Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st US, 2024, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages. In Jim Curious and the Jungle Journey, a young boy goes on an adventure in an old-fashioned diving suit. After waking up in bed (or is he really awake?), Jim walks through a mirror and into a shallow swamp that leads to a mysterious island. There, in the jungle, he encounters snakes, monkeys, and a giant turtle, as well as some creepy-crawly creatures, before discovering an ancient abandoned temple deep in the heart of the jungle. There are two pairs of 3-D glasses at the back of the book to add to your reading pleasure. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st US, 2024, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages. In Jim Curious and the Jungle Journey, a young boy goes on an adventure in an old-fashioned diving suit. After waking up in bed (or is he really awake?), Jim walks through a mirror and into a shallow swamp that leads to a mysterious island. There, in the jungle, he encounters snakes, monkeys, and a giant turtle, as well as some creepy-crawly creatures, before discovering an ancient abandoned temple deep in the heart of the jungle. There are two pairs of 3-D glasses at the back of the book to add to your reading pleasure. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Einar Norelius. Text by Nils Bohman. Areas of staining/darkening to illustrated covers. Interior pages clean, unmarked.
Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Lavishly illustrated with black & white photographs by Louise Birt Baynes and Ernest Harold Baynes. 145 pages. Super condition, bookmark of former Governor of Vermont (Redfield Proctor) on inside front cover. Otherwise bright and clean.
Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations by Berta an Elmer Hader. Light fraying to cloth covers corner.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An illustrated version of the famous Christmas song. Small volume, 5.25 x 4.5". Like new.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray booards with red and blue pictorial design, 124 pages + 1 ad. Illustrated with black & white drawings by Oliver Herford. Ex-lib with label pasted on front pastedown. Die-cut library stamp on title page. Covers soiled, worn. Interior bright and clean.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in beige cloth stamped in red. Black & white illustrations by Gay. Previous owner's bookplate. Ex-lib, with light stamp to front fly leaf, residue to rear end papers. Humorous poetry for young readers.
Boston, Atlantic Little Brown, 3rd, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. Black & white drawings by Eric Von Schmidt. Jingo Hawks, of Mrs. Daggatt's Beneficent Orphan House in Boston, is hired out to General Dirty-Face Jim Scurlock as a chimney sweep. A mysterious Mr. Peacock 'buys' Jingo and they set out on a treasure hunt, pursued by Daggatt and Scurlock. Hilarious scenes follow . . . . Expressive line drawings enhance this rousing adventure. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in black cloth with a color label on front cover, 316 pages. Eight color plates by Clara M. Burd. Name on inside front cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY DUVOISIN on half title-page. Color illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Light wear to cover. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1st thus, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth, 207 pages. black & white illustrations by Eunice H. Stephenson. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Front cloth cover with two- color illustration and black lettering. Edgewear bottom edges, spine top and bottom. Still very good.
Hardcover. NY, Random House/Literary Guild , 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 160 pages, with sepia-tone Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York, Calla Editions, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Forty full-page color plates by French artist and illustrator O.D.V. Guillonnet. A reformatted reprint of a classic.
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 60 pages, illustrated in color by O.D.V. Guillonnet. Large format in a edgeworn, lightly chipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, reprint, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, 28 unnumbered pages. Previous owner's name and date on front end paper, binding cracked. Stamped cloth covers with dark blue lettering. Illustrated cover. Illustrated by author. Reduced in size from the French and Century Co. editions with fewer illustrations. This edition with 10 pages in full color.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Brilliant color illustrations by Stanley. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 56 pages. Two-color pictures by Trina Schart Hyman. Front endpaper bottom corner creased. Pictorial cover onlaid front and back on heavy paper covered boards.
Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green and Co., 6th, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 475 pages. Hardcover with dark green covers, gilt lettering and dog illustration in gilt on front. Gutter cracked throughout and repaired in places. Previous owner's writing on front fly leaf. Cover boards fraying at corners and small rips to top spine with small piece missing.
Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton and Company, 3rd pr., 1936, Book: Fair, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 60 pages illustrated with b&w line drawings by Paul Brown. An endearing true story of the beloved white pony owned by King George and used for shooting or long rides in the country, told by the pony. The book has the cardboard spine missing, binding holding. Light shelfwear.
Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards with light tan stains. 60 pages illustrated in color by Burningham. Previous owner's name on blank page opposite title page. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd pr., 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Vigorously brings to life the story of a true folktale hero. Dramatic two-color drawings by Watson. 82 pages. Includes music & lyrics for Ballad of John Henry (at end of book). Clean copy.