Books published by publisher The Blakiston Co.

The authors say in the introduction ..."Little in the story is wholly invented, any resemblance between its characters and person once living is NOT coincidental." Some of the works draw on in the creation of this work, include: Writings of Tom Paine; Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises by Richard Cleveland; Elijah Cobb, the Memoirs of a Cape Cod Skipper; along with various accounts of The Terror in France (French Revolution) have been drawn upon for detail and atmosphere.

'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is now considered an essential part of American literature. As an indispensable classic, Smith's book appears on reading lists across the country. It has profoundly influenced readers from all walks of life--young and old alike. The New York Public Library even chose the book as one of the "Books of the Century." The author drew from her own experiences in growing up in Brooklyn to create the character of a tenacious little girl, Francie Nolan. '

THE SIAMESE TWIN MYSTERY by Ellery Queen, World Publishing, A Tower Mystery, First Printing, 1945. This appears to be a First Printing, Book Club Edition. The book is navy blue with a printed Bat (in Blue) on the lower front corner. The dust jacket is different than the one pictured. The cover of the jacket depicts a playing card, (The Jack of Diamonds) a picture of a man in a suit in a field of bright orange trees, possibly trees a blaze in fire. A forest fire which hems in a mountain-top mansion on every side creeps gradually closer and closer is the sinister background for this equally sinister tale of murder. It was murder with such complicated and subtle clues that no one but Ellery Queen could have untangled the web, and even he thought more than once the he held the end in his hands only to discover that it was really a loose end. WOW! Awesome Mystery!