Jazz Age and Depression Era Literature & Non-Fiction
First Edition. Author's scarce first book. Author's uncommon novel set in high-school with a long list of interesting characters including Abbey's only gay character. Near Fine in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket, couple tiny closed tears at spine ends, small chip at top front and rear panel. Item #41002
First Edition. Romance novel set on a cruise ship to Bermuda in which a wealthy young heiress takes the place of her secretary who won the trip in a movie contest and who already invited a milkman as her companion. This copy signed by Adams at front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and wear. Item #41074
![Both Over Twenty One [ SIGNED ]. Samuel Hopkins ADAMS](/pictures/medium/41074.jpg?v=1651694352)
First Edition. William Siegel dustjacket art (though signed Cravath). A schoolma'am detective investigates the murder of a music teacher at a school. Uncommon. Near Fine in Good dustjacket that suffers from some modest staining to panels. Item #41142
First Edition stated. Dorothy Owen dustjacket art. Mystery novel featuring Mr. Reggie Fortune, 'the most engaging detective invented since Sherlock Holmes'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41006
First Edition. Risque novel of a New York night club band and their female vocalist, with some double-crossing and compromising photographs in the mix. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41019
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Warner Brothers and Vitaphone film starring Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis Stone. Love triangle themed romance. Very Good, bit of cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41125
Second Printing, same month as First (in white and yellow variant of jacket, which this cataloger has seen in purple). Bedel's Goncourt prize winning novel of a young playwright, a cold daughter of Norway and skiing. Very Good, some soiling to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at lower rear panel. Item #41091
First Edition stated. Garrett Price dustjacket art. 'When Lucia Pillson was elected as the first mayor of Tilling, a new era of absurdity settled upon that demure little English town'. Near Fine, slight fade to spine, some age discoloration to endpapers, in Very Good attractive dustjacket. Item #41105
First Edition stated. A comedy of bad manners. Uncommon Benson title. Near Fine, fore-edge of pages mildly bumped, in Very Good dustjacket, two closed tears at lower front panel (one tear 3 inches, the other 2 inches) unfortunately mended with old scotch tape to exterior. Item #40980
First Edition. Stewart Eldridge dustjacket art. A murder case for the blithe, beer drinking detective Roger Sheringham. A murder at a house party, with fake clues. Very Good, cloth showing some wear and loss of sheen, married to a Fine dustjacket. Item #41015
First Edition. Historical novel dealing with Edward, the Black Prince. Scarce title. Very Good, bit of fading at lower spine end, bookplate removed from front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top and lower flap corner, quarter at lower spine end, some mild soiling. Item #41137
First Edition. Novel of the 'bad old days of the Western Colorado mining camps. Into one of these lawless camps comes little Olaf, a homeless wanderer from the East. His advent, followed by that of the Morrisons, marks a new era for Canyon Creek which ends in the cleaning up of the entire town'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, couple inch closed tear at top front panel, some small edge chips, nickel sized chip at top rear panel. Item #41089
First Edition. Hubert Rogers wrap-around dustjacket art. Colorful Buchan adventure novel, this title taking place in rebel torn Latin America. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, less than dime sized chip at top spine end. Item #41071
First Edition. Mystery and adventure novel of a dangerous Bolshevik intrigue, set in the British countryside. Almost Near Fine, small previous owner inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping and wear, some narrow loss at lower front flap edge, some light stains to front panel, price at front flap torn away. Item #41069
First Edition. Carter Housh dustjacket art. 'A college professor who came unexpectedly into some money and decided to gratify the long cherished desires of his life in spite of wide opposition'. Very scarce title. Very Good, modest shelf wear in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #41014
Early Reprint Edition, presumably the First Readers Library printing, with new dustjacket artwork. Harsh and poetic stories of the poverty-stricken of London's Chinatown. Front cover artwork appears to be showing opium use. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends. Item #41057
First Edition. Author's most popular work and first novel in Britain to sell a million copies. The novel deals with women's issues and social change in the late 19th Century. Basis for the 1923 Goldwyn Pictures black and white silent film directed Maurice Tourneur and starring Richard Dix and Mae Buch. Very Scarce in 19th Century dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41012
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original wrappers. Hubin listed mystery novel of a young American woman, alone in Paris, who finds herself involved in the mysterious case of Madame Bender. Horror aspects. Very Good, some nicking at spine ends, modest wear. Item #41044
Mach Tey dustjacket art. First Photoplay Edition and illustrated with scenes from the 20th Century Picture starring Fredric March and Constance Bennett. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few edge nicks and light wear. Item #41001
Second Printing. "Mr. Chappell knows his New York, and being a true gourmet, he knows its restaurants intimately - their histories, the clientele peculiar to each, their distinctive culinary offerings, and perhaps most important of all, that evanescent something which we call the 'atmosphere' of a place". Very scarce guide to New York's restaurants, only the second to be published. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips, panels with darkening or soiling. Item #41023
First Edition stated. Collection of three interconnected adventure novellas and second book featuring Simon Templar and includes drug smuggling and kidnapping. Almost Near Fine in a Fine lovely dustjacket, that has been obviously stored separate from the book all these many years. Item #41020
![Enter the Saint [NARCOTICS MYSTERY]. Leslie CHARTERIS](/pictures/medium/41020.jpg?v=1651694347)
First American Edition. Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Near Fine but for two mid pages with some brown spotting, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, modest edge wear. Item #41009
First Edition. California author's first book. Photographer who takes pictures of corpses for the police discovers vital clue to murder. Uncommon title. Would be Very Good but for remnants of archaic jacket protector which has left tape shadow strips at front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, thin tape marks at covers, coin sized stain to page fore-edge, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and edge wear, partial splitting at front flap edge. Item #41119
First Edition. Rookie policeman solves a murder case. Great art-deco dustjacket artwork. Near Fine but for tiny bit of fraying at top spine end, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #40983
Reprint Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Gangster themed mystery. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #41102
