VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid. Gift note & names ep.."To Pauline From Gradpa Christmas 1934"...else not marked up. wear to paper covering boards at foredges. Back cover has some blue paint flecking, result is some whote spots to back cover; Cover shows child at sandy beacy, whit hat & white boat sales. blue water matche the Blue hard covers. Dark Blue cover titles. Also dark blue cloth spiine strip. Tasteful color ilust boy & girl, flowers inside diamond shapes inner cover endpapers. Paper is toning, esp near edges Whitman PUb did not use expensive paper for their books. but the book is still charming. ****(NOTE COVER ART IS OF CHILD & BOAT...NOT CHILD & CASTLE& BLOCKS. ***; 60pg pages; Popular Children's Poems.
Pictorial Hardcover. Light wear & aging to covers. Binding is firm. Jacket with original price on front flap is age toned, shows light wear. Now in archival sleeve. Interior is age toned with limited mild soiling in margins.
First U.S. edition with Robinson illustrations. Green cloth with gold decoration on front, spine titles in gold, top edge gilt, fore-and bottom edges untrimmed, Extremity wear. Owners signature FFEP 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
Oversized hardback. Gilt on front cover still bright but faded on spine. Gorgeous illustrations by Clara Burd, also noted as C. M. Burd on her work. No marks on pages.
A Child's Garden of Verses a Little Golden Book #493
Stevenson, Robert Louis
A Child's Garden of Verses a Little Golden Book #493
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Publisher: Golden
Date published: 1957
Format: Hardcover
1957. (12th Printing, 1977). COVER WEAR. An acceptable hardcover (Little Golden Book) with moderate to heavy cover wear and clean text pages. No dust jacket or ISBN. Booksavers receives donated books and recycles them in a variety of ways. Proceeds benefit the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the U.S. and around the world.
The Ballads and Other Poems: a Child's Garden of Verse, Underwoods, Ballads
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ballads and Other Poems: a Child's Garden of Verse, Underwoods, Ballads
Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date published: 1895-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Good hardcover, no DJ. Gilt-inlay scene with girl, roses, and neighborhood on front cover. Sunning on spine. Previous owner's name on end paper (dated march 1876). Ex-Library (college) with usual markings. Pages are tanned. Binding is secure. Top edge is gilt.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1929. First edition with the Eulalie illustrations, 1929. Externally worn, internally very good. Classic poems for children, illustrated with eleven full color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. Blue cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, decorative endpapers, 88 pages. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities and especially at the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, gift notation neatly written on half-title, no other markings. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
A Childs Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated By Ruth Mary Hallock
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Childs Garden of Verses By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated By Ruth Mary Hallock
Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Rand McNally
Format: Hardcover
Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Wear to edges as expected, uncommon in a dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt title and decoration on cover and spine. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Small liquid splash mark on upper cover. Light cracks in front and rear hinges. Light tanning and foxing to front and rear end papers. Pencil scribble and inscription on spare front end paper. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Tiitle page with tissue guard. A few light internal cracks. Folio 51 has some pencil underlingings. Clean text with b/w illustrations.
White paper-covered boards. White cloth spine. Picture onlay to front cover. 20cm x 27cm. Covers worn and a little soiled. Corners bumped. Neat gift dedication on top corner of front endpaper. Contents slightly shaken, but otherwise close to VG internally.
118 pages. Very good plus, owner bookplate on front pastedown and small stamp on rear pastedown, in a very good dust jacket (in fresh mylar protector), clipped at both the top and bottom of the front inner flap; overall a tight, clean, vintage copy. With a biographical sketch of the author and an index of first lines. Charmingly illustrated by Eulalie. Additional photo(s) available upon request. Prompt, professional shipping, with free tracking on U.S. orders!
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