London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1969. First Edition. Collection of four brief illustrated tales set in Ghana, selected from some of the author's previous works, and re-written here for use in middle schools. Blay (b. 1911) is regarded as a pioneer of popular writing in Ghana, his dozens of self-published..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1933]. First U.K. Edition. British translation of the 1930 Norwegian novel Vi som gâr kjøkkenveien. The book was adapted into the 1934 Walt Disney picture "Servants' Entrance," known for being one of the earliest examples of combining live action with animation. OCLC locates 4 copies of..... More
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1971]. 12mo (17.25cm.); original yellow and red pictorial card wrappers; 223pp. Fine. Cameroonian author's first novel, originally published pseudonymously in 1954. Bildungsroman set in pre-independent Cameroon, originally published as a means of communicating the author's ideas regarding the colonial presence in Africa with minimal consideration to style..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed and signed by the author "for Renée / a fellow-voyager to far ports," undated but apparently contemporaneous with publication. Clean, tight and unmarked in a mildly edge-rubbed jacket, lightly soiled on white portions; Very Good. Attractive copy of Bourjaily's..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First Edition. A novel of modern marriage, described by one contemporary reviewer as a "fictional study of sadism." Iowa author's first book; Iowa setting. Uncommon, especially in dustjacket. Not in Hanna. Octavo. Red cloth boards lettered in black and gilt; dustjacket; 256pp. Light wear;..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original decorative cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [8],320pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with minor puncturing to spine affecting text without loss of meaning, yellow portion of spine sunned to white, cloth a bit spotted else Very..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cloth-backed decorative boards in pictorial dust jacket; [10],255pp.; illus. Front jacket flap fold splitting along bottom two inches, spine just a hint faded, cloth spine crown frayed and boards rubbed else Very Good in Very Good or better jacket..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cloth-backed decorative boards in pictorial dust jacket; [10],255pp.; illus. Light wear to jacket extremities, some general dustiness, else Very Good or better. "Negro plantation life in Louisiana" - HANNA 414; COAN, p. 186. More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1931. First Edition. Novel featuring a small-town Y.M.C.A. leader and municipal reformer who is corrupted by the forces he seeks to destroy. Set in a fictional middle-western town in the midst of bootleg wars, bombings, and general violence. HANNA 435. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm);..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1939]. First English Language Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in grey pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, red topstain; 254pp. Jacket extremities chipped and rubbed, long closed tear (3") at bottom edge of upper panel, another closed tear along upper panel spine edge, spine quite toned..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1932. First, Limited Edition. Ohio author (and Pulitzer Prize-winner) Bromfield's seventh novel, chronicling the rise and fall of a young, ambitious American businessman. Source for the 1934 G.W. Pabst film of the same name, in which Richard Barthelmess played the central role. Oddly overlooked..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1933]. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in blue and green dust jacket, dark blue topstain; [4],298pp. A few tiny chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, green spine lettering a bit faded, brief dampstaining to rear panel extremities not affecting cloth, else Very Good..... More
Joliet, IL: P.H. Murray & Company, 1909. Second Edition. Described by Rideout as sounding like "500 pages of Harold Bell Wright on a soapbox," Brower's work was a direct attack on the moral and cultural depredations of capitalism. This copy retains the rare printed dustwrapper, which we have encountered only..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition. Superb copy of this novel by the native New Hampshire author, telling the story of "a New England village dictator as seen by four of his fellow citizens." HANNA 470. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in black on..... More
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New York: Farrar and Rinehart, [1944]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original pictorial wrappers, French flaps; [8],301pp. Extremities rather rubbed, spine toned, else Very Good. Faint rubberstamp to front textblock edge: "Sample Copy / Not [For Sale]." The author's first book, described as a blend of novel, case-history, and biography of..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Black cloth (hardcover); dustjacket; 237pp. Mild dusting to boards, jacket spine slightly darkened, else a handsome copy, INSCRIBED by the author in year of publication on front endpaper. Fourth book in Brown's tetralogy tracing the childhood, education, and professional career of..... More
New York: Comet Press Books / Milestone Book, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; [6],277pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with shallow loss at spine foot touching text without loss of sense, the whole rather dust-soiled, especially on rear panel; Near Fine in..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First American edition, octavo (19.5cm.); original olive decorative cloth stamped in gilt and black, grey endpapers; [1](ad),[2],564pp. Some light edge wear, small chip to cloth at spine foot, spine rather cocked, textlbock fine. A Very Good copy. First published in London two months..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. A hard-boiled novel set in a Mid-Western town which is taken over by "native terrorists who make the gangsters look like boyscouts;" the men are opposed by a contingent of brave men who eventually regain control of the town. Though the novel..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 242pp. Boards slightly sunned at edges, upper edge of text block lightly dusted; jacket lightly rubbed, marked and faded on spine panel, but still complete and unclipped, VG or better. Late novel by the author of Little Caesar..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First Edition. The career of an American jazz pianist, from his roots in a small-time dance band to fame and fortune on the scale of Gershwin and Ziegfeld. Basis for the 1941 movie Dance Hall, starring Carole Landis and Cesar Romero. For Burnett, an..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1934. First Edition. The author's first novel, "an uncensored presentation of the slow disintegration of the influential banker in a small Idaho town" (COAN, p.48). HANNA 2386. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover;..... More
[Chiang Mai, Thailand]: Charles Browne Publications, [1987]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's black photo-illustrated card wrappers; [8],190pp. General wear from handling, spine creased, rather extensive green pen underlining throughout, else an About Very Good copy. Collection of short stories set in Thailand by the English-born author and educator. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. "The story of a Georgia dirt farmer who digs holes in his ground for fifteen years, hoping to find gold. The primary occupation indulged by he and his two sons is sex, and outrageous details are given here in a humorous maner"..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],238pp. Very light wear to jacket extremities, spine lettering rather faded, else Near Fine overall. Novel on the "decay of Southern gentry" (upper jacket flap). More
