Bet you read these

Sometimes, childhood is a struggle. Here are two beautiful stories, and favorites from my library. 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1943. From my library, this is actually a reproduction of the first edition published by First Edition Library.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1943. From my library, this is actually a reproduction of the first edition published by First Edition Library.

To Kill a Mockingbird 1960. First edition. 

The vintage dog

Here are a few books about dogs, real & fictional.

Your dog in the city 1945 via

Sir Gruff, The Woolly Dog 1947 via Etsy

Houn' Dog By Mary Calhoun | Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin (c) 1959 via krakencrafts on flickr

The Playful Little Dog Jean Berg 1951 via ebay

P. G. Wodehouse firsts

P. G. Wodehouse. Fish Preferred. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First edition. 

P. G. Wodehouse. Uncle Fred in the Springtime. Doubleday, 1939. First American edition. 

P. G. Wodehouse. French Leave. Simon and Schuster, 1959. First American edition

Weird tales

Wish I had come across these for Halloween, but here they are the day after Thanksgiving instead. Happy Black Friday. All are from past Heritage auctions, so I missed the boat on them. I particularly like the jacket of "The Great Fog".

The Great Fog: And Other Weird Tales. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1944]. 

 Franklin Gregory. The White Wolf. New York: Random House, [1941]. First printing.

 Edward Shanks. The Dark Green Circle. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1936]. First edition.

Islwyn Williams. Dangerous Waters. 1952. 

Curt Siodmak. Donovan's Brain. New York: Triangle Books, 1944.

Harry Harrison Kroll. The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1937]. First edition.