[solid reading copy only, spine turned, spotting/soiling to page edges, original owner's name and address on front pastedown; jacket worn and soiled, large pieces missing at both ends of spine, long closed tear across front panel (internally tape-mended and not too obtrusive), various other tears but I'm sure you've got the idea by now]. Romance novel with an ambitious heroine, Holly, to whom "the green fields of far-off pastures were more alluring than her own less glamorous surroundings. And love in an easy tempo of peaceful security was something that didn't fit into her romanticized d... View More...
(no dust jacket) [ex-rental library book, indicated as such by the "Bullock's Book Club" pocket mounted to the rear pastedown with two strips of (yellowing) tape; moderately worn, binding still fully intact, some fading to spine cloth, some soiling to edges of text block, slight exposure of boards at bottom corner of front cover]. Politcally-infused novel set in the mid-1930s about an expatriate couple, a Hungarian woman and her Austrian husband (the latter a journalist/satirist with a somewhat radical background), who hook up in Rome with a handsome young German doctor (possibly a Naz... View More...
(no dust jacket) [nice-looking copy, light bumping at extremities, slight scrunching to bottom corners of a few pages, one letter of title on front cover slightly chipped, a few small puncture-wounds of mysterious origin to the ffep; the binding is nice and square, although the front hinge is a bit weak]. British novel, about a young woman who devotes herself to social service and charity work, and becomes involved in labor unrest in connection with her work with the Ironworkers Union in London. Some of the characters from an earlier novel by the same author, "Christopher Hibbault, Roadb... View More...
(no dust jacket) [front hinge cracked but not split, a bit of scarring to both pastedowns (from label removal?), light spotting to rear cover, soiling to edges of text block]. "A Russian prince, an English dancer, an ex-guardsman, and an American heiress fall under the shadow of an ancient tradition and share in the terrifying events which follow the theft of a miniature, [which] disappears while Prince Paul is showing it to a group of friends in London." The plot thickens when the action of the novel switches to America, where the prince encounters the heiress, who's wearing the self... View More...
[minor wear to extremities, spine slightly turned, ex-rental library but marked as such by only a single stamp, on the ffep; jacket edgeworn, minor paper loss at a few corners, a couple of scrapes to spine, small chip at top of spine, soiling to rear panel]. A young Manhattan couple, anticipating the arrival of their first child, relocate to an apartment community "way uptown" in search of more space, sunshine, and fresh air. However, their lives are soon complicated by the arrival of spinster Aunt Anastasia, "the female relative in charge of the coming diapered event." View More...
(price-clipped) DETAILS NEEDED. "Lois Bull has departed from the Broadway scene to delve into colorful, out-of-the-way places in the Near East. In Tommy Drew she creates a believable character who finds life good because he has a knack for making it continually exciting, and who fears nothing except beguiling females who might curb his roving disposition." Case in point: the "fabled golden goddess" depicted on the front of the dust jacket. This is a "Lost Race" novel, later published in paperback under the title "Forbidden," and as the jacket blurb suggests, this wasn't the author's typical... View More...
[light shelfwear to bottom of book, very slight deterioration of cloth at spine extremities; jacket shows some edgewear, a couple of tiny closed tears, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to rear panel]. Circus novel about "the nonchalant Mario Verona, greatest living king of the flying trapeze, [who] rose from an obscure continental performer to become the spoiled darling of America's big top," and the two women who loved him: "the famous Mavis Merton, tragic Queen of the Air, [and] Mitzi, "another aerialist, young, vivacious, loyal, and gallant." Although the jacket... View More...
(no dust jacket) [light foxing to edges of text block, otherwise a nice solid book with just a touch of wear to the spine ends]. Romantic folderol set in 17th century England, a period of which this British author was evidently very fond, since he employed it as the setting for much of his fiction ("The Duke's Servants," "In the Days of King James," etc.). He eventually relocated to California, and his papers came to rest at UCLA, mentioned for benefit of those who may be inspired to conduct further research into his ouevre. A pretty scarce book (only eight copies in OCLC, o... View More...
(no dust jacket) [moderate wear to extremities and bottom edge, faint bookseller's rubber-stamped name on front pastedown, white spine lettering somewhat rubbed but still fully readable, binding solid]. Novel set in British India. According to one contemporary reviewer, the book was "chiefly concerned with the same problem as 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles,' but the author gives it a different solution." Apart from the fact that her name appears as the author of four books in the British Library catalogue (including this one), all published between 1908 and 1916, I know nothing at all a... View More...
[moderate shelfwear, slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, light soiling/browning to page edges; jacket worn/rubbed, dampstained at spine, a few small tears, several internal tape repairs, paper loss at top of spine (no loss of text)]. INSCRIBED ("for Swanie / whose encouragement was important. / With love") and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "At seventeen, Felicia Richardson, only daughter of the president of a small Southern college, was a sheltered, innocent child, but not too much a child to love richly and completely. Then she fell in love with Victor Cardwell, a GI st... View More...
[light shelfwear to bottom edge, faint soiling to top of text block; jacket shows a little wear along top and bottom edges, tiny tears and miniscule paper loss at several corners, small internal tape repair at top of spine]. "A novel of the South-west," a sequel to Burnett's 1953 novel "Adobe Walls," set in the same town, "San Miguel." This story tells about "a new element from the East [which] is beginning to challenge the conservatism of the 'old-timers,'" and about a murder that "touches off a bitter election feud that threatens to wreck the whole commu... View More...
[nice copy, spine slightly turned, top edge dust-soiled, tiny smudge at bottom edge, slight fading to cloth at top of spine to match missing pieces of dj; jacket is generally clean and attractive, with only minor wear at a couple of corners, but has a large-ish chip at upper left-hand corner of front panel, which also causes a bit of paper loss at top of spine (not affecting any text)]. The author, a member of an "old Philadelphia family," here presents "a drama of modern life." Its heroine, Lila Stanward, is "divorced from a millionaire husband, and emotionally and spirit... View More...
[book is in decent used condition, but has some serious deterioration to the cloth around the bottom front hinge; the jacket (which originated on a different copy of the book) is bright and clean, almost like new except for a touch of wear at the top of the spine]. "Readers of 'The Flapper Wife' will remember May Seymour as the reckless, pleasure-loving young married woman who brought Gloria's little home to the brink of ruin, as the butterfly who drove her husband to suicide. In [this book] we find her a disillusioned widow, her heart filled with bitterness against her old home community and... View More...
(no dust jacket) [good sound copy, internally clean, mildly shelfworn, light dust-soiling to top of text block, very light bumping to bottom corners]. Pseudonymous novel by Stephen Longstreet, set in the 1920s in a fictional Midwestern town, "Corinth." The plot centers around a romantic triangle that culminates in a scandalous double murder, and is set against the background of labor troubles. The author, in a note to the reader, explains that his purely-invented "Crime of the Century"-type situation "owes nothing to the real events [of the 1920s] except the pure frenzy... View More...
[solid copy, moderate shelfwear, top edge dust-soiled, tape/newspaper discoloration to pastedowns and endpapers due to supplemental materials (see notes); jacket moderately edgeworn, a few small tears, diagonal crease near bottom of front panel, minor paper loss at spine ends]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep; in her inscription, dated in the month of publication (April 1950), she describes the book as "an expose of the music racket, teachers draining pupils of money & time when pupils have nothing to offer." The novel tells the story of a talented singer who "goes ... View More...
[considerable shelfwear to bottom edge and spine ends, spine slightly turned; jacket edgeworn, small tear/chip at top of spine, vertical crease down middle of spine]. Novel, set in Massachusetts and Maine, about a young woman whose mother is a fake psychic -- while she herself is the real thing. View More...
(price-clipped) [wear to and bumping to bottom corners (exposing board at one corner), inked date on front pastedown, ffep top corner clipped; jacket has a bit of paper loss at top corners and top of spine, a few small closed tears, spotting/soiling to rear panel]. Novel about a woman torn between the two men she loves. She's engaged to "the wellbred, refined Mark Richards," but "the thought of Laramie King, moody, passionate and unkempt, lingered in her mind." It's always the unkempt ones, isn't it? View More...
(price-clipped) [solid clean copy, mild shelfwear, publisher's sticker on ffep indicating this to be a "specially autographed edition"; jacket moderately edgeworn, a few small tears, faint dampstain along left edge of front flap, nothing too serious]. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. "This dynamic, contemporary novel is set against the natural background of Northern Michigan's wild hinterland. It tells of Marty Jevons' search for a purpose in life and a woman to love. [With a rifle?] Marty is a young Marine veteran. The savage streak that most of us camouflage so carefu... View More...
(price-clipped) [moderately worn book, some dust-soiling to top of text block; jacket is edgeworn, minor paper loss at spine ends and most corners]. "This book deals with the West of the silver boom," per the author's note in the front of the book, which represented Cain's first serious effort in the realm of historical fiction. View More...
(no dust jacket) [worn but intact copy, slight fading to spine cloth, bumping to all corners, fraying to cloth and some exposure of boards at bottom edge, several small gouges in rear cover, small bookseller's rubber stamp inside, one-time owner's name at top of title page]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "To Marie Vasgard / with good luck wishes / Robert E. Callahan / 1947." As nearly as I can make out the plot of this somewhat overwrought novel, it has to do with a man who places hundreds of "lonely hearts" advertisements in newspapers around the coun... View More...
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