Llewellyn (Richard) How Green Was My Valley, signed by the author on dedication verso, bookplate and ink ownership signature to front free endpapers, minor ink marks to one or two pp., mostly marginal, light toning to pastedowns, 1939; None But the Lonely Heart, ink ownership signature of Paul Jordan Smith, margins toned, 1943, first or first trade editions, original cloth, spine ends slightly bumped, dust-jackets, spine ends and corner tips lightly chipped and creased; and another by the same, 8vo (3)

⁂ A rare signed trade edition of the author's second and most famous novel. Llewellyn's narrative of a Welsh mining village was adapted into a 1941 film by John Ford, starring Maureen O'Hara. 'None But the Lonely Heart' was also adapted into a film in 1944, starring Carey Grant.

Paul Jordan Smith (1885-1971), literary editor of the Los Angeles Times and widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the 17th century author Robert Burton. He is most well known for originating the hoax art movement Disumbrationism.