Jazz Age and Depression Era Literature & Non-Fiction
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
![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 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. 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
![Item #41020 Enter the Saint [NARCOTICS MYSTERY]. Leslie CHARTERIS](/pictures/medium/41020.jpg?v=1651694347)
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
Second Printing, same month as first. C. C. Snell dustjacket art. Canadian set adventure novel. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41139
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. Very Good, darkened spine tips, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end, some darkening to spine, lower front panel with little more than square inch of loss. Item #41108
First Edition stated. Charles K. Stevens dustjacket art. Very scarce nautical adventure novel by Curwood. Very Good, some surface erosion to page edges (likely from insect predation), previous owner name at front pastedown, bit of a stain to top fore-edge of pages, in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #41046
Early Reprint Edition by the original publisher, circa 1931 with dustjacket that repeats artwork (but without color) and has different advertisements. H. E. F. dustjacket art. A nice place holder copy until one can acquire the first edition in first issue jacket which lists for over $20K. Hard boiled mystery featuring Race Williams. Near Fine, contemporary ownership name and date at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips. Item #41028
First Edition. Novel of seven women who want to marry Julian Carr, the novelist. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss along top edge, nickel sized chip at top rear panel. Item #41007
