Jazz Age & Depression Era Literature
Download PDF of Catalog 74First Edition. Advance Review Copy, advance unbound sheets. Author’s third novel, a contemptuous view of “abroad,” based on his own recent experiences traveling on the Continent with a young family. Near Fine, but for shadowing to rear sheet and light, very small water staining to spine edge of rear sheet and lower spine corner of front sheet. Item #19756
First Edition. B Cory Kilvert dustjacket art. Uncommon Benson title of romance and comedy. Near Fine with small bookseller sticker to rear free endpaper, in a Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, inch closed tear to lower rear spine edge. Item #19743
First Edition. F. Vaux Wilson dustjacket art. England set novel of romance and intrigue which includes airplane travel. Near Fine with light foxing to page fore-edges, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with few closed tears to edges, slight soiling to white of rear panel. Item #19708
First Edition. Reeses dustjacket art. Very Scarce in dustjacket. Historical romance set in France during the First Empire. Near Fine with spine ends bit rubbed, in Very Good dustjacket, moderate edge wear including few short closed tears and shallow chips, modest surface wear, spine darkened. Item #19738
First Edition. Translated from the French by Coley B. Taylor. With an Introduction by Ernesto Montenegro. Biography of a man who, out of compassion, sided with the Indians against his own people. Near Fine with paper spine label lightly soiled, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, spine darkened with shallow chipping to spine ends. Item #19498
First Edition. Burdette was an American humorist and clergyman who became noted through his paragraphs in Iowa’s “Burlington Hawkeye.” This volume is a collection of humorous essays from author’s lecture tours. Includes his most famous lecture, "The Rise and Fall of the Mustache," which was delivered well over three thousand times during a thirty-year period. Very Good with vintage bookplate to front inside cover, white paint from text of front cover wearing away, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, spine ends with very shallow loss and top edges with short close tears and tiny nicks. Item #19513
First Edition. Tenggrenn dustjacket art. Story of two cousins searching for religion in opposite directions. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with fairly light stain to lower rear panel, few short closed tears, with scotch tape to top spine end mending small tear. Item #19705
First Edition. Signed by author at front free endpaper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Amusing and sensitive play portraying scenes from the Old Testament as seen through the eyes of a young African American child in the Depression-era South. Adapted from "Ol' Man Adam and His Chillun," a collection of short stories by Roark Bradford. Author later collaborated with William Keighley in the direction of a Hollywood film adaptation of the play made in 1936, starring Rex Ingram as "De Lawd," and later adapted twice for television in 1957 and 1959. Near Fine with spine mildly faded, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, spine darkened with small cm-deep stain to top spine end, 2 cm closed tear to lower spine edge. Item #19651
First Edition. R dustjacket art. Charming story of an older woman, well over eighty years old, who has the zest and zeal of youth and an affection for card-playing. Near Fine with mild spotting to cloth in a Very Good plus dustjacket, short closed tear with accompanying crease to lower edge of front panel, light wear to spine ends and flap corners. Item #19725
First Edition. Author’s scarce third novel. “A dramatic novel of human character set in a small seaside town in Cuba dominated by American sugar interests.” Pictorial endpapers. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, only light edge wear and shallow nicking to spine ens and flap corners. Item #19748
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the 1925 Warner Brothers picture starring Helene Chadwick and Huntley Gordon. Near Fine with cloth modestly soiled, yellowing to endpapers, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with mild edge wear, foxing to spine and rear panel, and vertical crease to spine. Item #19732
First Edition. Frank Utpatel dustjacket art and wood engravings. Signed and Inscribed by both author and artist at front free endpaper. Collection of author’s journal writings, inspired by Thoreau’s practice of perceptive observations, and covering three pilgrimages the author made to Walden Pond. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket but for heavy scotch tape shadows to top edges, corners at verso, and two and half inch tear to front panel near spine edge. Item #19486
First Edition. Valenti Angelo dustjacket art and illustrations. Author's third book, a collection of 13 short stories including "Altar Boy." Author was known as one of the first writers to portray the tough times faced by many Los Angeles writers, and for influencing Charles Bukowski, among others. Near Fine with slight rubbing to spine, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, few short closed tears and shallow nicks to edges, shallow chipping to top spine end, few scotch tape pieces to verso. Item #19648
First Edition. “Being Some Story Beads Gathered in South China and Strung on a Thread of Memory.” Fictionalized account of a woman missionary’s account of Chinese life. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, some spotting to front panel and spine, few small stains to front panel, shallow loss to spine ends and flap corners. Item #19491
First Edition. George Annand dustjacket art. The story of a well-respected millionaire businessman who left his life and identity behind to take a cross-country journey. Map endpapers, pictorial title page. Near Fine with modest foxing to endpapers, in a Very Good or Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, with modest edge wear. Item #19730
First Edition. Arthur O. Scott dustjacket art and illustration. An uncommon adventure novel from this obscure publisher, beginning with a treasure chest containing a map and a mysterious document that leads the heroes to a forgotten Island in the West Indies. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, edges modestly rubbed with some spotting to half of spine. Item #19694
First Edition. Ethel C. Taylor wraparound dustjacket art and wraparound cover art. Translated from the French by Marie Louise Swinburne. Romance and fantasy, a “story of a little principality and its princess, just after the war” and an overthrown monarchy. Near Fine with light and shallow stain to lower fore edge of pages, in a Very Good dustjacket, modestly soiled with flap corners and spine ends worn, short closed tear to top edge of front panel. Item #19514
First Edition. Anthology of poems including “Snow Dust,” by Robert Frost, originally published in the Yale Review. Duodecimo, original stiff burgundy boards, paper title label, original endpapers, in original unprinted dustjacket. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, spine faded. Item #19589
First Edition. One of only two Bleiler titles by Gibbs, this novel telling the story of a woman who communicates with her deceased lover by use of a medium. Made into the 1929 black and white silent film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. Gibbs was best known for his earlier titles concerning the First World War, a war in which he served with the British Army as a major for the full length of the conflict. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, few very shallow edge chips. Item #19630
First Edition, with possible Second Issue dustjacket with 3/6 price at front flap. Victor Peingdnum dustjacket art. Humorous nautical adventures of the robust Glencannon in his trips over the “seven drunken seas.” Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, few shallow chips and short closed tears. Item #19704
First Edition. Yangman Carcen dustjacket art. Creative alternative ending to Dickens’ unfinished “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” Near Fine with vintage “Dickensiana” bookplate to front inside cover, in a Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #19750
First Edition. P Culler dustjacket art. Novel of intrigue, winding through education, business, religion, and governments. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to edges, front flap edge cracked. Item #19734
First Edition. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt illustration and lettering to front cover, original decorative endpapers, printed in black with red borders, black and white frontispiece engraving. Poem prepared and accepted for the Inaugural Ceremony of the Statue of Liberty. However, due to the length of the event, it was not delivered on the day and instead published here with reference to the historical event. Very Good, textually clean with gift inscription to front endpaper, spine sunned, moderate soiling to cloth. Item #19530
First Edition. Skrenda dustjacket art. American tale of Tennessee fisher folk living in flatboats on the Mississippi, and one character’s momentary escape and return home. Basis for the 1936 Twentieth Century Fox Film directed by John Cromwell and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Walter Brennan. Near Fine with spine and edges faded, in a Very Good dustjacket, with fairly shallow chipping at spine ends, short closed tears, and wear to flap corners. Item #19570
First Edition. Scarce New Brunswick-set novel of a country doctor, still a bachelor, and his self-sacrificing love for a noble nurse. Near Fine with slight cocking and very mild foxing, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, modest edge wear including cm round chip to top spine end, few short closed tears, nicks, and shallow nibbling to panel edges, small water stain to lower spine end. Item #19429
