Search Results: Romance from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1925 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Ritz-Paramount Photoplay. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. I found no reviews. Would you like to read this book ? Spend some time with Rudolph Valentino ? 281 pp..

Ottawa: Graphic Publishers, Limited, 1926 Book. Illus. by Bernadette Gomery. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated blue cloth on boards. Gutter of Pp. 6-7 glued, but readable. Clean, attractive copy. 333 pp..

Toronto: Musson/Hodder and Stoughton, 1932 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth with light blue letters on boards. Brown spot at bottom of prelims. Previous owner's name. Believed First Edition. First appeared in McCall's Magazine, July, 1932. Edges darkening, but sound and readable. A fair-haired English girl loses her heart to a man of the Eastern desert, but is frustrated by a dark secret. 320 pp..

N.Y.: A.L. Burt Book. Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering on boards, no DJ. Both hinges repaired, P.O.N., OW good. This is at least the sixth romantic/historical novel based in ancient Egypt by this author as a result of his 25 years of study of that region. 388 pp..

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Colonial Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Continues the story of The Crooked Furrow, but 10 years later. Thank goodness it's not in the dialect of John o' the Green, my first and nearly last exposure to Farnol. Perhaps I should give him another chance ! 376 pp..

N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1933 Ex-Library. Illus. by Unidentified. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original orange cloth decorated in black and green on boards, no DJ. Ex - Jones Electric Supply Co.Library ! Quite a rare book, it has survived very well with only minor soiling and is lightly cocked. Attractive art deco cover (SEE SCAN). 250 pp..

N.Y.: George H. Doran, 1916 Book. Illus. by Mary Wilson Preston (EPs). Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and design on boards, no DJ. A romance novel about a young actress. Hinges repaired, some soiling, OW good. 374 pp..

N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1933 Ex-Library. Fair. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original orange cloth with black lettering and pictorial spine, sun-faded. Flaps only of DJ glued to inside covers. Well-used and soiled, but not abused. Good reading copy.. Ex-library stamps and previous owner's name. 310 pp. of romance involving a penniless Spaniard and three women in Hollywood during the Great Depression..

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth on boards. Brief gift note. DJ chipped along head, with inch-square notch missing from head of inner flap. Saturday Review for February 9, 1929, states, "One has to be tremendously interested in 'The Lovers of the Market-place' to pursue their unhappy adventures to their happy conclusion." - P. 670. Set in England in 1879, the text hobbles along with frequent stops for reflection on the language as to its meaning. Finally, the happy ending. 359 pp..

Paris: Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1907 Book. Good Plus. 3/4 Leather on Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown 3/4 calf on cloth boards. Chevalier d'Albert is a young man searching for the ideal woman as a lover. He meets Rosette, but after a few months grows tired of her. Rosette introduces him to her date, Theodore, who turns out to be attractive to d'Albert in a way not known before. Stay tuned for the rest of the story. Text in French. 421 pp..

New York: Triangle Books, 1941 Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mustard tweed on boards. First free endpaper removed. DJ chipped across head and foot of spine. Fanny has been a faithful wife to Chris, but one of his old girlfriends is back, and has her eye on him. Madge had turned him down once, but now sees her mistake and will go to any length to upset the marriage. Triangle Books, No. 66. 293 pp..

N.Y.: Arcadia House Inc., 1943 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth with large all-cap title on boards. Front free endpaper missing; previous owner's name, ow better than good. Doctor's daughter becomes a physician herself, hopes to marry her boss, and falls in love with a special patient. 256 pp..

New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1925 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name in light pencil. A bridegroom runs away - and then a charming romance develops. Seven lovely maidens to a single Romeo. - Bookman, Jan., 1926. 344 pp..

New York: Arcadia House Publications, 1938 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards.No reviews found. Apparently this author has several romance titles, of which most are related to nursing. DJ price-clipped. Several date stamps suggest library experience. DJ torn 3 inches. 252 pp..

N.Y.: Macfadden, 1939 Book. Very Good Plus. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original paperback pulp of true-life stories, or at least so claimed. Could not be better condition. At the risk of shocking you, here are the stories:To Hold My Man; Leave Married Men Alone; My Strange Marriage; When a Girl Trusts a Stranger; Out of My Wife's Past; Tried to Be a Glamour Girl; Without a Husband; I Forgive- Would You?; My Daughter-in-Law's Secret; and I Told the World My Story. An example of how desparate readers were for material before TV ! 181 enticing pp..