1930s books Vintage Bronte Russell Rockwood

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Show Me Death, DENT, W. REDVERS (Raymond Knister), Published by Macmillan, Toronto (1930), 1st Canadian Edition. Red cloth with gilt. World War One novel that was ghost written by Canadian Poet /Author Raymond Knister who died shortly after this novel was published. Rare in any edition, the Canadian edition particularly so.

1a 1930 Copy 1 Gold gilt on front cover, green colour top edges, no writing, no rips no tears, no loose pages, spine slightly cocked

1b 1930 Copy 2 worn Gold gilt on front cover, no writing, no rips no tears, no loose pages, missing first free endpaper, previous owner stamp on inside front cover, spine shows residual tape marks

2 1930 Some Like it Hot Dorothy Herzog book, Very rare with dustjacket, some say it was banned in some areas but I could not find anything to verify that statement, but it was 1930.

bit scruffy but still bright yellow colour boards, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing, Dustjacket is tattered and the front flap is severed from the rest, Please consider photos as part of the description

3 1930 Blood on the Yukon Trail Book, By James B. Hendryx, 305 pages, Stated first edition, A novel of corporal Downey of the Mounted Police, original book sellers sticker inside front cover

BINDING is intact with no loose pages, the corners show some wear and dings, previous owner inscription inside the front cover, between pg 10 and 11 the pages are separating but the binding threads are still intact

4 1930 Rogue Song book Novelized by Val Lewton based on Metro Goldwyn Mayer Photoplay starring Lawrence Tibbett, black and white photo scene from the film, 247 pages, red covers with dustjacket

no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

dustjacket is ragged around the seams but remains intact, Covers have bled colour into the jacket and show staining Please consider photos as part of the description

5 1930 Bomba The Jungle Boy & the Lost Explorers book Rockwood, 210 pages, last free endpaper lists books for sale, Cupples & Leon, brown boards with embossed pictorial cover, dustjacket reverse side features books for sale,

shows some shelf wear, dustjacket is worn along the edges, previous owner nameplate on first page, no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

6 1930 The Story of Deerfield 1630-1930, Mary Williams Fuller, The Vermont printing company, 48 pages, blue board covers, binding is intact with no loose pages, no writing, minimal shelf wear, small stains on upper back cover. 4in x 6.25in mini book

7 1931 The Heart of Maggie Pepper book Charles Klein

Reading copy, dustjacket is ragged, corners bumped, binding is intact with no loose pages, Please consider photos as part of the description

8 1931, Man Where Am I, Nina Oldfield, First printing, A Herbert Jenkins book, 312 pages, reading copy scruffy orange covers, shows shelf wear

9 1932 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck book  copyright 1931, 375 pages, first edition 22nd printing

intact reading copy, green pictorial endpapers, spine is frayed in spots, binding is intact with no loose pages, Please consider photos as part of the description

10 1932 For Sinners Only Book, A.J. Russell, 9th printing, 347 pages, A landmark as an autobiographical account of the author’s experiences in English movement known as “The Oxford Group” which was active in British politics and religion through the 1930’s. Evidently sprinkled through the book are chapters written by some famous writers of the time.,

reading copy, NO RIPS, NO TEARS, NO WRITING but there are some red pencilled dots on the first endpaper and the title page, BINDING is intact, there is shelf wear especially to the bottom edge and corners, the pages have yellowed and the spine is sunfaded – see photo

11 1932 Children of Pleasure, Larry Barretto, Rarrar & Rinehart, 311 pages, brown cloth covers, reading copy back seam separated but not split, binding is intact with no loose pages,

12 1932 Ten Day Trail, John Herries McCulloch, The Moray Press, 301 pages, reading copy, previous owner name on first free endpaper, seams are separated but not split, no loose pages, ex library pockets have been removed, library stamps

13 1933 circa, The Gold Pan Nugget, Charles H Snow, 4th edition, Wright & Brown, 286 pages, orange cloth covers, reading copy, scruffy and shows shelf wear

14 1933 The Scout Patrol Boys at Circle U Ranch, Jack Wright, World Syndicate Publishing, 117 pages, red covers, silver embossed letters, no writing, binding is intact with no loose pages,

15 1933 The Pride of Eve, Warwick Deeping, Cassell and company, “cheap edition”, brown embossed covers, paper seams show small cracks, some shelf wear, upper outer spine has a a tear… overall for a “cheap edition” this copy is in surprising condition.

16 1934 1935 Chums Annual book, See photos for list of story content

Binding is intact will no loose pages, no writing, first colour plate is folded along the center, title page has folded tear along the seam edge but the page is still attached to spine, please see photos

17 1935 Story book of Wheels Ships Trains Aircraft, By Maud and Miska Petersham, Published by The John C. Winston Company

Condition: Ex school library book , binding is showing the threads at the seams on both the back and front but the threads are intact, no loose pages, library markings and pockets inside the front and back covers, no other writing, corners are worn and bumped, covers are scuffy, no rips or tears to the pages

18 1936 printing, The Essays of Francis Bacon, Clark Sutherland Northup, PH.D, Riverside college classics, Houghton Mifflin Company, copyright 1908, 227 pages, red cloth covers, no writing, binding is intact with no loose pages

19 1937 OF ALL PLACES, RICHARD, PATIENCE & ABBE, JOHNNY (AUTHORS), Published by FREDERICK A STOKES CO, NY,

Hardcover. 233p. A mint-green gilt cloth hardcover book with a line of sun fade along the top edge of front cover and spine, some foxing of pages on the interior, black and white photo plates intact, all pages intact with no loose, binding is intact, no writing, photos present part of the description

20 1937 The Kidnapped King Ralph Arnold Blackie first issue stated book

The story deals with a young man who stumbles on a plot involving a central European prince who has been kidnapped by Communists and hidden in England .

Dustjacket has a few tears, but is intact & price clipped, book is clean, binding is intact with no loose pages, b/w plates, a few white spots on front cover

21 1938 All This and Heaven Too book Rachel Field copyright, First edition, later printing 1943, MacMillan, blue covers with silver embossed on spine and front cover

previous owner name inside front cover in pencil, clean straight copy, bumped corners, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages,

22 1938 The Red Spinner Edmund Snell Clue club mystery book, 288 pages

The is a well read, reading copy book, binding is intact with no loose pages but it was part of a “lending library” in 1938 that charged 5c per week to borrow books so there are stamps and markings on the first few pages and the last couple pages.

there are a couple of white paint? prints on the front cover.  Please consider photos as part of the description

23 1939, The Great Hotel Murder, Vincent Starrett, Caxton House, Inc., New York, 1939. Hard Cover. No Jacket. Green cloth on boards. A crime novelist competes with a hotel detective to solve a murder by poison at a medical convention.

299 pp.  6¾” – 7¾” tall. solid reading copy, Cover spotted. no writing, no rips, no tears, binding is intact with no loose pages, Please consider photos as part of the description

24 1939 Little Greta of Denmark book Bernadine Bailey, red pictorial endpapers, previous owner name on first free endpaper, covers are stained, show wear and frayed corners,

Title page the “this book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is Complete and Unabridged.

25 1939 WUTHERING HEIGHTS BRONTE Emily Triangle Book, Perhaps the most haunting and tormented love story ever written, Wuthering Heights is the tale of the troubled orphan Heathcliff and his doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw.

Published in 1847, the year before Emily Bronte’s death at the age of thirty, Wuthering Heights has proved to be one of the nineteenth century’s most popular yet disturbing masterpieces. The windswept moors are the unforgettable setting of this tale of the love between the foundling Heathcliff and his wealthy benefactor’s daughter, Catherine. Through Catherine’s betrayal of Heathcliff and his bitter vengeance, their mythic passion haunts the next generation even after their deaths. Incorporating elements of many genres—from gothic novels and ghost stories to poetic allegory—and transcending them all, Wuthering Heights is a mystifying and powerful tour de force.

Green cloth covers with minor shelf wear, previous owner name inside front cover, all pages intact and clean, dustjacket has tears and chips along the edges, shelf wear