New York: Maxton Publishers, 1948. Hardcover - Classic Grimm Brothers' tale in a rather uncommon edition - adapted and illustrated in both full color and with black and white drawings by Harriet. Maxton Books for Little People #10 (back cover lists 18 titles in this series) Unpaginated (32 pp)

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c. 1920.) dj. Hardcover - A charming little book about a hungry bear and his friends the farm animals, written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle (author of the Raggedy Ann stories) both in full color and in black and white drawings. Small format, measuring just 6 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches tall, unpaginated.

Boston: The Page Company, 1921. Hardcover first edition - Novel set on the coast of California in the days of the missions, when the Spanish still ruled. Illustrated with two color plates by Jessie Gillespie and Edmund H Garrett. Tissue guard at frontispiece. 341 pp. plus 18 pp of publisher's ads. Illustrated endpapers. Small promotional order brochure for 'The Princess Naida' laid in.

New York: Henry Holt, (1941) dj. Hardcover first edition - Charming story of Major, an elderly Saint Bernard, who was accustomed to ruling the house until a small bedraggled kitten is brought by the delivery boy. The kitten doesn't seem to know her place and so Major decides it is up to him to do something about it. Illustrated throughout with duotone and black and white drawings by the Canadian artist Diana Thorne. Endpapers decorated with pictures of Saint Bernard dog & kitten. Large format, in illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. Rather uncommon in the true first edition published by Holt, especially in dust jacket. 36 pp. plus final drawing.

New York & Boston: Duell, Sloan & Pearce / Little, Brown, (1952) dj. Hardcover - An espionage thriller this Edgar Award-winning writer, featuring Steve Wintress, as one of several people, ranging from Soviet agents to the FBI, chasing after the Davidian Report, smuggled out of Berlin and now for sale to the highest bidder. 213 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. Hardcover first edition - Romantic historical novel set in the early years of the colony of Virginia. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 lightly tinted glossy plates by F.C. Yohn. Basis of a 1916 silent film. 418 pp.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel set in Arizona near the Sangre de Christo mountain range - a story of the proud descendants of the Spanish land grant holders, the penitentes, and a young woman artist. viii, 254 pp.

Buenos Aires: Angel Estrada. 1938 (c 1928). Hardcover - This is an old Spanish Reader, for Spanish children just learning to read. The text is entirely in Spanish (en espanol.) Has interesting duo-tone pictures on every page to go with the short readings, a very unique find. The selections gradually increase in difficulty as one progresses through the book. 107 pp, index.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1928)]. Hardcover - The first sentence sums up this early novel by Maugham: "this book might also be called the triumph of love." And at the end, the comment is made that Bertha "read as fancy prompted her, without a plan, because she wanted to and not because she ought. . . The writers who appealed to their age and not to posterity have by contrast a subtle charm" which certainly sums up Maugham's lesser known works. Both the English and US 1920s editions had some "offensive parts" removed from the original manuscript. 324 pp.

Philadelphia: David McKay, n.d. (ca 1914). Hardcover - Anovel for older girls by this prolific writer. Glossy frontispiece and three glossy internal plates. 322 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Putnam, (1937) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, based on the life of a Quaker, who as a boy was just too young to fight at Antietam, but who lives to see his family fortunes wiped out in the stock market crash of 1929. Settings range from the small Quaker village in New Jersey where Asher was born and grew up, upstate New York where he established a business, and Dune, Michigan where his children lived with their families. SIGNED on the front endpaper, and uncommon thus. 366 pp. Dustjacket by Syd Browne.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, (1948) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition (preceding the US edition by 3 years) of this novel, one of many in the series featuring the Baron and written by John Creasey under this pseudonym. A famous collection of jewels has been stolen, a notorious thief is found dead, and John Mannering, the owner of the shop is suspected as being partner to the crimes. 250 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. Hardcover - Eleven stories featuring Johnny and Jane, "real" children who romp through many adventures, with color illustrations by Corinne Malvern. The second title in the "Golden Story Book" series. (10 titles listed on back cover) 128 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. dj. Hardcover - A novel of romantic suspense by this prolific author - a young woman accepts a position as companion to a queer old lady in a legendary mansion on the wild California coast and becomes involved in a series of strange circumstances. Originally published in serial form in Cosmopolitan Magazine, and the illustrations are from Cosmopolitan. Glossy frontispiece. Although the copyright page states First Edition, the title page states "Special Edition" 305 pp.

New York: The Century Co., 1921. Hardcover first edition - Six short stories with Christmas themes, illustrated with a frontispiece and six inserted plates by George Avison. 242 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this prolific "literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South." This begins in the South soon after the Civil War. Gordon Keith is the son of General Keith, an old-time gentleman, whose large fortune has been swept away during the war, and whose family estate, "Elphinestone, " has been purchased by a rich New Yorker with a wicked and unprincipled son. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and seven internal glossy plates by George Wright. Bound in an attractive Margaret Armstrong binding of dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and light blue decorative stamping. ix, 548 pp.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1925.). Hardcover - A story of the fur trade set in the remote Northwest frontier on the Drowning River of Canada. 351 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1917). Hardcover - A romantic novel by this very popular author, who is now best-known for her Pollyanna books; this title was fourth on the bestseller list in 1917. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and one internal color plate by Mary Greene Blumenschein. 373 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Random House, (1965). Hardcover - When Dane McKell discovers his father having an affair, he attempts to break it up, only to fall in love with the woman himself - and when she is found murdered, he is the prime suspect. 183 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d, 1918. Hardcover - A novel of romantic suspense set during World War I. Originally published in 1918. This copy has a gift inscription dated 1927. Frontispiece. Original store price sticker (68 cents) still on rear pastedown.

New York: George H. Doran, (1918). Hardcover - A novel of romantic suspense set during World War I. Frontispiece and three glossy internal plates by the Kinneys. 317 pp.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1918). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated "With 41 selected photographs." Lists to itself at the front of the book. viii, 356 pp.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1920). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated with 62 photographs." A book intended to "portray the art of invention" rather than just catalogue all of the inventions. x, 361 pp. plus 1 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1909). Hardcover - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated "With thirty-seven illustrations from photographs taken by the U.S. Geological Survey." Lists to the ninth book in the series. xii, 381 pp plus 3 pp of publisher's ads.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1921). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Contains 32 illustrations, some photographs, some drawings." Focuses on the Secret Services historical primary duty -that of safeguarding the Treasury of the US. 364 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads. Lists to #12 at front of book, and to #9 in the ads at the back.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1915). Hardcover first edition - One of the interesting U.S. Service Series, each highlighting a different department of the U.S. government. Illustrated with photographs (48) loaned by bureaus of the U. S. Government. From the rockbound shores of Maine, through Cape Hatteras and the Pacific Coast, the US Coast Guard and the Lighthouse Bureau never sleep. Lists to #6 in the series at the front of the book and to #5 in the ads at the back. x, 346 pp. plus 10 pp of publisher's ads.