Trout by Bergman, Ray - 1938

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight wear to the spine, still about fine in a bright and attractive, near fine dustwrapper which had previously been folded into the book with resulting creases. The crisp jacket also retains on the front flap the uncut, publisher's bookmark. The author's own copy with his ownership Signature, from a large collection of books we recently purchased from his library. A mystery listed by *Hubin*, which also lists this as the basis for a 1929 silent film directed by Walter Lang, the film may have been abandoned during production because of the advent of sound technology, as no record of the film's release seems to exist. Kauffman was born and lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, although he also maintained homes in Switzerland and Bath, Maine. After graduating from Harvard in 1900, he wrote dozens of stories, mysteries, children's books, and non-fiction titles. He was the editor of the Bangor, Maine *Daily News* from… Read More

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First trade edition. Drawings and jacket by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Slight foxing to the first few leaves else fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with small chips at the crown and a crease on the front panel.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of age-toning. Novel about a clan of sandhogs (tunnel builders working under New York's East River) which includes some elements of the labor novel. Great Brandywine-style jacket art. Chase wrote both fiction and screenplays in a number of genres for several decades. Today he is best remembered for the classic western *Red River*.

New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Co.. Very Good+. [1942]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3/4 dark green morocco, top edge gilt, 436p., color plates, index. **Copy number 107 of 249 signed by the author, in publisher's gray box with printed label.; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a short, creased tear. Includes the original perforated and detachable bookmark. Rich man distrusts women and romance because of his late brother's marriage to an unscrupulous actress, meets one he likes better. The first edition is scarce in jacket.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight wear to the spine, still about fine in a bright and attractive, near fine dustwrapper which had previously been folded into the book with resulting creases. The crisp jacket also retains on the front flap the uncut, publisher's bookmark. The author's own copy with his ownership Signature, from a large collection of books we recently purchased from his library. A mystery listed by *Hubin*, which also lists this as the basis for a 1929 silent film directed by Walter Lang, the film may have been abandoned during production because of the advent of sound technology, as no record of the film's release seems to exist. Kauffman was born and lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, although he also maintained homes in Switzerland and Bath, Maine. After graduating from Harvard in 1900, he wrote dozens of stories, mysteries, children's books, and non-fiction titles. He was the editor of the Bangor, Maine *Daily News* from… Read More

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First trade edition. Drawings and jacket by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Slight foxing to the first few leaves else fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with small chips at the crown and a crease on the front panel.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of age-toning. Novel about a clan of sandhogs (tunnel builders working under New York's East River) which includes some elements of the labor novel. Great Brandywine-style jacket art. Chase wrote both fiction and screenplays in a number of genres for several decades. Today he is best remembered for the classic western *Red River*.

New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Co.. Very Good+. [1942]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3/4 dark green morocco, top edge gilt, 436p., color plates, index. **Copy number 107 of 249 signed by the author, in publisher's gray box with printed label.; Signed by Author .

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a short, creased tear. Includes the original perforated and detachable bookmark. Rich man distrusts women and romance because of his late brother's marriage to an unscrupulous actress, meets one he likes better. The first edition is scarce in jacket.