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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+/Poor. Light gray cloth boards with orange decoration and black titling are lightly soiled and suntanned. Priceclipped DJ split at spine with loss at head of spine, bottom front edge, and upper third of rear; sunfaded and generally edgeworn. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Red upper page edges are fading. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'You will enjoy this story of a London pub and its romance of two romantically bewildered people.... Though a complete story in itself, this novel follows The Midnight Bell and The Siege of Pleasure as the final book of a trilogy. Begun as far back as 1931, the delay in its appearance is due to the fact that the author was knocked down by a car in January, 1932, and put completely out of action for practically two years.'-from the publisher. English playwright and novelist, Hamilton, was well-regarded by his peers, though underappreciated during his time. Study of his novels is reviving recently… Read More

New York: The Happy Hour Library. Paperback. Fair-/None. Light blue marbled-texture softcover is soiled and chipped along edges, with 2-in. waterstain along head of spine. Pages are square and bound tightly. Not a reprint or print-on-demand. Ca. late 1800s. 16mo. Covers overhang the text block. Book Info: Includes Miss Lucinda by Rose Terry. Lucretia Peabody Hale (Sept. 2, 1820 ? June 12, 1900) was an American journalist and author. 'The next book in this series is Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe, a delightful tale in Hawthorne's inimitable style that has to do with certain peculiar circumstances quite unexplainable.'-from terminal page.