Sam Patch the High & Wide Handsome Jumper, SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, in Color Dustjacket Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet. COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown , Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.)
by By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Katherine Anne - Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". ,INNER DJ Flap $2,,, Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novel
HBDJ, CHIP TO FRONT TOP & BTM EDGE DJ & Small residue, 1951 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, SIGNED, VG- , AS-IS, MENDED CHIP REPLACEMENTS TO EXTREMITIES OF DJ , OBLONG binding with YELLOW cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards SOME SMUDGING & Pencil mark WEAR. 4to, 39 pgs, BACK OF DJ CHIPS TO EXTREMITIES, 39 PGS, Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.) Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet.
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By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Paul Brown, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Katherine Anne - Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". ,INNER DJ Flap $2,,, Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novel |
Publisher: Boston: Houghton...
Date: 1951
HBDJ, CHIP TO FRONT TOP & BTM EDGE DJ & Small residue, 1951 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, SIGNED, VG- , AS-IS, MENDED CHIP REPLACEMENTS TO EXTREMITIES OF DJ , OBLONG binding with YELLOW cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards SOME SMUDGING & Pencil mark WEAR. 4to, 39 pgs, BACK OF DJ CHIPS TO EXTREMITIES, 39 PGS, Here he reimagines for children the life of the early 19th-century performer and legendary champion leaper (Niagara Falls, etc.) Brown & RED White Illustrated Endpapers, Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet.
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STARFALL Personally SIGNED EDITION By Author, Betty . The Widow of Astronaut Virgil ( Gus ) Grissom . She Tells the Tragic & Heroic Story of Her Husband & Family Caught Up in Americas Race for The MOON
by Grissom, Betty and Henry Still, SIGNED & Dated BY Betty GRISSOM on Blank Endpapers, Former Owner Name on Half Title, DJ Design Walter Harper
New York Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. HBDJ,1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing.with #1 Intact Number Line, FINE- in NF DUST jacket; Text pages generally clean & bright, DJ minor , rub, wear light Scuff tiny Chips tears Extremities, Blue cloth cover light Wear lettered in White & Orange with Yellow on Spine, 276 Pages , Index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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Grissom, Betty and Henry Still, SIGNED & Dated BY Betty GRISSOM on Blank Endpapers, Former Owner Name on Half Title, DJ Design Walter Harper |
Publisher: New York...
Date: 1974
New York Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. HBDJ,1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing.with #1 Intact Number Line, FINE- in NF DUST jacket; Text pages generally clean & bright, DJ minor , rub, wear light Scuff tiny Chips tears Extremities, Blue cloth cover light Wear lettered in White & Orange with Yellow on Spine, 276 Pages , Index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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The Fast Sooner Hound , SIGNED By Arna Bontemps, COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET INNER DJ FLAP $3.23, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
by By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Mary- Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". INNER DJ FLAP $3.23 BTM , BACK DJ Flap AD Don Coyote,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endp
HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, , NO Date on Title Page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket $3.23 ON FLAP, VG/VG+, NOT X-LIB. Trade OBLONG binding with Brown Rust cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards. Same illus as DJ which has SMALL Blue & Silver Dolphin Sticker, . Book is very good- with some spotting on top & bottom edges of green cloth (scans available). DJ is very good+ to near fine- . Outstanding full color art by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON (CALDECOTT MEDALIST). 28 PGS,
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By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By Bontemps, Inscribed on the title page "For Mary- Arna Bontemps/ 2-19-51". INNER DJ FLAP $3.23 BTM , BACK DJ Flap AD Don Coyote,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endp |
Publisher: Boston: Houghton...
Date: 1942
HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, EARLY ISSUE, , NO Date on Title Page, .Early ISSUE Dustjacket $3.23 ON FLAP, VG/VG+, NOT X-LIB. Trade OBLONG binding with Brown Rust cloth ILLUSTRATED Boards. Same illus as DJ which has SMALL Blue & Silver Dolphin Sticker, . Book is very good- with some spotting on top & bottom edges of green cloth (scans available). DJ is very good+ to near fine- . Outstanding full color art by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON (CALDECOTT MEDALIST). 28 PGS,
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REBECCA BY DAPHNE du MAURIER , HAND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on Half Title Pg ,Vintage 1938 Edition,it is a Great Collectible, INNER DJ FLAP $5.95 , in Color Dustjacket COUPLE WALKING UP TO BIG HOUSE Manderley On Water ,Country House in England.. . with small sticker on dj Spine,. Brilliant Novel of unforgettable Woman.
by BY DAPHNE du MAURIER, HAND SIGNED BY AUTHOR HALF TITLE PG, Blank endpapers FoX , EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS STICKER POCKET ETC, INNER DJ FLAP $5.95 & R. With Few Wrinkles & BACK FLAP ISBN# 0-385-04380-5 , Daphne du Maurier was born in London on May 1
HBDJ, HAND SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PG BY AUTHOR, 1938 Btm Copyright Pg, Early Edition, VG+ DJ with Tiny chips Extremities / BOOK VG-, EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS STICKER POCKET ETC, BACK WHITE DJ SAYS CRITICAL ACCLAIM REBECCA in Black, ,Spine not broken all pages intact, , it is a great collectible .GREEN boards & BLACK CLOTH SPINE WITH GOLD GILT, decorated band around mid-section with some rubbing. copyright page states 1938; Dark blue/balck topstain faded; page age-toning; 457 pages. with small sticker on dj Spine,. Brilliant Novel of unforgettable Woman. The writing and language of Daphne DuMaurier is exquisitely rich with such precision to detail, one can easily enter the stage she sets and the worlds she creates.
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BY DAPHNE du MAURIER, HAND SIGNED BY AUTHOR HALF TITLE PG, Blank endpapers FoX , EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS STICKER POCKET ETC, INNER DJ FLAP $5.95 & R. With Few Wrinkles & BACK FLAP ISBN# 0-385-04380-5 , Daphne du Maurier was born in London on May 1 |
Publisher: Garden City...
Date: 1938
HBDJ, HAND SIGNED ON HALF TITLE PG BY AUTHOR, 1938 Btm Copyright Pg, Early Edition, VG+ DJ with Tiny chips Extremities / BOOK VG-, EX-LIBRARY USUAL WEAR STAMPS STICKER POCKET ETC, BACK WHITE DJ SAYS CRITICAL ACCLAIM REBECCA in Black, ,Spine not broken all pages intact, , it is a great collectible .GREEN boards & BLACK CLOTH SPINE WITH GOLD GILT, decorated band around mid-section with some rubbing. copyright page states 1938; Dark blue/balck topstain faded; page age-toning; 457 pages. with small sticker on dj Spine,. Brilliant Novel of unforgettable Woman. The writing and language of Daphne DuMaurier is exquisitely rich with such precision to detail, one can easily enter the stage she sets and the worlds she creates.
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EDGAR ALLAN CROW, SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR ,A charming story of a crow wanting to Be usful to his adopted human family. Based on the true tale of the author's Family
by TASHA TUDOR, INNER DJ FLAP $1.75, Illustrated in Lovely Water Color by author, The book is SIGNED "Tasha Tudor 1994" on the front endpaper. A rare title. Pictorial CROW Endpapers Foxed
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1953 HBDJ, 1953, 1ST EDITION, NF-/VG-, Copyright and title page are dated 1953; it meets all the 1st edition points as listed in Baumgarten Bibliography of Children's & Illustrated Books.Light foxing inside covers; white of DJ Foxed tiny stzins ; light DJ soiling; otherwise solid and clean with DJ in a protective cover, 1st edition measuring 6 3/4" x 6 1/4", Dark blue textured cloth boards with Illustrated color Label & black Titles on front, UNPAGINATED , Each text page faced w illustrated page Square 8vo, ,But sometimes this got him into a great Deal of Trouble, Oxford Books for Boys and Girls, one the most elusive Tudor books, . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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TASHA TUDOR, INNER DJ FLAP $1.75, Illustrated in Lovely Water Color by author, The book is SIGNED "Tasha Tudor 1994" on the front endpaper. A rare title. Pictorial CROW Endpapers Foxed |
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY...
Date: 1953
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1953 HBDJ, 1953, 1ST EDITION, NF-/VG-, Copyright and title page are dated 1953; it meets all the 1st edition points as listed in Baumgarten Bibliography of Children's & Illustrated Books.Light foxing inside covers; white of DJ Foxed tiny stzins ; light DJ soiling; otherwise solid and clean with DJ in a protective cover, 1st edition measuring 6 3/4" x 6 1/4", Dark blue textured cloth boards with Illustrated color Label & black Titles on front, UNPAGINATED , Each text page faced w illustrated page Square 8vo, ,But sometimes this got him into a great Deal of Trouble, Oxford Books for Boys and Girls, one the most elusive Tudor books, . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Fast Sooner Hound , By Arna Bontemps, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, SIGNED BY & COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing, Sooner outruns the trains. A tall tail from the West.
by By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By BURTON ON TITLE PG with Foxing,, INNER DJ FLAP PRICECLIPPED WITH RED $2.80 Handwritten, Back Flap AD Don Coyote
Inner Hinges Starting Cracked, ,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers, HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, 1ST PRINTING, BK GOOD with Interior pg Slight soil Foxing / DJ VG with tiny Extremities chips tears LITE Crease on back, AS-IS, SCRUFFY & SOILED OBLONG CLOTH cvr binding with GREY OATMEAL ILLUSTRATED Boards with chip btm Spine .INTERIOR PGS LITELY FOXED ,First Printing dust jacket as all titles listed on flaps are pre 1942 "Sad-faced Boy, Choo Choo, Mike Mulligan" and on the rear flap "Don Coyote" by Leigh Peck. Everyone knows that Houghton Mifflin denoted its First Printings by having the date appear on the title page. This book is the only exception and doesn't have the date on the title page. To identify it as a first it must not list subsequent printings, which this does NOT. ,Oblong Quarto, 28 PGS , Grey boards in rough condition with multiples staining/foxing marks. Dust Jacket in VG Condition like it was stored for years, dust jacket price clipped and has small "F Bon" to front top right of dust jacket in pencil. A wonderful example of a rare Burton title.
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By Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy, ,COLOR Illustrated by Virginia Burton, SIGNED By BURTON ON TITLE PG with Foxing,, INNER DJ FLAP PRICECLIPPED WITH RED $2.80 Handwritten, Back Flap AD Don Coyote |
Publisher: Boston: Houghton...
Date: 1942
Inner Hinges Starting Cracked, ,Green, Brown & White Illustrated Endpapers, HBDJ, 1942 On Copyright pg,, 1st Edition, 1ST PRINTING, BK GOOD with Interior pg Slight soil Foxing / DJ VG with tiny Extremities chips tears LITE Crease on back, AS-IS, SCRUFFY & SOILED OBLONG CLOTH cvr binding with GREY OATMEAL ILLUSTRATED Boards with chip btm Spine .INTERIOR PGS LITELY FOXED ,First Printing dust jacket as all titles listed on flaps are pre 1942 "Sad-faced Boy, Choo Choo, Mike Mulligan" and on the rear flap "Don Coyote" by Leigh Peck. Everyone knows that Houghton Mifflin denoted its First Printings by having the date appear on the title page. This book is the only exception and doesn't have the date on the title page. To identify it as a first it must not list subsequent printings, which this does NOT. ,Oblong Quarto, 28 PGS , Grey boards in rough condition with multiples staining/foxing marks. Dust Jacket in VG Condition like it was stored for years, dust jacket price clipped and has small "F Bon" to front top right of dust jacket in pencil. A wonderful example of a rare Burton title.
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THE ENCHANTED PLACES IN DUSTJACKET ,SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE. LIFE OF REAL CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. , an account of his LIFE & childhood and of the problems that he had encountered because of the Pooh books.
by SIGNED & Written BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE, on title page and dated 1992. HE is Son of A.A. MILNE,
HBDJ, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. Signed by Christopher Milne on title page and dated 1992. Very good book in GREEN BV/W very good- dust jacket. No other markings to text. Binding is firm. Boards are clean. Dust jacket is mildly shelfworn. If you know Winnie the Pooh, and who doesn't, this book is a little diamond, a book full of great details, a book which gives a unique view of the Christopher Robin myth. A happy book about a happy childhood in the twenties and thirties in London and in SusseX
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SIGNED & Written BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE, on title page and dated 1992. HE is Son of A.A. MILNE, |
Publisher: Eyre Methuen...
Date: 1974
HBDJ, Stated 1st Published 1974, 1st edition. Signed by Christopher Milne on title page and dated 1992. Very good book in GREEN BV/W very good- dust jacket. No other markings to text. Binding is firm. Boards are clean. Dust jacket is mildly shelfworn. If you know Winnie the Pooh, and who doesn't, this book is a little diamond, a book full of great details, a book which gives a unique view of the Christopher Robin myth. A happy book about a happy childhood in the twenties and thirties in London and in SusseX
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THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION STATED, 1928, ,LONDON METHUEN PUBLISHER, 1ST APPEARANCE OF TIGGER, first British edition
by WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ON HALF TITLE PG, ILUSTRATED BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD, B/W FRONTISPIECE, PENCIL FORMER OWNER NAME & FOXSTAIN ON front pastedown., BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6
HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 , , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest
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WRITTEN & SIGNED by A.A. MILNE ON HALF TITLE PG, ILUSTRATED BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD, B/W FRONTISPIECE, PENCIL FORMER OWNER NAME & FOXSTAIN ON front pastedown., BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 |
Publisher: METHUEN &...
Date: 1928
HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , BACK FLAP ADVERTISES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE R 6 , , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest
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