The Book Shed

shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which shows a bit of staining to bottom edge, small chips; covers mottled, page edges spotted, offsetting to endpapers. A romance novel concerning a young girl coming to New York City to pursue a career and who falls in love. Jacket is signed PJ. Laura Lou Brookman (1898-1975) wrote a series of these for Grosset & Dunlap. This appears to be the first. Reverse of jacket lists novels available from G&D. No other L.L. Brookman titles listed although two others were brought out by G&D in 1928. According to the Library of Congress Brookman published 14 of these romances between 1928 and 1936, mostly for G&D. In 1936 she also published the non-fiction biography of Wallis Warfield Simpson, "that woman" with out whom Edward VIII could not rule Britain. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.