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Smith, Thorne Did She Fall?
Garden City, New York, USA The Sun Dial Press 1930 Reprint Edition, 1937 Hard Cover Good No Jacket
Green embossed covers. Volume has stain on pages 47 & 48. Worn on all edges, some fraying along bottom edges. Now in protective wrap. From the website: Thorne Smith - Haunts & By- Paths: "Sometimes a well-executed murder clears the air. This observation is in no sense suggestively advanced. But the fact is that in virtually all groups, communities, and gatherings of human beings there are certain members who would be far, far better out of the way... persons whose speedy absence would result in more actual good than would their continued presence." "Thus begins Did She Fall?, Thorne Smith's only mystery novel. The synopsis of the book goes on to say: She could have given lessons to Lolita. Emily-Jane was blonde, with wide, innocent blue eyes. When she was still in boarding school she was queen of revels that would have shocked the most sophisticated adult. And she kept records on all her partners... America's bawdiest, wittiest writer turns his talents to a startling novel of murder, suspense and brilliant detection. The story of Emily-Jane. When she was bad, she was very, very bad, and when she was good, she was luscious until somebody killed her, or did she fall?"
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15.00 USD
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Smith, Thorne The Bishop's Jaegers
New York, NY, U.S.A. The Sun Dial Press 1934 Hard Cover Good No Jacket Herbert Roese, Illustrations
Blue cloth on boards. Owners gift inscription on fep. Volume is worn all edges, to the boards on one corner and a scuff scratch on the front cover. Now in protective wrap. From the website: Thorne Smith: Haunts & By-Paths "Peter Duane Van Dyck, a 34 year old coffee magnate, Bishop Waller and four other passengers fogbound on the Staten Island Ferry leave their stranded vessel seeking help and find themselves shipwrecked in a nudist colony. The man leading the nudist colony, named Jones, carries a duck under his arm that goes by the name of Havelock Ellis. Jones and the group welcome the stranded strangers ashore but request that they adhere to the colony's policy concerning the restricted use of clothing. Those that comply have a jolly time living it up with the rest of the ribald group. Those that don't (Bishop Waller) become the subject of ridicule. As with almost all Thorne Smith novels, the fun ensues when the characters let down their hair (take off their clothes) and thumb their noses at the rules and regulations set up by society."
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22.00 USD
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Smith, Thorne The Stray Lamb
New York, NY, U.S.A. Grosset & Dunlap 1929 Reprint Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket
Green cloth on boards. Owners name on the fep. Volume is stained and soiled on the covers, and worn on the edges - to the boards on the corners, pages starting to brown. Unobtrusive residue from library pocket is on the front pastedown. No other library indications. Now in protective wrap. From the website: Thorne Smith - Haunts & By- Paths: "Mr. T. Lawrence Lamb had a wife, a daughter, and a commutation ticket. He worked hard, looked at women on trains and did nothing about it, suffered his wife to play about platonically (he thought) with a Mr. Leonard Gray, who was interested in amateur theatricals. Mr. Lamb was, in a word, the Great American Commuter. That was before he met the russett man in the woods, and woke up one morning to find himself a handsome black stallion, practically free from his wife and the world. It interfered with his business and social life, but Mr. Lamb didn't particularly mind that - and there were compensations. After that Mr. Lamb became in succession a good many different kinds of creatures, all of which helped to give him a new viewpoint on the world - as for instance: a sea-gull, watching the beautiful Sandra in her less public moments." "The Stray Lamb is a hilarious book, a gay, ribald, knowing book, with a deep strain of wisdom and humanity flowing beneath the brilliance of the story."
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18.00 USD
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Smith, Thorne Topper Takes a Trip
Garden City, New York, USA The Sun Dial Press 1932 Hard Cover Good No Jacket Herbert Roese, Illustrations
Green cloth on boards. Volume is worn all edges, light stains and wrinkles to covers. Now in protective wrap. From the website: Thorne Smith - Haunts & By- Paths: "Topper Takes a Trip is the second (and last) of the Smith's books in his Topper series. One can only speculate if this was to be the last entry in the Topper series, but it's a suitable vehicle for Thorne Smith's most memorable character. The story begins with Cosmo Topper on vacation in the Riviera, studying a sun bathing, scantily-clad German model on the beach from his balcony. Again, he does his best to escape from Mrs. Topper and take some time for rest, relaxation, and a good drink. As he relaxes, he thinks of his adventures with the ghostly Marion Kirby and wonders what became of her, the Colonel, and Oscar the dog. Before he begins to grow nostalgic, a disembodied leg shows up in his bed and proceeds to make his life miserable. It begins to dawn on him that this leg and the other assorted body parts that begin to show up, belong to Marion Kirby who, after tormenting Topper, makes her appearance. Marion's presence is much to the chagrin of Mrs. Topper, causing her another bout of dyspepsia. George Kirby, in search of his wife, materializes later in the story, vowing to put an end to Topper during a clam shell duel. The Colonel and Oscar also show up to add fun and misery to Topper's vacation."
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15.00 USD
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Smith, Thorne Turnabout
Garden City, New York, USA The Sun Dial Press 1931 Hard Cover Good No Jacket
Brown covers on boards. Volume is worn on the edges, pages browned. Tip of the top front endpaper is missing. Now in protective wrap. From the website: Thorne Smith - Haunts & By- Paths: "Turnabout begins with a description of how much Sally Willows hates the sound of her husband's cracking toes. Tim Willows likes nothing better than a good toe cracking. The couple begin bickering and arouse the attention of Mr. Ram, a little Egyptian idol statuette resting on the mantle of their bedroom. Mr. Ram can only take so much of this bickering night after night and proceeds to transfer Tim's mind to Sally's and vice versa. In other words, Tim becomes Sally and Sally becomes Tim. One of the funniest scenes I can remember reading is then a pregnant Tim (Sally) has to go to the doctor for a complete physical. Even though the text is nearing 70 years old, Thorne Smith's wonderful writing style is still as fresh and funny today as it was when it first came out. Yes, this is a familiar theme, but this is the story that started it all. Yet another wonderful example of Thorne Smith's innovative contribution to the world of film and literature."
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9.00 USD
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