1. Waiting For Joanna. London: Chatto and Windus, 1938.
First Edition. Hagadorn dustjacket art. Italy set romance novel. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #30738
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2. Povídky Z Obou Kapes [Stories from Both Pockets]. Cechoslovak: Kruh Pratel Ceskoslovenske Knihy Peci Tydeniku, 1941.
First Edition. Original printed wrappers, with two tone printing. Collection of short stories in original Czech, originally banned in Germany. Almost Near Fine, but for browning from adhesive to corners of front and rear free endpapers, slight crease to front cover and slightest wear to spine ends, otherwise, clean, bright and solid. Item #24344
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3. Valserine and Other Stories. New York: George H. Doran, (1912).
First Edition. A collection of stories set in France all concerning women "from Valserine, the smuggler's little daughter, to the old peasant woman brought to Paris against her will under stress of poverty". Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and general shelf wear. Item #15170
4. Lean Men, An Episode in a Life. New York: MacMillan Co., 1935.
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Author's second book. "The central character is Francis Charing, an Englishman who goes to Spain to lead and direct the revolutionary movement there. This is the story of his activities until he is forced to make his escape over the frontier into France". Near Fine, some minor foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, some modest wear, tiny edge chips. Item #27076
5. God's Orchid. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924.
First American Edition. Swedish novel in which the "author has selected one single, eventful day in the annals of a little Swedish town, and between sunrise and sunset, a story is unfolded which is lacking in no element of humor, suspense and surprise". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some soiling mostly to rear panel. Item #21301
6. They Came to the Castle. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., (1932).
First Edition stated. D. W. dustjacket art. Novel of a family living in an Austrian castle who rent rooms to pay for its up keep. "A novel of the romantic past and the practical present". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple inch closed tear at top front panel, nicked at spine ends. Item #27145
7. Annabell, Roman einer Tänzerin. Berlin: Paul Neff Verlag, 1935.
First Edition. German printed novel of a dancer. Uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good but for boards bowing, in dustjacket with lower third of spine lacking, nickel sized chip at top flap corner. Item #22340
8. Catherine-Paris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1928).
First Edition. N. V. dustjacket art. "Catherine-Paris is a young Rumanian princess who fails to find herself at ease in the feudal magnificence of life on the estates of her Polish husband". Near Fine but for light stain at lower rear panel, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, light stain to lower portion of rear panel, some scuffs and wear at front panel, modest shelf wear. Item #26343
9. The Great Hunger. New York: Moffat, Yard adn Co., 1919.
Fifth Printing, same year as First. Norwegian novel of a young man raised in poverty who raises himself up to success but "dimly conscious of not having reached the heart of his own existence". Very Good, some dampstains to cloth, cloth nick to lower spine end, foxing to endpapers, in edge chipped dustjacket, few centimeters off lower spine end. Item #21720
10. The Long Dream. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1939.
First Edition stated. Norwegian set novel of a married woman who returns to the small town she grew up in where she had a great love affair that ended in scandal. An uncommon title. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and rubbing at spine ends and flap corners. Item #37100
11. The House That Died ( La Maison Morte ). New York: Duffield and Company, 1922.
First American Edition. Translated by Harold Harper. 'A deeply moving story of the life of a French family in the mountains bordering on Switzerland'. Very scarce title. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #41470
12. Short Days Ago. New York: Farrar and Rinehart. (1941).
First Edition. Busoni dustjacket art. Contemporary novel of exiled Europeans. Author's first novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, chips at top spine end. Item #10896
13. It Takes All Kinds. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1939.
First Edition. Collection of three novels by Bromfield investigating international life. "Here are the international glamour girls, the razzle-dazzle cosmopolitans who drift from Deauville to the Lido, to Biarritz, Morocco...the gay Nineties and the hectic Thirties, glamour girl, crook, reformer, demimondaine and great lady, the forgotten and the famous here find definition and brilliant life". Near Fine, slightest page wave noticeable at top edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine colors fading, small chips at top spine end. Item #7826
14. The Wind of Morning. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1935).
First Edition stated. David Berger dustjacket art. Romance novel of a passionate affair between a young man, who vacations on an island off the coast of France, and an island girl whose more liberal social attitude conflicts with the young man's parents' sense of propriety. Uncommon. Very Good, front free endpaper removed, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, wear at flap folds. Item #23103
15. Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938.
First Edition. Humorous novel of an Englishman on holiday in France. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips and modest shelf wear. Item #16856
16. Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938.
First Edition. Humorous novel of an Englishman on holiday in France. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #40776
17. The Dark Star. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1917.
First Edition. W. D. Stevens dustjacket art and illustrations. World War One themed novel of intrigue and espionage. "Thrilling story of adventure based upon the work of the German and Turkish secret service and their attempts to recover the lost plans of the fortifications of Gallipoli". Near Fine but for soiling to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25168
18. A Pair in Paradise, A Romance of the Italian Riviera. London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1931.
First Edition. E. M. B. dustjacket art. "The humorous of hotel life at the new health resort on the shores of the Mediterranean. A young Italian nobleman, on whose property this is built, falls in love with a charming English girl who, with her mother , has come to stay there, and very warm, ardent and Italian love making it is. But his family disapprove, and all sorts of hindrances are put in the course of true love. A tragic adventure brings the affair to a crisis. We recommend those who are going to the Riviera, this winter, to invest in a copy of this novel; while those who cannot go may travel with it at second hand, while they sit by the fire amidst our fogs and rains at home. 7/6 is a small price to pay for a ticket to the Italian Riviera!". Very scarce. Near Fine but for foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners. Item #29625
19. Spring. New York: MacMillan Co., 1929.
First Edition. Gorara dustjacket art. "Three delightful young English people in Italy, a marriage de convenance which threatens to entrap one of their Italian friends, the attempted theft of a priceless Andrea del Sarto - these are the materials of her charming gossamer tales". Near Fine, contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. small chip at top spine end. Item #24705
20. What Glory? London: MacMillan Co., 1940.
First Edition, Review Slip laid in. Novel that tells "the story of the break-up of an old family; the tragedy of decent and intelligent men and women losing their heads under strain and turning to desperate remedies; the age-old human dilemma of what used to be called the conflict of love and duty - complicated in this case by the interference of a third party. its background is country house England, but it reaches out indirectly to street-fighting in Vienna and ultimately to Spain. This is very much a story of our day." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small stain at lower spine end. Item #30754
21. Casa Braccio. New York: MacMillan Co., 1895.
First American Edition, with publisher's advance review and order sheet laid in. Complete in two volumes, original decorative cloth and publisher dustjackets. A not uncommon Crawford title, but very rare in original dustjackets. Italian set romance and adventure. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjackets. Item #41211
22. Electric Love. New York: The Macaulay Co., (1929).
First Edition. Romance novel set in Hungary. Wonderful colorful dustjacket art of a Jazz Age couple. Very Good plus in Very Good plus dustjacket with wear to spine ends, shallow chipping to front bottom edge, and general shelf wear. Item #14119
23. The Cradle of the Rose. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1908.
First Edition. Illustrated by the author. Large octavo, gilt top page edge. "A story of France of to-day, bearing upon the present crisis of Church and State; a story of a conspiracy in the province of Brittany, which in race and feeling is to the rest of France what Ireland is to England. Opening with a unique and striking drama of the sea, it is interwoven throughout with a vivid love interest. The beautiful wife of an English diplomat, in the absence of her husband on a difficult Asiatic mission, returns to her native Brittany to satisfy her longing for her land and people by a lengthy sojourn there. Her name and antecedents are discovered, and she suddenly finds herself in the position of a feudal Princess, whose word is law throughout the countryside." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss along top edge, very light staining along flap edges. Item #27700
24. Two Men in Me. Chicago: Thomas S. Rockwell Co., 1931.
First Edition. French novel of a man's struggle against destiny and winner of the Gringoire Prize of 1930. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some mild soiling, small abrasion at front panel, few nicks. Item #30687
25. The Garden Without Walls. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1914.
Fifth Printing (four months after First Printing, but likely first issue dustjacket). Walter Stone wrap-around dustjacket art. Novel of a man seeking love in England, Italy, France and America. 'An Anglo-French girl, his childhood friend, an exquisite American and the exotic half Italian Fiesole. A clean-souled rebel, with a sense of loyalty and a sense of humor, whose puritan conscience was at war with his pagan imagination'. Scarce printing of Dawson's most enduring work. Very Good, small light stain to top front cover and top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, four inch closed tear to front panel, nickel sized chip at lower front flap corner, shallow chipping at top spine end. Item #41459
