First Edition. Earle dustjacket art. Author's first novel and story of a New England town. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, some rubbing to spine ends and flap corners, few nicks. Item #17189

First Edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering, original printed dustjacket, octavo. Contemporary novel of romance and intrigue by this author of Bleiler listed fantasies. Bates was a native of Maine and a graduate of Bowdoin College. Near Fine but for top half of front free endpaper torn away, in scarce dustjacket, modest edge chipping, split along front spine edge. Item #17265

First Edition. Original brown cloth, tall octavo, gilt title lettering. Fontaine Fox illustrations. Author's first book. This copy with long poetic gift inscription by Jazz saxophonist Hale Byers, who played in Paul Whiteman's big band. One paragraph reads: "All life, little man, is a saxaphone / To be played or miss-played at your will. / True you'll be taught the scales and keys / How to read and finger and things like these / But they playing remains with you still". Great early and unusual Jazz association copy. Very Good, some spotting to cloth. Item #17236

First Edition. John Frost dustjacket art. Tom Sawyer type novel, of an young man from the Ozark mountains who "tells the story in a bewilderingly real manner. Boone Stop is the final goal of a queer old man, a religious zealot, who preaces the end of the world. But on the way to Boone Stop his picturesque family encounters all sorts of experience." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some modest wear, nicks and short closed tears. Item #17223

First Edition. Original Disney illustrated boards and dustjacket. Small quarto, 212 pages, six color plates and several black and white illustrations. Attractive Disney title of humorous renditions of famous nursery rymes. Near Fine bright and attractive binding, with pages yellowing, front illustrated endpaper with some crayoning, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some nicking and modest shelf wear. Item #17235

First Edition. Romance novel set in Parisian restaurants and snug apartments, the luxurious hotels of London, a grand old country mansion, and a trim pleasure yacht." Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, quarter sized abrasion at front panel, modest edge wear, nicks and short closed tears, top spine end chipped centimeter deep. Item #17186

First Edition. Arthur E. Bechers dustjacket art. A classic novel of the mountain man in what is now New Mexico. Scarce dustjacketed copy of Fergusson's classic adventure novel of the American Southwest. The University of Nebraska Press edition published in 1981 describes the novel: Harvey Fergusson's Wolf Song has been ranked with Guthrie's The Big Sky and Manfred's Lord Grizzly as a classic novel of the mountain man. One of the foremost historical novelists of the American West, Fergusson depicts the clash of men with nature - and men with men - in a style that Frank Waters calls "simple and profound." Fergusson's immersion in the historical condition of his characters - whether bullying and racist or generous and kind - allows him to describe faithfully the strengths and weaknesses of the men who wandered the wilderness in the last years before civilization destroyed it. He knows these men of the mountains: their way of raising hair, of wolfing meat, of telling tall tales, of taking what they want, of following the blazing trail. In what is now New Mexico a restless Tennessee lad, Sam Lash, grew into manhood among trappers, hunters, Indians, and Spanish-Americans. He was as wild as the worst; orgies of feasting, drinking, women, and fighting followed months spent in killing beaver. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends, few inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #17267

First Edition. Carroll Snell dustjacket art. Author's first novel, of youth's revolt against the narrow religious tyranny. "Naomi is driven from home by her fanatical father, and seeks self realization in dancing... In the desert she finds her inspiration in the mystic whirling of the sand spirals, which she incorporates and symbolizes in the dance which she creates." This copy inscribed and signed by Hamlin at front free endpaper in 1931 to fellow author, Anna Blake Mezquida, poet most famous for her work, A-Gypsying. Hamlin refers to her as "co-writer" in his inscription and may possibly indicate that Mezquida did some writing for this book and was not just an inspiration for the novel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #17231

Probable First American Edition, with "This edition published in January, 1905" statement at copyright page. The book was first published in England in 1904 and different American printings, including the 1907 illustrated Stokes edition and the contemporary Grosset and Dunlap photoplay edition have been erroneously designated as the first American printing by previous cataloguers. This copy, with a January 1905 printing statement seems the most probable to hold the true mantle of 'First American Edition'. This copy remarkable for retaining the original printed publisher's dustjacket, with press copy by such English journals as the Daily Mirror and Punch at front panel. Rear panel advertised Hichen's three previous works, The Woman with the Fan, Felix, and Tongues of Conscience. When first published, this exciting tale of adventure in which a young English woman travels alone in the Sahara Desert was regarded as a titillating piece of literature. The Garden of Allah was the basis for three films. The first two were silent films, a 1916 production and the 1927 MGM production directed by Rex Ingram. The third was an Academy Award winner produced by David O. Selznick in 1936 and starring Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, and Basil Rathbone. Very Good, some dampstaining to lower edge of covers, in dustjacket with centimeter deep chipping at lower spine end, closed tears at lower flap edges, chipping along top edge. Item #17247

First American Edition. Original brown printed wrappers. Exceptionally well preserved copy of Hunt's literary criticisms. Scarce in original wraps. Near Fine with light edge wear. Item #17149

First Edition. Jenkins dustjacket art and illustrations. South American set novel of strangely blended paganism and Christianity of the Native Americans living in the remote areas of Peru. Near Fine, short tear at lower frontis page, in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and flap edges. Item #17191

First Edition. Frank Snapp dustjacket art and illustrations. New York City set novel listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery and contemporary expose of the excesses of luxury, living beyond one's means and the price that must be paid. This copy with "Popular Edition" plug at lower spine end of jacket. Basis for the 1914 black and white silent film produced by Famous Players. Directed by Thomas Heffron and starring Malcolm Williams and Helen Hilton. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest chipping to top spine end and lower front and rear panel, lower spine end with quarter sized chip. Item #17206

First Reilly and Lee printing, copyrighted by Doran. Clemens Gretter dustjacket art. Collection of poetry by a poet "who has been called the world's greatest optimist, a clear-visioned prophet, and a poet whose verses brim with the philosophy of sunshine, refreshing, simple, direct and human." This copy inscribed and signed by Malloch at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, few small chips. Item #17269