New York: A. L. Burt, n.d. (ca 1930). Hardcover - A novel originally published in England in 1899. "Young Frances Morland founds a society amongst her friends, intended to promote doing good to others. But her ideals are challenged when a most unexpected half-brother appears on the scene." 365 pp plus 9 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Popular Library, 1963. #PC1027, cover price 40c - movie edition with announcement of release starring Sidney Poitier.

New York: Signet, (1956.). First edition - The author's first book with a cover blurb by dedicatee Mickey Spillane (who was a 'service buddy' of the author) "The kind of book I go for." Signet 1286. cover price 25 cents.

New York: A. L. BURT, (c 1911) dj. Hardcover - Humorous romance novel set in Panama. Basis for the film of the same name. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three internal glossy plates on by Howard Chandler Christy, 402 pp plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1926. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel, a modern retelling of the love of a prince (in this case, the privileged son of a wealthy and influential couple) for a beggar-maid (or the daughter of an impoverished writer and artist, always expecting to make it big), set in Washington DC. Berger also wrote mystery novels under the pseudonym of the The Aresbys. 308 pp.

Paris: The Albatross, 1947. dj. First edition - Number 5210 in the Modern Continental Library series.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1910.). Hardcover - Color frontispiece by Frances Rogers. 168 pgs.

New York: International Association of Newspapers and Authors (IANA), 1901. Hardcover - Rather uncommon novel by this very prolific writer, originally published in 1885.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Hardcover first edition - Six short pieces, alternating between New York City and the country. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and numerous en texte drawings by A.B. Frost, B. West Clinedinst, Irving R. Wiles and Kenneth Frazier. Bound in very dark blue clothe with art nouveau style decorations by Margaret Armstrong (with her monogram on the front cover) and lettering in gilt. Top edge gilt. xiv, 201 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Pocket Books, 1944. #278. A novel of psychological suspense.

New York: Pocket Books, 1956. Vintage paperback - a Cardinal edition #C-277. Cover illustration by Charles Binger.

New York: Appleton, 1908. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 8 plates.

New York: Appleton, 1905. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel by the writer perhaps best known for his early supernatural fiction "The King in Yellow." Lovecraft described Chambers as "equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of the habit of using them" but these later novels did give him one of the most successful literary careers of the period. A handsomely produced book with four full page color illustrations, two each by J.C. Leyendecker and Karl Anderson and numerous art noveau textural illustrations by Arthur C. Becker. xii, 142 pp. Publisher's green patterened cloth with color illustration on front cover. A very nice copy of a very handsome book. 142 p

New York: Pocket Books, 1967. #50452. 50c cover price. A Jane Marple murder mystery.

Rutland, VT: Tuttle Company / Marble City Press, 1895. Hardcover - Well-illustrated reader (photographs, drawings, maps, decorations), bound in light brown clothwith dark brown titles and decorations and a silver-stamped coats-of-arms on each cover. 227 pages and 5 pgs ads. Both "Parts" are included in this one volume. End-papers are printed in red with a map & state flower on the front, ads on the rear.

New York: George H. Doran, (1924.). Hardcover first edition - A story of a woman, neither young nor attractive, who travels west and finds success, of a sort, in a small mining town - spans the years before and during the first World War. A rather interesting variation on the classic romantic Western novel. Gift inscription on the front endpaper, and laid in is a 2 page letter from the giver of this book, a woman who apparently also left her family in search of a more prosperous life.

New York: Macmillan, 1908. A handsome volume bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and design on front and spine. Top edge gilt.

New York: Berkley, 1966. A Roger West mystery. #f1202, 50c cover price.

New York: George H. Doran, (1924.). Hardcover first edition - Adventure novel involving a huge gold find in Australia, gold mining in Alaska and a derelict ship; The 'Speedway' in the name of a gambling palace in Beacon Glory in in Southern Alaska. 335 pp.

New York: Lion Books, (1955). A story of life and love in a world of turmoil and upheaval, written by Payne but based on chapter headings and notes left by da Vinci. Good girl cover art by Robert Maguire. Editor's note. Lion 233, cover price 25c. 124 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a young woman spiritualist; basis of the Selznick 1917 silent film of the same name, a movie now considered lost. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five inserted glossy plates Frederic Door Steele (who possibly also did the illustrated binding) In the first issue binding of violet cloth with gilt titling and green and ivory illustration on front cover. 216 pp.plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A "story of love and revolution in a South American republic." Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven inserted plates by George Gibbs. Bound in beige cloth with red and black lettering, black illustration on front cover. 309 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.

[San Francisco]: Overland Monthly Publishing, 1916. Hardcover first edition - An unabashedly romantic novel by this Texas-born author. Color frontispiece by J. C. Terry, 326 pp.

New York: Harper Brothers, 1906. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Old Chester, Pennsylvania - and featuring, as many of her novels did -
a woman facing a crisis, but also a woman with intelligence, a subtle strength and independence in judgments. First issue without the box around the dedication. Illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.

New York: Dell, (c 1948). An early novel by the author best known for "To Catch a Thief." The first mystery featuring Dodge's second series character, Al Colby, a norteamericano working as a private investigator in Latin America. Colby is a tough-guy adventurer who travels throughout Central and South America tracking down missing persons from Mexico City to Chile. Dell #405, Map back cover. 192 pp. Cover by Robert Stanley.

New York: D. & J. Sadlier, (1885). Hardcover - A novel by this author, a convert to Catholicism, who was considered a pioneer of Catholic fiction in the U.S. Her stories were written for a non-Catholic audience, and the plots were often melodramatic involving - as this one does - mistaken identity and false accusations. 465 pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Hardcover first edition - A simple tale of a devoted old couple. Frontispiece with tissue guard, red and green lettering and decorations on the title page. 131 pp.

New York: Fawcett - Gold Medal Books, (c. 1963.). One of a series of spy thrillers featuring CIA agent Sam Durrell, published as paperback originals.. Great 'good girl' cover art. Gold Medal Book #K1373, cover price 40 c.

New York: Fawcett - Gold Medal Books, (c. 1958.). One of a series of spy thrillers featuring CIA agent Sam Durrell, published as paperback originals.. Great 'good girl' cover art. Gold Medal Book #K1481, cover price 40 c.