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Macmillan NY, 1914. HB NODustJacket, April 1914, Printed a year after first edition , Interior Nice, tight Clean some rub, wear, lite wrinkling, dogears, & small water stains on corner blank Margins thruout, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, 201 pgs + Ads, Beige & Orange & black Decorated Cloth cover light rub, wear ,soil & tiny Chips Extremities,. Hard Cover.

Chicago: Frederick J Drake, 1909. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Poor. 231, Viii, (100) + Ads At Rear. Disbound, String Binding Intact But Lacking Covers, Informally Wrapped In Correspondence Paper Of The Wendt Studios, With Handwritten Title By Julia Bracken Wendt And Part Of The Wendt's Bookplate. Julia Bracken Wendt, (1870-1942) A Notable American Sculptor, Illinois. Unsupported At Home Following The Death Of Her Mother When She Was Nine Years Old, She Ran Away From Home At Thirteen. By Sixteen She Was Working As A Domestic Servant For A Woman Who Recognized Her Talent And Drive, And Paid To Enroll Her In The Art Institute Of Chicago. There She Studied With Lorado Taft And By 1887 She Had Advanced To Become His Studio And Teaching Assistant. In 1893, During The Columbian Exposition She Was One Of Several Women Sculptors Nicknamed The White Rabbits Who Helped Produce Some Of The Architectural Sculpture That Graced The Exposition Buildings. She Was Awarded A Commission To Produce Illinois Welcoming The Nations, A Sculpture For The Fair. The Work Was Later Cast In Bronze And Unveiled At The Illinois State Capitol.In 1906 She Married Painter William Wendt And Moved To Los Angeles, California Where She Continued Her Success. In California She Taught At The Otis Art Institute And, With Her Husband, Was Instrumental In The Founding Of The California Art Club In 1909, Which Was Developed On The Premise Of Allowing Women And Sculptors Into The Membership. Wendt Was A Member Of The National Sculpture Society And Exhibited And Was Featured In Both The 1923 And 1929 Exhibitions And The Resulting Catalogues. Her Work Can Be Found In: Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Chicago Historical Society, The Civil War Monument, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Laguna Art Museum, Harvard University Portrait Collection,Old Los Angeles City Hall (Now Located In The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County), Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, As Well As In Numerous Private Collections. Exhibitions: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Aic, 1895; Annual Exhibition Of Works By Chicago Artists, Aic, 1899-1910 (9 Times); St Louis/Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 ; Chicago Municipal League, 1905 ; Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915 ; California Art Club, 1918 ; Solo Exhibits With Husband, Aic, 1909-21 ; National Sculpture Society, 1929 National Sculpture Society, Los Angeles (Ca) Museum. Awards: Commission, "Illinois Welcoming The Nations" For Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892 ; Commission, Exposition Park, Los Angeles (Ca). Commission, Battle Monument, Missionary Ridge (Tn) ; Sculpture Prize, Chicago, 1898; Municipal Art League Prize, Chicago, 1905 ; Gold Medal, Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915; Harrison Prize, Los Angeles (Ca), 1918

San Diego: Surrey House, 1974. Paperback. 186p. + ads, very good first edition paperback in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. HIS69123. Reprinted as MOA-125 in 1991 by American Art Ent.

Judy Publishing Chicago, 1950 HBDJ, Clear TAPED Mending TO Extremities & Spine DJ which light Soiling Wear, 1950, 3rd edition, Limited 5,000 COPIES, GOOD-/VG-, AS-IS, Salmon Orange Illustrated Cover with Boston on Front lettered in Black, Interior relatively nice Clean light FoX, Wear, few pencil marks BUT THERES Cutout from Title page at btm of 1 in X 3 1/2 in. & from next page 6 there small cutout of a picture 1 1/4 X 1 1/4 in. , 160 pgs. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.

Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House, 1930. Paperback, Small Phamphlet Like Booklet approx 7 X 4 inches, 1930, 1st edition,Minor Wear, 47 pgs, Index, VG+/VG, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap NY, 1935. HBDJ, 1935, LATER Edition, PC, Front inner flap DJ lists thru Ghost in Gallery & well as Pre-Text listing, Interior nice tight clean light FoX, , DJ mild wear & tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Bottom spine DJ small piece & light creases, Green tweed pictorial cloth with 2 girls front with flashlight, 217 pages. Hard Cover.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. HBDJ, 1926, 1st EditioN THuS, VG-/GOOD+, AS-IS, DJ has FOX light Wear tiny chips Tears Extremities & has SMALL Round Yellow Sticker Front of DJ covering some of Face of man, Scuffing along edges at Spine DJ, Spine ends DJ small pieces out Yet Titles Intact, 233 pgs + ADS END WITH WolF Breed, 7.5 x 5 in. Olive Green & Black cloth light Wear .Personally Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, The Complete lavish starcrossed romance Adventure Novel of Russian Revolution & the part played in it by Volga Boatmen,Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the Cecil B. DeMille silent film starring William Boyd. with William Boyd starred as Feodor, the Boatman, with Elinor Fair as the Princess Vera.. First Thus. Hard Cover.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1964. HBDJ,1964, First Modern Library Edition 1964 (Unstated). Back of Foxed DJ lists 7 Titles Short Stories of Chekhov Thru Poems, PLAYS OF PUSHKIN, Back Inner DJ flap Pre Zip Code Coupon VG+/GOOD+ . 4 7/8  x 7 1/4 IN. 423 pages. Bright blue cloth hardcover (Toledano binding # 11). DJ VERSO IS Blank, Tight, square binding, bright gilt, sharp corners. Light crimping spine ends, small former owner stamp top half-title page. The first issue dust jacket shows light perimeter edgewear, light rubbing along the folds, short creases bottom spine, and moderate rubbing & soiling front & back panels. The top front flap is neatly price-clipped & bears a small former owner name. CREASES TO BTM Spine DJ, Mylar protected jacket. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Charles Scribners Sons, NY,. HB NO DJ,1929, Early edition, Color pictoral Paste On Label on Cvr Rub & Scuff, Black Cloth cover light Wear & tiny Chip Extremities,Interior nice clean tight ,light Wear Rub, Fox small Edge tears , VG+/VG-,AS-IS,125 pages, small spine edge Tears Cover, NODJ. Hard Cover.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1929. Green Cloth. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 7 5/8" Tall. 303 Pp + Catalog At End. First Borzoi Small Format Pocket Book Edition, 1929. Light Usage, Spine Lettering Bright, Spine Cloth With Some Fading, No Marks.