hardcover. Joliet, P.F. Volland, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 40 pages. Illustrations in color, b&w by Maginel Wright Barney. Front fly leaf missing, front hinge cracked, light edgewear to some pages.
Hardcover. NY, North South Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Schmid. Clean, tight copy.
NY, G.P. Putnams, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Over 200 Illustrations, 218 pages includes a bibliography of the writer and illustrator's book
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Delessert. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, MacMillan Company, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-pag., hardcover. Illustrated in lithographs by the author. Brown cloth cover boards, black title on spine and front cover. Oblong, no dust jacket. Pages/edges are slightly tanned from age. Former school library book in very good condition, lightness to spine where former library labels were removed. Illustrated story of the life of a champion racehorse
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st Edition, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 83 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. Brown cover boards with black, brown, and gilt design on spine and front cover board. Spine has some wear to top and bottom. Gutter split in a few places throughout, binding still good. Some light tanning to pages from age, a few spots/smudges throughout. In very good condition for its age.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket price clipped, still glossy, some slight tanning from age. Some light foxing to edges, pages unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, Second printing, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Light green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, some light foxing to spine. Pages clean. Binding good. Spine straight.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name written on front flyleaf. Dust jacket unclipped. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean, unmarked. Very good condition.
Hardcover. New York, Universal Budget Systems, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations by Erika throughout. Decorated cover boards. Boards have a touch of agewear (see images). Pages are slighted tanned from age. Previous owner's inscription on title page.
Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop Company, 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Quarter cloth with floral-patterned paper over boards with gilt lettering. 29 b&w plates by Brookes including frontis self-portrait. Name on front fly leaf, chip to cover at bottom corner.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's dated (March 5, 1964) inscription on front flyleaf. Dark green cover boards with paste on decoration on front cover. Some fading to boards at spine. Light tanning thoughout and foxing on endpapers and a couple preliminary pages. In very good condition
Hardcover. New York, Capitol Publishing Co., 1st Edition, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 22 pages. Hardcover board book. Color illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards. Cardboard pages with light tanning from age. Very well preserved considering the publishing date. Spiral bound. Last page has practical watch hands which young reader can move to emulate the time on each page. Clever, charming book to help reader learn how to tell time.
Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st Edition, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages. Hardcover. Clear, transparent, decorated dust jacket, has some scratches to front cover. Decorated cover boards. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Beautiful condition, pages clean. Binding good. Spine straight.
Hardcover. NY, University Microfilms/Xerox, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with a color label of 3 children on cover. 64 pages. A facsimilie of the 1881 first printing by Estes & Lauriat. Pictures by Henry Richards (the author's husband). Light wear, rubbing to edges and spine, else a clean, tight copy. This edition printed in 2-colors, while the original featured bright chromoliths. Now very scarce.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover with a dust jacket. Appears to be a special Christmas gift to friends of Doubleday. Inside flap says "With Best wishes from Doubleday / Christmas 1967. Dust jacket with closed tear, front fly leaf has top corner triangle cut away.
Hardcover. Kenosha WI, John Martins House, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated in color and black & white by Sari. 32 pages. cardboard covers, worn at corners, previous owner's inscription on inside cover. light soil.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Jeanette Winter. SIGNED BY WILLARD on title page.
Hardcover. Mass, Candlewick Press, 1st U.S., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st published in U.K in 1997. A chimpanzee dreams of heroism, adventure, and fame. Color illust. by Browne. Dust jacket unclipped, very good.
Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Donald Sultan. Light edge wear to covers. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Adapted by Leigh Dean from the original opera libretto. illustrated in color by Milton Glaser.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 2nd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MORRISSEY on title page. Tight copy. When Father Christmas pays a visit on Christmas Eve, Sam's busiest time of the year gets even busier. The problem, as Father Christmas explains, is that he's running behind schedule and wants Sam to help him out. For Sam, who's facing the closing of his ramshackle shop, the task seems impossible. After all, he has no sleigh or reindeer. But that's where a little magic comes in. Before the wonderful night is past, Sam and his young friend Joey get the chance to make some unusual deliveries and, most importantly, share in the true spirit of Christmas.
Hardcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Some very light wear to cover but internally clean and nice with beautiful illustrations in color and black & white, by Ambrus. Hardbound, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. Chicago, Illinois, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st US, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Ex-library copy, minor stamping. Book shows some wear. Color illustrations by Bannon. Hardbound, bright, clean dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY QUIGG on front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Peggy Bacon. Some minor wear, dust jacket shows light chipping, but mostly nice and clean.
Hardcover. San Diego, Gulliver Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Designed and illustrated (in color) by Paul Bacon. Nice, clean condition. Bright, unclipped dust jacket. Relates the experiences of the Texas woman who, along with her baby, survived the 1836 massacre at the Alamo.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice color illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Hardbound.
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Brace & Company, 3rd pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by David Diaz. Really nice, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur turns his sharp eye to the noble alphabet and imagines what life would be like without these twenty-six little--but powerful--letters. Packed with humor and subtle wit, the verse in this captivating picture book is splendidly matched by Caldecott Medal winner David Diaz's hilariously clever illustrations.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Nice, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice black & white illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. Excellent condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. Boards show some minor wear and very light soiling. Hardbound. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Montreal?, Bedrick/Blackie, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Shows some very minor wear, but really, almost new-looking. Laminated boards, no dust jacket issued.
Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping and some tears. Internally clean. Quentin Blake illustrations in black & white & blue. Hardbound. One summer, whilst on holiday in northern France Aristide is given a blue Li-Lo by his Grandmother. Despite being told not to go too far from the shore Aristide manages to float all the way across the channel to England where he is captured and held prisoner by some boys. (Robert Tibber is the nom-de-plume of Rosemary Friedman)
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages. Previous owner's inscription front paste-down. Color illustrations by Marc Brown. Dust jacket shows some soiling and a small tear, unclipped.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Brown. Decorated library binding. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Clean.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Burchard. Dust jacket shows some wear and chipping at edges, price-clipped. Hardbound.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Really nice, almost new-looking condition. Previous owner's name front end paper. Color illustrations by Burningham. Hardbound, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Really nice, almost new-looking condition. Color illustrations by Burningham. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Library edition. A small girl reflects on the comfort she gets from her imaginary friend Aldo.
Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI , Eerdmans, 1st?, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Really nice, new-looking condition. Color illustrations by Nancy L. Clouse. Hardbound in a bright dust jacket.
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