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INNOCENT: HER FANCY AND HIS FACT.
Edition: First edition.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1914.). Hardcover first edition - The story of Innocent, a young girl who discovers from her dying father that she was abandoned as a baby. Basis for the 1921 silent black and white film which featured Madge Stuart and Basil Rathbone (his first film - he was later to be best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes.) Tissue-guarded frontispiece of the author.462 pp.
Condition: Very good in original light blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and white (slight spine slant, rubbing to corners.)
Book ID: 55469More details Price: $20.00 -
KATRINE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel, the author's third and final novel published in the same month as her death. While Lane is almost forgotten now, this novel was the second best-selling novel in the US for 1909. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 315 pp.
Condition: Good only in red cloth (some water damage and bleeding to the back cover, contents are very good)
Book ID: 64196More details Price: $12.50 -
THE TRIAL OF ALVIN BOAKER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1948) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a vintage crime novel, a courtroom drama involving the trial of a prominent judge accused of murdering his wife. 283 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in a poor dust jacket with creasing, tape reinforcement to the edges and folds of the interior. (probably from a lending library)
Book ID: 88777More details Price: $15.00 -
CLAIRE AMBLER.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. Hardcover first edition - A later novel by this best-selling writer (who also won the Pulitzer Prize twice), a picture of a quintessional flapper of the 1920's. 253 pp. Blue and gold illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very near fine in blue cloth with printed gold labels on front and spine, lacking the dj, but remarkably bright.
Book ID: 43031More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GIRL OF O. K. VALLEY: A Romance of the Okanagan.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: A. L. Burt, (c 1919). Hardcover - A young orphaned immigrant girl arrives at her miserly uncle's ranch in western Canada. "This book will arrest the attention of all those who admire vigorous, wholesome stories with a bit of mystery attached -- and a lucky ending." 297 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in tan covers with dark brown lettering and decorations (a bit of foxing to the edges of the textblock)
Book ID: 66649More details Price: $17.50
