Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Copyright page has the full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4". Below the number line is "Printed in the U.S.A. 37", and below that is "First American edition, June 1999." Boards are blue with an embossed diamond pattern, and a green cloth spine. The dust jacket has $17.95 price on the upper corner of the front flap. The dust jacket back has a diagonal bar code field on the left side, and the small bar code within has the number "51795". The spine on both the book and dust jacket lack the YEAR 2 badge that was introduced later, and silver lettering is raised on the spine of the dust jacket. This copy has the following first-state errors: on the page flanking the title page indicating Rowling's previous books, "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone" instead of "Sorcerer's Stone" and on page 332, the last word "ancestor" should be "descendant".
Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 4th pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Extremely early (4th) printing of the First American Edition from Oct. 1998 of the very first book in this beloved series. For this printing, the Guardian quote on rear has been replaced with one by Publisher's Weekly, but the original $16.95 price, correct bar code on rear, "J.K." initials on spine, raised title in gilt on front cover, recessed author name in gilt on lower spine, & NO spine symbol. Hardcover book has the patterned purple paper & red quarter cloth-wrapped spine. Clean, collectible copy of this first book in the series.
Hardcover. New York, Bantam, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations by Seymour Chwast. Excellent condition. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket with a small chunk gone from rear panel, unclipped. Harry, a little rabbit, does not know how to help his family prepare for winter but succeeds when he brings a summer song. An inspired picture book by an award winning author-artist. The charming, full-color art was produced from watercolor paintings. Unpaginated (approx. 28 pages).
Hardcover. New York, J.M. Dent and Sons, rep , 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated by the author. Previous pwner's name and bookplate on first few pages. Tight copy with moderate fraying to spine and corners.
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to covers and edges. 2nd printing. Illustrated by authors. Light fraying to corners.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Ib Ohlsson. Remainder mark on bottom-edge. Colorful facts about Stetson's life in this account of a man whose legacy includes more than a hat.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear and chipping to dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. Illustrated end papers.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice color illustrations by Cooney. Lovely, new-looking condition. Hardbound, dust jacket. A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.
Hardcover. London, Heinemann, Reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 pages. Hardcover, glazed boards with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edge wear. Six beautiful pop-up images by Jan Pienkowski throughout. INSCRIBED BY PIENKOWSKI on inside front cover. Library Association award sticker on front cove. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, a collection of strange and unlikely (impossible) events for children's amusement. Some edge scuffs and other normal exterior wear. Color and b&w drawings by Smock.
Hardcover. NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacekt. Black & white illustrations by Salvatore Murdocca. Dust jacket with light edgewear, closed tears. Tight copy. Sticker on rear jacket.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, lovely color illustrations by Sylvia Long. Pete is a shy young boy whose family has moved away from all that is familiar and comfortable to him. In his new town Pete discovers a hill where he can watch hawks fly, and a reclusive woman who cares for injured wild birds. Pete and the woman communicate through the love that they share for wild creatures. Pete discovers there are things he can do that are important to the earth and all the creatures dwelling here. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 318 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Covers lightly faded. Light wear. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf and name on end paper. Illustrations by Paul Quinn.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages. Hardcover with stamped lettering. Mild edgewear to covers, and pages. Light soil on corners. Previous owner's name and bookplate on front fly leaf. Spine faded. Illustrated by Paul Quinn.
Hardcover. NY, Balzer + Bray, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. In Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson's stirring paintings and words grace 100-plus pages of a gorgeous picture book. SIGNED (REALLY INITIALED) BY KADIR WITH 2011 DATE on title page.Heart and Soul is about the men, women, and children who toiled in the hot sun picking cotton for their masters; it's about the America ripped in two by Jim Crow laws; it's about the brothers and sisters of all colors who rallied against those who would dare bar a child from an education. It's a story of discrimination and broken promises, determination, and triumphs. Winner of numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor is told through the unique point of view and intimate voice of a one-hundred-year-old African-American female narrator.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in color illustrated boards. library binding. Adapted by Benjamin Appel. Illustrations in color by J.K. Lambert. Summary: Taken from his royal parents at his christening by one fairy to escape the vengeance of another, a prince, thinking he is a commoner, sets out to win the hand of a beautiful princess. 58 pages, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine. 85 pages with full-page b&w illustrations throughout by Joe Servello. No markings.
Hardcover. New York , Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages, illustrated in b&w by Ilonka Karasz, title page and end papers decorated in pink and black. Black cloth covers stamped with with stars and type design. Mild soiling to covers, previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, W. A. Wilde Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with 3-color pictorial decoration on the cover. Five b&w plates by Harry Burgess. Covers with edgewear, front hinge cracked, binding shaken but still holding. Dog advntures set in the northern wilds of Canada, told from the dog's viewpoint.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with dark green decoration. Color illustrations by Eric Von Schmidt. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, 1st thus, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue cloth covers with a color label on front cover. Top edge gilt. First illustrated edition with 10 color plates and 2-color spot drawings by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Light rubbing to cover pastedown. Clean copy.