1. Revelry. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Ninth Edition. Thrilling novel of Washington politics and the life of a president. Near Fine, foxing to page ends, in Very Good Plus dustjacket, small nicks to flap corners. Item #24594
Jazz Age and Depression Era Literature
Ninth Edition. Thrilling novel of Washington politics and the life of a president. Near Fine, foxing to page ends, in Very Good Plus dustjacket, small nicks to flap corners. Item #24594
First Edition. Laune dustjacket art. Interesting character study of a woman dying of jaundice. "The impending death of John Hughes' wife summoned him to the home which he had left a year ago at his wife's request. In this period of waiting, he realizes many things, among them the fact that he has never loved his wife, had married her from a sense of gallantry when she stood up against the whole Carter family who thought John beneath her. He learns also that she has protected him during his absence from tales of an 'indiscretion'. Her death, however, reveals the true reason for their separation and John is grief-stricken and humbled by the realization of the depth of a love which could lift an ordinary, commonplace woman to heights of courage and self-sacrifice". Near Fine but for small 'drip' stain at fore-edge of pages, in Very Good dustjacket that retains publisher's bookmark at front flap, spine colors modestly faded, few tiny edge chips, small stain at top rear flap corner. Item #24658
First Edition. Adams dustjacket art. Preface by Ian Hay. Collection of humorous observations about such things as Cabs, Taxis, Trams, Police, Traffic, Street Rows, Street Language, Loafers and Beggars, Pubs, and Barmaids. Very Good but for dampstaining to rear cover, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #24741
First Edition. "A telling satire on the follies of fashionable life, and the fads and excesses of the young people of today". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, minor loss at top spine end. Item #24746
First Edition. Ewell dustjacket art. "Chip, rustlers and horse thieves provide the action, the familiar Flying U ranch provides the setting for this bullet-punctuated western". Almost Near Fine, gift inscription at front endpaper, some foxing to endpapers and page margins, in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends, modest shelf wear. Item #24715
Early Edition, without date at title page, but very likely in first issue dustjacket. Volume of poetry by American "literary naturalist" and early conservationist. Scarce in fragile printed and decorated jacket. Near Fine but for small stain to lower spine end, with bit of dustjacket attached to cloth at rear cover, in Good only dustjacket, coin sized chips to edges and mid-spine, light stain to lower spine area. Item #24592
First Edition. Gorara dustjacket art. "Three delightful young English people in Italy, a marriage de convenance which threatens to entrap one of their Italian friends, the attempted theft of a priceless Andrea del Sarto - these are the materials of her charming gossamer tales". Near Fine, contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket. small chip at top spine end. Item #24705
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery, a fictionalized account of a criminal case furnished by the New York Police Department. Near Fine in dustjacket lacking spine material, shallow chipping to edges. Item #24593
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated wrappers. Salter 'dustjacket' art. Theater novel of the stage's actors and actresses. Very Good in wrappers. Item #24659
First Edition. Kentucky pioneer days set historical romance of the "meeting, courtship, and marriage of Abraham Lincoln's father and that almost fabulous figure Nancy Hanks". Almost Near Fine, cloth at top rear cover worn through, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, dime sized chip at mid spine. Item #24690
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original printed wrappers. Bleiler listed fantasy novel in which and Englishman "through a peculiar accident, was able to go back into the past for a short time. He went back to an age when England was fighting against a horde of invaders". Very Good in wrappers. Item #24677
First Edition. Nina Miller Davidson dustjacket art. "Emily Coulton, completely crippled with arthritis, dies from arsenic poisoning, and the evidence gathered by Superintendent Mason and Chief Inspector Hart can only point to the old lady's niece, the wife of the famous toxicologist, Dr. Fletcher". Near Fine but for top corner of front endpaper clipped, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #24717
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Contemporary novel about a single mother who learns to love again. "It had been so long since Catherine had been anything but a wife - a cheerful, unselfish wife. But Catherine decided that things must stop. It was all too silly. To stop Christopher she would tell him about her grown daughter. She told him. Things didn't stop". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #24698
First Edition. Octavo, original publisher's dustjacket and illustrated box. W. T. Benda cover art. "The central figure of Helen back in Sparta, 'unrepentant, too beautiful to kill', on which the white light falls. Here is a woman, blessed or cursed by divine beauty, tempered by intelligence, by imagination, by sincerity". A rather unique copy for retaining the publisher's original W. T. Benda illustrated box. Near Fine but for ownership inscription at front pastedown, in Near Fine crisp dustjacket and Very Good box with wear to edges. Item #24647
First Edition. Adventure novel of Oklahoma frontier life and basis for the 1931 R.K.O. motion picture starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at lower spine end, few short closed tears. Item #24627
First Edition. Cobbledick dustjacket art. Rare early murder mystery by this well-known screenwriter and author of pulp and hard-boiled fiction. "She had been a great actress on the American stage. But now the inexorable march of years had caught up with her. Life had become dull, barren and incredibly stupid, and she had become obsessed with the idea of death. So she decided to commit a murder!" Near Fine, short gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, half inch chip at lower spine end, few small edge chips and closed tears, small chip at mid-front flap edge. Item #24645
First Edition. Martinot dustjacket art. Hollywood set murder mystery listed in Anthony Slide's 'The Hollywood Novel'. "A smart antique shop is but a cover for notorious but elegant gambling rooms in the rear. Martinique, cold-blooded and ruthless, is the owner; his manager and his fish-eyed secretary are as unsavory as he. But Martinique makes a mistake when he draws into a diabolical plot a lovely young girl and her fiancé". Near Fine, some foxing to page edges in Very Good dustjacket, modest wear. Item #24628
First Edition. Murder mystery "set in the glittering background of an ultra-modern night club in San Francisco, peopled by famous stars". Almost Near Fine, spotting to cloth, modest foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #24622
First Edition. J. Clinton Shepherd dustjacket art. Love story of a western girl determined to bring Eastern manners to the man she adores. Near Fine but for mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips and short closed edge tears. Item #24666
First Edition. Wenck dustjacket art. Scarce horror and murder mystery listed in Hubin of a fiend that "preys upon women, enslaves and tortures them, and finishes them off with bestial cruelty" and the secret agent bent on its destruction. Very Good, some modest cloth wear at edges, mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, red at spine partially faded, some shelf wear, shallow loss at spine ends, flap corners and few edges. Item #24724
First Edition. Western adventure novel in which water rights play a vital part. Nan Page, herself no weakling, was no match for the scheming, greedy men, intent on possession of her land by fair means or foul. Basis for the 1937 Universal Pictures film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Buck Jones and Muriel Evans. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips. Item #24718
First Edition stated. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Novel of Francesca Brown set in a small American town. "Francesca triumphantly holding her own at Miss Chandler's party, knowing her hostess is suspicious of her; Francisca in church, suddenly realizing that her husband was in love with Ellen Maier; Matthew Brown and Ellen on the banks of the levee, the river in flood... These, and many others, are passages of great beauty". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few edge nicks. Item #24694
First Edition. Ralph Crosby Smith dustjacket art. "Judith is not as pretty as either of her sisters, nor as socially popular. But when tragedy and financial disaster come to the Travises, it is to Judy the family turns for strength and courage to carry on. And young Doctor Rossiter assists Fate in bringing the Travis world back to normal". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket retaining publisher's bookmark at front flap, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #24714
First Edition. Elizabeth Shippen Green frontispiece. Collection of short stories concerning mediaeval romances. Near Fine, some light foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, mild soiling, few nicks to edges. Item #24634
First Edition. Collection of short stories by English novelist and ardent feminist. Some of the stories included have appeared in such feminist journals as "Time and Tide." Stories include, "The Second Alibi," "Lovers' Meeting," "The Perfect Wife," and "Maternal Instinct," among many others. Near Fine with contemporary bookplate in Very Good dustjacket but for half inch loss to spine ends and inch chip to tope edge of front panel. Item #23569