Hardcover. NY, Duffield and Green , 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in green cloth stamped in black. Unpaginated. Black-and-white silhouette illustrations throughout. Ex-lib with light residue, stamping to endpapers. Irish fantasy, in which young Patsy O'Flaherty plans to make a fortune capturing leprechauns.
Hardcover. Boston, Haughton Mifflin, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 45 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Helen Rhodes. Cover faded.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 223 pages, b&w illustrations with red accents by Valenti Angel, previous owner's inscription and book plate, tears and chipping to dust jacket. Mylar cover, clean, tight copy. Spine cocked. Charming story about a girl from an mill town on Lake Michigan around the turn of the last century.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 40 pages. Color illustrations by Nonny Hogrogian. Shows wear, some stains to dust jacket, internally clean. Hardcover.
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st US, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt decoration of peacock on front. Moderate wear to edges. Tight copy. Illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st , 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.Color illustrations by Atwell. Debby Atwell does a lovely job of conveying the sweep of history. The book's two narrative threads--the histories of the United States and of six generations of Pearl's family--intertwine neatly. The pictures are a delight, and their folk art style lends a nice sense of continuity to the book.
Hardcover. Chicago, Thompson & Thomas, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 303 pages, b&w illustrations by Heath. Blue cloth covers with black, red and white illustration. Previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page.
Hardcover. NY, Hurst & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. Illustrated cloth boards. Black & white illustrations by G. C. Widney. Previous owners name on front endpaper and top of title page. Back hinge loose. Light rubbing and wear to cover corner and edges.
Hardcover. NY, Hurst Co., reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. Two stories in one volume. 6 color plates along with many b&w line illustrations. Light water stain pg. 134-160. Light green cloth with black and blue design, gilt on spine. Back hinge cracked. Humorous episodes of a red headed boy playing practical jokes on his Uncle Ike.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated yellow cloth. Vigorously brings to life the story of the western folktale hero. Dramatic two-color drawings by Watson. 177 pages. Only date is 1949 but titles listed in front were printed in 1950s so a reprint. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Nelson & Sons,, reprint, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth, stamped in green. 144 pages, b&w illustrations by Nils Hogner. Nicely done story set in a Mexican village. First published in 1935.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription in a fine hand along top edge of inside front cover dated 1939. Full color and black & white illustrations by Barbara Latham. Rubbing to edges and corners of covers. Degree of age toning to page edges. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (64 pages), illustrated with 6 color plates and many other b&w drawings by Chloe Preston (not credited). Color pictorial boards, end paper drawing. Clean, minor wear at corners, top and bottom of spine.
Hardcover. New York, Platt & Munk, 1st illustrated thus, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with light green stamping. Color and black & white illustrations by Eulalie. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light soiling to endpapers.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Strauss Grioux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by the Zemach's. Minor spotting to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Brown cloth covers with blue metallic titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely full page color illustrations. Very light edgewear to dust jacket; otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages, clean, crisp and unmarked; a lovely children's book in great condition.
London, Country Life, 1st , 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated boards with tan cloth spine, 163 pages. 16 pencil black & white drawing plates by G.D. Armour. Previous owner's signature, date on front end paper.
Hardcover. New York , Doubleday and Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 page, green cloth covers. Illustrated in 2-colors by Edward Ardizzone. Light shelf wear, clean.
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st US, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 63 pages, illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. Light edgewear to dust jacket with tiny hole on front cover and small chip missing from lower edge of rear flap. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats. Minor wear to dust jacket, chipping at edges. Brilliant paintings by Caldecott Medalist Keats evoke all the humor & warmth of Levoy's Chaplinesque character Janos, who must sell his violin to pay his passage to America (New York). Tale of an irrepressible musician and dreamer.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 2nd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 177 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Leo & Diane Dillon. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations throughout by Leo Dillon.