wear to cover corners, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of small edge chips. Item #26677
22. The Outward Room. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1937.
First Edition. Author's first novel and story of a mental hospital escapee who returns to New York City. Sinclair Lewis blurb at front dustjacket panel and flap. Near Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. Item #7967
23. The Heart Bandit. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1928).
First Edition. P. S. dustjacket art. Unsophisticated country girl moves to New York City and steals the hearts of men. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, top spine end with stain, darkening at spine. Item #37584
24. Riverside Drive. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1936).
First Edition. Maurer dustjacket art. New York City theme novel, concerning a family of three women and how they make it to the top of city society. Very Good, green cloth faded at spine in Good to Very Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, modest wear, fairly shallow chipping along top edge. Item #16708
25. There Goes the Bride. New York: Gramercy Publishing Co, (1940).
First Edition. 'From the time Judy Graham was accosted by the old lady in the Detroit cinema, events moved swiftly. The next day she was on a train to New York. She agreed to become the bride of a man she met on the train. And the day after that she was kidnapped. Lots of other lovely and exciting things happened to Judy, but of course the best of all was finally walking down the aisle'. Uncommon Gramercy romance novel. The author also wrote mysteries. Very Good but for brown glue or tape shadows at both front and rear endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease along front spine edge. Item #35099
