1. Quadrille Court. Cleveland: International Fiction Library, (1929).
First American Edition. Novel of the heir to a fine property and a family feud. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicks at spine ends. Item #22814
First American Edition. Novel of the heir to a fine property and a family feud. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicks at spine ends. Item #22814
First Edition. Beth K. Morris dustjacket art. "a sympathetic portrayal of marriage [and as] a vivid background the life in fashionable artistic circles of California". Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips, closed tears and wear. Item #34847
First Edition. Dustjacket art by Charles D. Mitchell. Romance novel that investigates the question "is it fair for one woman to give up her chance for happiness in order to care for another woman's children." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with chip at top front panel. Item #23737
First Edition. Dustjacket art by Charles D. Mitchell. Romance novel that investigates the question "is it fair for one woman to give up her chance for happiness in order to care for another woman's children." Near Fine in Good plus to Very Good dustjacket with heavy creasing to front flap edge, light chipping to spine ends and rear edges, and moderate surface wear. Item #16104
First Edition. M. M. dustjacket art. Two bank clerks and their wives are "left a small fortune, but on conditions not only stringent but embarrassing. Among other tasks assigned them were the theft of an Anglo-Indian colonel's false teeth, the production of half of the uncrowned King of Limehouse's mustache, and inducing a bishop to use bad language. How the intrepid and resourceful quartet won through their various ordeals makes grand reading". Uncommon. Near Fine, soiling to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, couple inch closed tear at lower front panel, small stain at lower spine end. Item #27079
First Edition. 'What happened when a pair of modern parents decided that their grown up children must leave the home nest and support themselves'. Uncommon title. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some splitting at edges, nickel sized chip at top spine end, some other small edge chips and wear. Item #39787
First Edition. Raymond Lufkin dustjacket art. Novel of a family living at the sea’s edge and its ever present threat against their livelihood, and the small garden that was their hope and livelihood. Near Fine in a Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket. Item #19798
First Edition. M.K. Morris art deco dustjacket art. Novel about a father who boards the same train as his son and daughter-in-law that crashes. Very Good, top fore-edge cover corners bumped, in Very Good dustjacket with some darkening at spine, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #27887
First Edition stated. A marriage is thrown into turmoil when a young governess enters the household. Uncommon. Very Good, old price sticker remnants at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, fading at spine, few closed tears. Item #35402
First Edition. Pinto dustjacket art. "The stormy marital adventures of David, a young London builder's clerk, and Lucy, a commercial artist, are unfolded in this novel with all the exciting drama of deep emotional conflict". Near Fine, contemporary address at front endpaper, in bright Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #21419
First Edition. Unusual novel of a middle aged man who "makes a gesture of resentment against the chilly reserve of his son. This gesture is a whimsical and minute examination of the pattern made by the incidents and accidents and chances of twenty-five years". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at top spine end. Item #22001
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
First Edition. Paul Laune dustjacket art. Novel of a Scotch family through the ages. Great wrap-around dustjacket art. Near Fine but for some soiling and a light stain to top page edge, not effecting page margin, in Very Good plus dustjacket, small spine end a flap corner chips, spine color lightly faded. Item #7818
First Edition. "A lonely bachelor and his fine, old dog, a charming Southern girl, two sweet and interesting children, the enthusiasm of Christmas..." Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to spine, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #25229
First Edition. "Intensely dramatic story in which two young lovers courageously face the most agonizing crisis that can confront their married life - the dread grip of the kidnapper. Ceaselessly exciting, rich in action and romance, this book is also an unusual excursion into general and criminal psychology". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few tiny chips at spine ends. Item #21429
First Edition. James Culvert dustjacket art. Thompson’s first book, a mystery not listed in Hubin. Novel of a beautiful woman threatened by her charming daughter’s potential to threaten her supremacy, and her demonic and jealous behaviors. Almost Near Fine, two small gaps at top page edge where likely bookmarks were used, in Very Good dustjacket, small edge chips and signs of wear. Item #35070
First Edition. Labor dispute novel of a young man of the world who returns to take controlling interest in his family's Southern paper mill. "What comes next in Conflict is Edward's declaration of allegiance to the mill workers. It brings on a family realignment and culminates in a tragic break in [family] solidarity which is not mended until there has been a strike, with violence and needless bloodshed". This copy inscribed and signed by Bowler at front free endpaper in 1958. Also laid in is the publisher's flyer for the book printed in color and including press releases by such contemporaries as Harry Hansen, Fredric March, and other reviewers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fading to spine, shallow chips to spine ends and few flap corners. Item #20415
First Edition. Warwickshire set novel during the reign of Henry the Eighth. 'The passionate love of a bee master for a reputed witch, who meets her fate at Aston Cantlow, is the theme round which the superstitions and customs of the time are woven.' Found in Keith Snell's Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland. Scarce title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #40782
Early Printing without “First Edition” statement. Story of fatherly love and the patience, tolerance, and understanding one father followed in bringing up his three sons as caring and independent men. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for chipping to spine ends, short tears to edges of panels, spotting to rear panel and a small abrasion to spine edge. Item #18165
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
First Edition stated. Bob Smith dustjacket art. "The story of a woman, her daughter, and her two husbands". Basis for the 1945 Michael Curtiz directed film starring Joan Crawford. Very Good Very Good attractive copy, but with darkened strips to pastedowns probably from an archaic jacket protector, dime sized brown stain to fore-edge of pages, few pages with some smudges, in Very Good dustjacket, signs of moisture exposure to verso of panels, some nicks and wear. Item #40706
First Edition. "What happens to the children of divorce? Felicity Bridgewater had an unhappy childhood because of her parents' divorce and she made a youthful vow that no child of hers should experience the same unhappiness. And when, years later, she found the scene being reenacted, herself now in the role of her mother, Felicity did not forget". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some small chips at spine ends and flap corners, stain at upper spine end but only noticeable at verso. Item #32536
First Edition. Marshall dustjacket art. Novel of two generations in conflict during a weekend at the waterfront. Uncommon. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, quarter sized chip at lower front panel, some shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #29603
First Edition. Novel of a young man whose wife abandons him and their infant son for a richer catch. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, nicking at spine ends, piece of scotch tape at lower spine end and top front flap corner. Item #7839
First Edition stated. Novel of an American family. "Ed, a writer who drinks too much, Helen, his understanding and intellectually inferior wife, and the grown children all much like their father, and all continually analyzing themselves because they are in mortal terror of being trite". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping to spine ends and few flap corners, some edge wear. Item #24305