Presumed early printing, no statement. "For ten years he drank too much. Liquor possessed him. He could not stop. It brought him to the verge of suicide. Something else took possession of him. Then he did stop. For twelve years he never drank a drop. Under Prohibition friends told him this was a great mistake. To bring his information and experience up to date, he went off on an 'experimental jag'." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #22164

First Edition. Very uncommon collection of newspaper stories from the previous year including stories by Walter Duranty, Louis Weitzenkorn, John Gunther, Will Irwin, Dudley Nichols, and many others. Features include such topics as the democratic convention; the Leopold-Loeb trial; Bishop Brown's heresy trial; Nellie Morse's win at the Preakness; the Carpentier-Tunney fight; the Panama Canal; Pershing; and the first Native American Senator, Charles Curtis. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping, nickel sized chip at top spine end. Item #21267

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. Tall octavo, original printed stiff wrappers. Uncommon Hollywood item, 32 pages, "Being an exact and complete copy of the allegations of one of the youngest wife and mother complainants ever to place on record her grievances against an older husband: of his extraordinary and immoral demands on her before, during and after her becoming a mother: of his public and private allegations against her: altogether the most sensational divorce plea ever made before the superior court of Los Angeles, California." Privately printed edition of the divorce complaint of Lita Grey Chaplin. In 1924, when she was 16 years old, she became pregnant by Charles Chaplin, who was then 35. Chaplin, who could have been imprisoned for having sexual relations with a minor, married her in secret in Mexico to avoid a scandal. The marriage lasted three years before collapsing in a sensational divorce in 1928 which was one of the most sensationalized media scandals of its day, with Chaplin hit with the largest divorce settlement ever awarded. The legal complaint, with details of the star's sexual life, infidelities and proclivities as published here, tame as they may seem today, were at the time considered near pornography and sold 'under the counter' at the shocking price of $5 (near $50 in today's terms). Near Fine. Item #16886

Presumed First Edition. Ruth Cobb dustjacket art and illustrations. "A sequel to the author's This Way to London! - the young sightseer is introduced to the many fascinating places outside the metropolis which hold romantic historical associations." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends and edges. Item #22479

First Edition. "The literary star known as “L.E.L.,” pen name of the British poet, novelist, and critic Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), rose to prominence around 1824. But after her death in 1838 in Africa, her fame went into occultation, and her works were largely lost from public view until the last two decades. It is a tantalizing mystery, in many respects. Why, with her brief but impressive career, did Letitia Landon fade so quickly and utterly from the literary world? The story of L.E.L.’s life and work offers an object lesson in the power of cultural forces to create, and then destroy, an artistic reputation." [Francis J. Sypher] Very Good, frontis detached but present, in scarce Good dustjacket, soiling and edge chipped, lower spine end with inch and half chip, few closed tears. Item #22488

First Edition. 66 pp. Rare Wall Street title. From the preface: "In what more or less follows, the connecting thread is a purpose to show how familiar illusions refract upon the Wall Street lens, and how the Stock Exchange mind may be affected by the material in which it works. Except as they practice the trade of money with strange, three-edged tools, Wall Street folk are like other folk who happen to be anywhere else. The secret of understanding is to get their point of view.The easiest way into Wall Street is by the Hall of Delusions, through which many have entered who forgot to return. That door stands always wide open. No legend of warning affronts the eye. There ought to be one, and it should read: 'No Safe Conduct Here.' The easiest way out is at the end of the book. Between here and there are a Hoodoo, a Banker, a Wolf; descriptions of things and of people only as queer as true, hearsay of things which perplex the belief, and a conclusion which ought to appear of itself, to wit: That everywhere life's illusions are all of the same sheer stuff; variety is a trick of refraction. G. G." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, long closed vertical tear at rear panel. Item #20304

First Edition. J. R. dustjacket art. William McAndrew preface. "Which road are the schools of the future going to follow: the familiar road of academic tradition, or the experimental road of 'Progressive Education'? Here is an honest, forthright discussion of public school education today". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #22483

First Edition. The memoirs of Eddie Guerin, famous international criminal who escaped from the French penal colony of Maroni, near Devil's Island. Near Fine, contemporary bookplate at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at top spine end and flap corners. Item #20564

First Edition stated. Illustrated with photographs. "With drama and gusto the labor editor of the New York Post deals with that peculiarly American phenomenon, the professional strikebreaker. Here is the amazing story of how the underworld and big business combine to fight labor; how floating armies of strike-breaking hoodlums and gunmen are organized and put at the disposal of industrialists." An uncommon labor themed title. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket that retains its original $2.50 price, modest fading at spine, shallow chipping at spine ends, few edges and flap corners, few scotch tape mends at verso. Item #21891

Fourth Printing. Illustrated "practical instruction for the beginner, and valuable hints for the star." Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket. Item #20809

First Edition. Dare we say the 'earliest' treatise on mobile home life and travel by a veteran of over 150,000 miles of "Trailering in all parts of the country". Includes diagrams and photographs. Dedicated to "all land sailors". Very likely the earliest book dedicated to the craze of mobile home travel. Good to Very Good copy, some underlining to text in red pencil, fore-edge of front cover and first several pages with mild stain, in an edge worn and moderately chipped dustjacket, light red stain to front flap edge. Item #15544