First Edition. Frank E. Schoonover illustrations. Rare Hubin listed murder mystery set on the New England seacoast and featuring detective Professor Chester Kent. Includes elements of astrology and spiritualism. Extremely rare in original publisher dustjacket with wraparound artwork. Very Good or Near Fine with few small light stains at rear cover, in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, top rear panel with few inch closed tear and accompanying creases, flap edges with surface wear. Item #17370

First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with sixteen scenes from the William Fox moving picture film starring Miriam Cooper and Albert Roscoe. Small Quarto. Uncommon oversized photoplay seldom found in an attractive dustjacket. Near Fine tight copy, in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest edge wear, few small chips and short closed tears. Item #17544

First Edition. Rare World War One theme novel concerning the "glorious Marne week, when von Kluck and his cohorts turned to the southeast instead of rushing on Paris. Why did he make this initial mistake that resulted in the Victory of the Marne! There was a young French sergeant who knew, a witty, daringly brave young man, a magnificent linguist, and expert tactician..." Near Fine but for some mild cloth wear at corners, in Very Good dustjacket, few light and small stains, small chips at flap corners. Item #17561

First Photoplay Edition. Illustrated with scenes from the David O. Selznick film production starring Freddie Bartholomew. Unusual photoplay edition published by Scribner's and not by one of the usual reprint houses. Near Fine, mild cocking, in Very Good plus dustjacket, some mild soiling to panels. Item #17373

First Edition. Contemporary novel of a young woman who faces the turmoil of the day in a roaring city with the unspoiled sweetness of her soul. Basis for the 1921 silent black and white film which featured Madge Stuart and Basil Rathbone in his debut as a motion picture actor. Rathbone would go on to play Sherlock Holmes in popular films of the 1940's. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest chipping at spine ends and few edges, top front panel with dime sized chip. Item #17376

First Edition. Classic western genre novel of murderous gunmen, a clean cut cowpuncher, and invaded ranges. Near Fine in attractive price-clipped dustjacket, with light wear and few edge nicks. Item #17371

First Edition. Presumed Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Rare title by this Native American mystery author of Choctaw descent. Downing was raised in Oklahoma but spent considerable time in Mexico and provided travel tours between Mexico and the U.S. during the 1930's. This is the author's most highly regarded title and one rarely found in original illustrated jacket. The mystery is set on a Mexican ranch with "a strange group that had also sought refuge from the storm. These varied from two American underworld characters to a frightened Texas schoolteacher; a manufacturer of religious articles to a notorious soldier of fortune... Two other murders were to occur before Rennert was able to penetrate the secret of the floor, the broken phonograph needle, and the small, cotton-stuffed box". Very Good plus, some minor wear, front cover some spotting, fore-edge of rear endpaper trimmed, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few shallow chips and rubbing to spine ends. Item #17588

First Edition, but with "Popular Edition" statement at spine of book and jacket. Humorous romance novel illustrated throughout with photographic stills from the theatrical production. Photographically produced wrap-around dustjacket illustration. A popular novel with the budding film industry, having produced four different screen versions of this work, the first in 1920 with Carter and Flora De Haven, again in 1929 and 1934 as well as the 1942 Tim Whelan directed picture with George Brent and Joan Bennett. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #17556

First Edition, Review Slip tipped in. Charles Zingaro dustjacket art. Contemporary romance novel of a woman whose financial success from artistic endeavors endangers her marriage. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few shallow edge chips and modest soiling. Item #17316

First Edition, Review Slip laid in. Shakespeare inspired drama by "a new Shakespearean scholar, a true dramatist and native born." Near Fine in Very Good fragile thin-paper printed dustjacket, few light stains, chipping at spine ends. Item #17562

First Edition. This contemporary "Catholic novel, with glimpses of concert hall, salon, monastery, and slum, is a clear-cut cameo of modern life redeemed from harshness by the beauty of its execution". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #17325

First Edition. Illustrated by M. Leone Bracker and Edmund Frederick. Romance novel of the American mid-west with elements of mystery with chapter headings such as, On Parole, The Enemy, the Turncoat, the Artful Gentleman from Kentucky. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, very shallow chips at spine ends, minor soiling and wear. Scarce in dustjacket. Item #17291

First American Edition. F. M. dustjacket art. Jazz Age comic drama of small town English life with sinners of the flesh and sinners of the spirit. The author confesses that the characters for this title were developed while in the trenches of World War One. Great dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, rubbing and nicking to spine ends, small chip at top front spine edge and top flap corner. Item #17332