“No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”

Mine Own People
Rudyard Kipling, 1891
The Mershon Company, US, printed some time between 1899 & 1905
ex libris signature on first leaf: Ralph F. Barrick
shield stamp inside both covers and on first and last leaf

The Portable Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker, selections written between 1905 and 1962
editor and introduction, Marion Maude, 2006
Penguin Books, US, 2006

Mr. Britling Sees It Through
H. G. Wells, 1916
The MacMillan Company, US, 5th printing October 1916
ex libris signatures on first leaf: Esther Alexander / K. Glyde