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New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. VG in a VG DJ with wear bottom edge; Uncomon biography of Henry Bergh, fournder of the ASPCA and the New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Photo frontis of Bergh. ; Stated First; Green cloth; 8vo; DJ .

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company. VG+/VG-. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +, minor edge wear only in VG- DJ that is lightly tanned at the spine edge, minor edge wear. ; Frontis after portrait by Sir William Nicholson. Important biography of the Cornish writer. ; 8vo; 174 p. .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. F/NF. 1971. Hardcover. Fine in a NF DJ, very minor edge wear only; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page in English and Arabic; 15th Ptg; Red cloth; 8vo; 275 p.; DJ; Signed by Author .

New York, NY: HarperCollins. NF/NF. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0060185554 . 0.8 x 9 x 6.4 Inches; 192 p. .

Boston, MA: Houghton and Mifflin. VG/NONE. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good, light rubs to bottom spine edge and in bottom spine area. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Top edge gilt. ; Inscribed by the author to Charlemagne Tower, who served as ambassador to Russia from 1899 to 1902 and later as ambassador to Germany. The inscription is as follows: "To the / Honorable Charlemagne Tower / With the sincere regards of / Albert H. Smyth / St. Petersburg / July 1901". Tower [Jr. ] was the son of the first Charlemagne Tower, who died in 1889.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 320 p.; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: Scottwall Associates. NF/VG. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0942087054 . NF in a VG DJ. DJ has creasing at top spine, small closed tear. DJ price-clipped. ; Signed by the author. First printing of the book consisted of 5000 copies of which 500 were signed by the author. Below the signature is an inscription as follows: For Daniel Selznick / with much appreciation / 4-29-92. Daniel Selznick is the son David O. Selznick and Irene B. Mayer and he is a producer and writer. Nice association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 p.; Signed by Author .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company. NF/NF. 1985. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0316303577 . NF, light glue bleedthrough to eps at top edge in NF DJ with very small closed tear to top front panel of DJ ; Interesting and lively autobiography with marvelous photos, by noted photographers, including Horst. ; 9.40 X 6.50 X 1.20 inches; 368 p. .

London, England: Chapman & Hall. 1944. Hardcover. Good, corners bumped, eps foxed in DJ with chips, rubbing; No. 268 of 500 copies. DJ is in fair condition only, closed tear across most of front panel. Deckle edges; Ltd to 500 Copies; Yellow cloth; Imperial 8vo; DJ .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. NF/NF. 1990. First Edition. No markings or names; First American; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 523 p.; DJ .

Claremont, CA: The Saunders Press. 1946. Hardcover. VG+, bookplate front pastedown, very minor edge wear only; First Edition, limited to 1500 copies. Illustrated with b&w photos; Ltd to 1500 Copies; Tan cloth; 8vo; 184 p.; No DJ .

Pasadena, CA: Trail's End Pub. Co. VG+/G. 1957. Third Edition. Hardcover. VG+, gift note to ffep in Good DJ with chips to top / bottom spine, extremities rubbed. DJ is price-clipped. ; Illustrated endpapers. Prologue by Irvin Cobb. Bibliographical check list by Karl Yost. Illustrated with photos and color & b&w plates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 p. .

Palma DE Mallorca. 1936. Hardcover. 083831807X . VG, minor edge rubbing only; Softcover booklet bound in blue leather over blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers; Half blue leather; 12mo; No DJ .

San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+, very minor edge wear only; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on early blank leaf. Errata slip bound in. Folding facsimile letter and genealogical table; First; Marbled cloth; 4to; 379 p.; No DJ; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, front cover cloth with small chip at bottom edge; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on early blank leaf. Errata slip bound in. Folding facsimile letter and genealogical table; First; Marbled cloth; 4to; 379 p.; No DJ; Signed by Author .

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, USA. NF/NF. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195204883 . NF, attractive bookplate to front pastedown in NF DJ. ; Bookplate of Helen K. Copley, head of Copley newspaper chain. First published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931 and later published as a single volume in 1935. This is the first US publication of 1985.; 10.30 X 7.20 X 1 inches; 224 p. .

Da Capo Press. NF/NONE. 1997. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0306807769 . NF / None, Prior owner name to ffep. ; Nice copy of this title. New forward by Mary Louise Wilson. ; Third Ptg; 8vo; 196 p. .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. F/F. 1984. 0394503414 . No markings or names. ; Nice copy of this title bound in red cloth, what else? ? ?; Third Ptg; Red cloth; 8vo; DJ .

New York, NY: Longmans, Green. F/VG+. 1948. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, no names or markings, in a VG+ DJ, minor edge wear only. DJ price of $3.00 intact. ; With important four page introduction by Walter Winchell. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 p. .

New York, NY: Random House. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394505018 . Near fine, small owner name half title page in VG DJ; Author's collection of essays, Terrorists and Novelists, was nominated for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; DJ .

New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 6001507910 . Fine in a VG DJ with minor closed tears at top edge DJ; INSCRIBED by David Sarnoff, head of RCA, to Lou Edelman, noted theatre and movie producer. Important association copy; Stated First; Black cloth; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author .