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EMPTY MANSIONS , Mysterious life of HUGUETTE CLARK WHO DIED 104 YRS OLD & the Spending of great American Fortune , SIGNED by both authors on title page. COPPER HEIRESS ABANDONED homes IN SANTA BARBARA, CA & CANAAN, CONN, LARGELY UnToUCHED
EMPTY MANSIONS , Mysterious life of HUGUETTE CLARK WHO DIED 104 YRS OLD & the Spending of great American Fortune , SIGNED by both authors on title page. COPPER HEIRESS ABANDONED homes IN SANTA BARBARA, CA & CANAAN, CONN, LARGELY UnToUCHED
BILL DEDMAN & Paul Clark Newell, JR. SIGNED BY BOTH on Title pg, NO INSCRIPTIONS, Back Blank Endpaper, INNER DJ FLAP $28 , Dedman won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, Newell is Cousin HUGUETTE CLARK & had rare private tour of Bellos
- Publisher: BALLANTINE BOOKS
- Date published: 2013
HBDJ, 2013, 1st edition, 6th Printing , , NEAR FINE/ NEARFINE, White boards with black binding 9 1/2" tall. 456 pages including Notes, Selected Bibliography, Appendix and Index. Near fine condition but the bottom of the spine is LITELY bumped. Signed by both Bill Dedman and Paul Clark on title pg. Both the dust jacket and the book are in Fine- condition. Dust jacket is protected in mylar,
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The Yearling, A Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, 1946. in Green & Yellow Dustjacket of small boy Kneeling petting a baby Fawn Deer, ML#246
The Yearling, A Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, 1946. in Green & Yellow Dustjacket of small boy Kneeling petting a baby Fawn Deer, ML#246
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, INNER DJ ORIGINAL PRICE $1.10 & back DJ mentions $1.10 a Title, Grey & White running man with Streamer endpapers INK NAME
- Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY NY
- Date published: 1946
MODERN LIBRARY NY, 1946 HBDJ, Stated First Modern Library Edition on Copyright pg, 1946. VG/VG, AS-IS, no bad wear but there's THIN EDGE masking tape applied neatly to the bottom and top edges DJ from reinforcement to edge on Verso of DJ. The 316 ML titles listed inside the DJ are correct for the first edition. Book is in VG condition; tight Green Cloth binding with Title in Gilt inside Black Box, clean boards with minimal wear, bump at upper-right corner, no writing or marks on the interior pages. The dust jacket is in VERYGood condition; front panel with VERY small light stain and DJ spine with modest soiling , some scuffing on the folds, 5 X 7 1/4 IN. , Blue Topstain outerTop pgs edge, 400 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, OVER 300 GREAT Titles mentioned on back of DJ. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Cable Car and the Dragon - SIGNED by Author, 1972. ,1ST Edition, 3rd Printing ,San Francisco's China Town.This intricately illustrated exploration of "The City by the Bay" is engagingly told by venerable SF columnist Caen. Ages 4-8, rollicking tale
The Cable Car and the Dragon - SIGNED by Author, 1972. ,1ST Edition, 3rd Printing ,San Francisco's China Town.This intricately illustrated exploration of "The City by the Bay" is engagingly told by venerable SF columnist Caen. Ages 4-8, rollicking tale
Herb Caen, SIGNED All Best, Herb Caen by Author on Half Title in Blue Ink , Illustrated by Barbara Ninde Byfield , Inner Flap DJ Original Price $4.95 Intact, COLOR Endpapers OF Map San Francisco Ink FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION,, 2 page Color frontispiece
- Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
- Date published: 1972
- ISBN: 9780877013907
Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1972 HBDJ, 1972. 1ST EDITION , 3RD PRINTING .SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NF/NF-, AS-IS, .Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A very NEAR Fine copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR SMALL EDGECREASEs & tiny Tears DJ is NF- CONDITION Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding. Signed by Caen on title page. , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated, DJ Spine Tiny Chips, This is the only children's book ever done by Mr. Caen. , The late Herb Caen was a humorous and active voice for the city by the bay. This charming children's book was written for his son Christopher. , Numerous full color illustrations from water color. rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in S. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Maxie Searching for Her Parents or Mystery in Australian Waters SERIES #3, in RARE Bright Color Dustjacket Of Young Girl in a White Dress Red Sash,Standing on Hill Near Water & Village
Maxie Searching for Her Parents or Mystery in Australian Waters SERIES #3, in RARE Bright Color Dustjacket Of Young Girl in a White Dress Red Sash,Standing on Hill Near Water & Village
Elsie Bell (E.B. ) Gardner,R.H.Tandy (illustrator). B/W Glossy FRONTISPIECE See Those Men Fighting the Dwarfs , B/W Illustrated Endpapers Inner Flap DJ Light FOX , PreText Lists Thru This Title
- Publisher: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, New York
- Date published: 1932
Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, New York, 1932. HBDJ, 1932. Early Edition, Inner Flap DJ lists This Title Thru Maxie & Golden Bird, B/W & Blue Cloth Pictorial Cover of Girl standing Holding a Hat. Book Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- , AS-IS, . A very nice copy in nice jacket with Back DJ has Tears, Stamp, & Small edge Chips but NOT affecting Print,. No writing, inscriptions, etc. Clean, tight, bright and square throughout. Not ex-lib., not price-clipped. Jacket has great color, no chips very little edgewear. Mildred Mystery stories listed on back DJ Thru Painted Shield & Has Small Red STAMP About Notice of Price Change. 7 Maxie titles listed on Back Dust jacket, 3 inside, SpineDJ Small edge Chips Tears, . Hard Cover.
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Helen's Babies with some account of their ways innocent crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching & Repulsive also a partial Record of their Actions during Ten days of Their Existence ( Authors First Book ) This Beautiful volume is especially adaptable for P
Helen's Babies with some account of their ways innocent crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching & Repulsive also a partial Record of their Actions during Ten days of Their Existence ( Authors First Book ) This Beautiful volume is especially adaptable for P
John Habberton ,white browned stained endpapers light former owner name date inscript , Title pg picture of Budge & Toddie, original illustrations colored lithographs & b/w by Miss Sara Crosby , beautiful color frontispiece , tiny tear chip intern
- Publisher: Hurst & Company NY
- Date published: 1881
Hurst & Company NY, 1881. HBDJ, 1881, 1st edition Thus, Beautiful pictorial cloth cover with Green , blue , black & Grey with gold gilt & decoration on spine, Cover minor rub wear Covr, DJ some rub, wear & numerous small pieces chips alaong extremities on affects title on spine , Mild wear internally O/W Nice, Tight Clean, VG+/G00D, AS-IS, Cover is distinctive design in colored inks & Gold, Larger type, Fine Heavy Paper, Firmly bound in Cloth, 170 pgs, . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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Tale of Ferdinand Frog The Sleep-Time Tales ( Sleepy Time ) Series #11, RARE Color DustJacket of Frog in Red Coat & Green & White Striped Pants, Black Hat in Front Barn Talking to Black Crow in Hat & Blue Coat on Road, for Boys & Girls 4
Tale of Ferdinand Frog The Sleep-Time Tales ( Sleepy Time ) Series #11, RARE Color DustJacket of Frog in Red Coat & Green & White Striped Pants, Black Hat in Front Barn Talking to Black Crow in Hat & Blue Coat on Road, for Boys & Girls 4
Arthur Scott Bailey, Color Illustrated By Harry L. Smith, with Owner Inscription Pencilled on Half Title Page. Inner Flap DJ Lists Thru Tale of Major Monkey, Color Illustrated Endpapers, Color Frontispiece Mr. Frog Bows to Aunt Polly Woodchuck
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap NY
- Date published: 1918
Grosset & Dunlap NY, 1918. HBDJ, 1918. EARLY Edition, Beautiful Green cloth with red lettering decorations Hard Cover lite wear. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- , AS-IS,. 12mo. Book Is In Nearexcellent clean, TIght condition DJ has some soil, light chipping tears extremities and one small closed tear to the bottom back & small brown stains aroUnd Edges O/W Nice Bright Color, light Fox. Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, Pretext lists thru Dickie deer mouse .for boys & girls 4 to 8 YRs. a very Jumpy sort of person with a Wide Smile. . Hard Cover.
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The Cable Car and the Dragon - SIGNED by Author, 1972. STATED First edition, 1st Printing, ,Francisco's China Town.This intricately illustrated exploration of "The City by the Bay" is engagingly told by venerable SF columnist Caen
The Cable Car and the Dragon - SIGNED by Author, 1972. STATED First edition, 1st Printing, ,Francisco's China Town.This intricately illustrated exploration of "The City by the Bay" is engagingly told by venerable SF columnist Caen
Herb Caen, SIGNED , Herb Caen by Author on Half Title in Black Ink , Illustrated by Barbara Ninde, Half Title PAGE HAS INK FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION ALSO,, 2 page Color frontispiece, The late Herb Caen was a humorous and acti
- Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
- Date published: 1972
- ISBN: 9780877013907
Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1972 HBDJ, 1972. Stated 1ST EDITION , 1st PRINTING .SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, .Yellow COLOR ILLUSTRATED Boards surrounding Color Illustration of Cable Car with 2 B/W Eyes in Front Chugging Uphill in Front of Houses Hardcover. TITLED IN BLACK ON FRONT CVR, Book Condition: A very NEAR Fine+ copy . DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR SMALL EDGECREASEs & tiny Tears DJ & few Scuff Marks is VG- CONDITION Oblong large octavo in color illus yellow boards; [32] pgs. col. illus. 20 x 24 cm. In a super-sturdy sewn library binding. Signed by Caen on HALF title page which also HAS FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION. , DJ protected Clear Mylar, Unpaginated, DJ Spine Tiny Chips, This is the only children's book ever done by Mr. Caen. Light Soil Back DJ ,Ages 4-8, rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. story of an unusual friendship between a cable car and a chance encounter with a dragon during Chinese New Year. dragon and old San Francisco, wonderful adventures by one of San Francisco's favorite natives, takes you on wonderful adventures in the City by the Bay, Nob Hill, China Town, Russian Hill, and the possibility of a disasterous plunge in the San Francisco Bay unless a miracle occurs, A zany tale set in San Francisco during the Chinese New Year's celebration about a young cable car that is tired of his job so he turns left instead of right on Jackson St, ending up in the middle of a parade where he meets a Chinese dragon who is also bored with his work. The famous columnist's foray into juvenile fiction, set of course, in San Francisco. The late Herb Caen was a humorous and active voice for the city by the bay. This charming children's book was written for his son Christopher. , Numerous full color illustrations from water color.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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PERU IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, 1942, STORY by Bernadine Bailey, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese , Machu Picchu ,Gaily PICTURED GEOGRAPHY in Story & Pictures, CHILDREN, On the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean.. SECOND SERIES, DIRECTLY South of New York City Lies this LONG NARROW
PERU IN COLOR DUSTJACKET, 1942, STORY by Bernadine Bailey, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese , Machu Picchu ,Gaily PICTURED GEOGRAPHY in Story & Pictures, CHILDREN, On the central western coast of South America facing the Pacific Ocean.. SECOND SERIES, DIRECTLY South of New York City Lies this LONG NARROW
STORY by Bernadine Bailey, Color & B/W Illustrated by Kurt Wiese ,CALDECOTT HONOR ARTIST ,Inner DJ Flap $.50 , Color Endpaper, Inner Hinges starting cracked slightly & Title page has Scuff & Rub to Titles
- Publisher: Albert Whitman chicago
- Date published: 1942
HBDJ, 1942 on title Page TWICE, 1st Edition, hardcover in FAIR only Dust jacket. SOLD AS-IS, VG- Book has light shelf edge wear, else, clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket has chipping and several closed tears. Archival tape used only to stop further tearing. Also, previous owner affixed a thin piece of masking tape to back dj cover: measures about 1 1/2". Actually looks better than sounds. p49 , SECOND SERIES, DIRECTLY South of New York City Lies this LONG NARROW Country with aLong Coastline on Pacific Ocean. a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a (7,970 ft) ANDES Mountain Ridge , Spanish Influence is still Visible in the Lovely Old City Houses WITH THEIR CENTRAL PATIOS. .has Heat of Lowlands AS WELL AS COOLNESS OF VERY HIGH ALTITUDES. Country has been lived in For Centuries ,Early Inhabitants were Inca Indians who created Entirely by Hand Beautiful Palaces & Temples of fitted Stone. U.S. Imports from Peru Copper & Tungsten.
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Naughty Mabel SEES IT ALL by Nathan Lane & Devlin Elliott SIGNED BY NATHAN LANE & DEVLIN ELLIOTT Sweet Mabel, the fanciest French bulldog the Hamptons have ever seen. is attending a sleepover but will seeing monsters ruin the party.in dustjacket
Naughty Mabel SEES IT ALL by Nathan Lane & Devlin Elliott SIGNED BY NATHAN LANE & DEVLIN ELLIOTT Sweet Mabel, the fanciest French bulldog the Hamptons have ever seen. is attending a sleepover but will seeing monsters ruin the party.in dustjacket
BY AUTHOR NATHAN LANE & Devlin Elliot, SIGNED BY BOTH ON TITLE PG, & , Dan Krall ( is COLOR illustrator) Inner DJ flap $17.99, DJ Design by Lizzy Bromley, SIGNED BY LANE & ELLIOTT
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- Date published: 2016
HBDJ, SIGNED BY LANE & ELLIOTT, 2016 First Edition. First Printing. WITH #1 PRESENT, 1st edition, FINE-/FIN-E, 48 pgs, DJ Protected clear Mylar, 11 1/4 X 11 1/4 IN. BLUE Pictorial cvr matches color DJ ILLUSTRATION,
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Crows of Pearblossom in YellowGreen dustjacket with 2 crows on front , 1 wearing white apron touching their feather hands & SPOTTED Egg Lying on ground between Them, 1st US Edition, 1967,Huxley's only juvenile title.a story written during Christmas Holiday for his neice Olivia de Haulleville in 1944. A lovely tale of two crows, eggs, and a snake.
Crows of Pearblossom in YellowGreen dustjacket with 2 crows on front , 1 wearing white apron touching their feather hands & SPOTTED Egg Lying on ground between Them, 1st US Edition, 1967,Huxley's only juvenile title.a story written during Christmas Holiday for his neice Olivia de Haulleville in 1944. A lovely tale of two crows, eggs, and a snake.
ALDOUS HUXLEY, English Novelist, Illustrated by Barbara Cooney ,PRICE CODE 350/350 TOP DJ FLAP shows B/W PHOTO by Rosenys of Huxley, His wife ,Maria & 5 yr. old Niece Olivia de Haulleville for whom the book was written ,Half Title Pg FORMER OWNER INSCRI
- Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE
- Date published: 1967
HBDJ, 1st US Edition, 1967. DARK Green cloth Hardcover with 2 Crows at TOP with egg lying on ground. VG+/VG. This 1STedition is covered in green cloth with two crows on the front cover in black with the spine CVR lettered in WHITE. The book is clean and tight. NOT THE WEEKLY Reader Children's Book Club Edition, TINY CHIPS WEAR AT FOLD CREASE of DJ & tiny chips & Small tear edges of YellowGreen DJ, FADE SUN Back DJ which has small edge stain top edge DJ back , Small Chip Top SPINE DJ but Titles Intact, BACK INNER Flap DJ shows B/W Photo by Rosenys of Mr. & Mrs. Yorgo Cassapidis & Aldous Huxley at Opening of Mr. Cassapidis art Exhibit in Antelope Valley, Calif, 1961, 6.75" x 8.5" ,Dust jacket has some soft water stains in the inner panels and a faded small red mark in the back
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HAUNTED HUT A WINTER MYSTERY in in Green & White Color Dustjacket of 2 BOYS Sailing by snow covered Cabin in Green forest in Red Sailboat Ice Boat with red sail ,Nick Samson, His Twin Sister, Rusty, & brother Gabby , who have spent many summers in De
HAUNTED HUT A WINTER MYSTERY in in Green & White Color Dustjacket of 2 BOYS Sailing by snow covered Cabin in Green forest in Red Sailboat Ice Boat with red sail ,Nick Samson, His Twin Sister, Rusty, & brother Gabby , who have spent many summers in De
Mary Graham M. G. Bonner, non price clipped ($2.00) DJ, Illustrated by BOB MYERS, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf, Decorated Blue & White Endpapers of 4 Kids Hiking Thru Snow in Forest near Lake, Half Title pg Former Owner pencil Inscription dat
- Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York,
- Date published: 1950
HBDJ, 1950. Stated First Edition; First Printing, VG+/VG. AS-IS, Dates match , Green Tweed Cloth Hardcover cvr Lite wear Titled in Blue on Spine with Illustration on front of boy in Snowshoes .  DJ. Minor wear to extremities. Jacket is in a fresh mylar cover. ; 8vo.Interior Nice tight clean Light wear Fox, Jacket shows slight edgewear, light wear to back DJ and some TINY CHIPS ENDS DJ SPINE;  DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 5 x 8. , 182 PGS, Half Title pg Former Owner pencil Inscription dated 1951, who have spent many summers in Deep Hollow, persuade their Parents to allow them to spend their Winter Holiday there with the Joosts, the Postmaster, His wife & their Son, chuck ! It is perfect weather for winter Sports.they go Skiing, & Sleigh Riding, Play Hockey, Skate, Fish thru the Ice, & Practically Fly Across Miles of ice in Chuckâs New Ice Boat. Strange things start Happening that build Up Suspense. & Smsons become Amateur Detectives,   ages 7 to 10.
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San Pasqual A tale of Old Pasadena DUSTJACKET, California, 1924, Stated 1st Edition ISSUE,in Dustjacket, Signed by Charlotte Herr, author on first Endpage ,Historical fiction centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena
San Pasqual A tale of Old Pasadena DUSTJACKET, California, 1924, Stated 1st Edition ISSUE,in Dustjacket, Signed by Charlotte Herr, author on first Endpage ,Historical fiction centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena
Charlotte B. Herr, SIGNED By Author on first Endpage, NO INSCRIPTION, Inner DJ flap $1.25 has Tear, blank endpapers , title pg has FoX & edge stains,
- Publisher: New York Kalmscott Press
- Date published: 1924
HBDJ, Very Good/VG-, AS-IS. ,Feb 1924, 1st Edition, STATED 1ST ISSUE, , Single illustration as Frontispiece by Frances Creedon. Preface by John Steven McGroatyBEIGE Tweed Cloth Lettered & ILLUSTRATED FRONT CVR IN BLUE OF WOMAN, Cover VERY light rub, wear Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, , 166 pgs, 12mo. BEIGE Cloth HARDBACK WITH BLUE TITLES & OVAL ILLUSTRATION IN BLUE. Hardcover. Clean crisp copy with no markings. Very good in VG- dust jacket with SPINE & edge chips & Tiny STAINS TINY CHIPS TEARS BACK OF DJ, . Clean crisp copy. SMALL CHIP TOP OF DJ SPINE , 120-page slightly undersized hardcover published by the author. Stated "First Issue, February, 1924." Signed by the author on first endpage. Single illustration as frontispiece. Good. Fully clean and tight. Tear to bottom margin of one page. Chip to front hinge at upper spine. Moderate soling to page tops. Obvious wear to dust jacket with spine discoloration, Good/Fully Clean and Tight/ SLITE Obvious Wear to Dust Jacket/Signed On First Page, centered around a Spanish romance in Pasadena, then part of the Spanish estate San Pasqual in 1847, just before California's statehood. Love Story of Early Days in Pasadena IN WHICH FAMOUS OLD SPANISH Families are woven into the Plot, Includes Founding of Tournament of Roses
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Fun With A Pencil How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw, Vintage copy of this classic work on pencil drawing by the foremost illustrator of his time. Andrew Loomis, the famous magazine story illustrator and teacher of drawing, here puts down in black and
Fun With A Pencil How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw, Vintage copy of this classic work on pencil drawing by the foremost illustrator of his time. Andrew Loomis, the famous magazine story illustrator and teacher of drawing, here puts down in black and
Andrew Loomis , former OWNER STAMP back blank endpapers foxing, INNER Flap DJ PriceClipped , RED STAMP HALF-Title pg, Illustrated B/W & Blue
- Publisher: Viking Press,NY
- Date published: 1943
Viking Press,NY , 1943 HBDJ, August 1943 , 6th Printing, VG-+/GOOD+, AS-IS , FADE sunning Spine DJ eliminating reading of Title on DJ spine & some sunning to front DJ left edge O/W nice, OP, Oversized Brown Cloth with yellow figure of boy with hat & shorts minor Rub, Interior Nice, Tight , Clean, light wear Fox, 120 PGS, DJ protected in clear Mylar, Dust jacket is bright orange with black letters and a wonderful caricature of Loomis on the front .here puts down in black and white a method which will teach anyone, no matter who awkward he is with his fingers, to draw. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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ERMINTRUDE CHILDRENS by Nancy Moore ,ILLUSTRATED DUSTJACKET by Edward Leigh , YOU HAVE 2 LEGS, A turtle has 4, bumblebee has 6 legs, but NO 1 has so many Legs or such pretty feet as Silly, Frilly Ermintrude, surely the most charming Centipede,
ERMINTRUDE CHILDRENS by Nancy Moore ,ILLUSTRATED DUSTJACKET by Edward Leigh , YOU HAVE 2 LEGS, A turtle has 4, bumblebee has 6 legs, but NO 1 has so many Legs or such pretty feet as Silly, Frilly Ermintrude, surely the most charming Centipede,
by Nancy Moore ,ILLUSTRATED by Edward Leigh, INNER DJ FLAP $2.50, HALF TITLE PG FORMER OWNERE NAME, RED ENDPAPER,
- Publisher: VANGUARD PRESS NY
- Date published: 1960
HBDJ , 1960, 1st edition, 1st printing, VG+/VG- ,AS-IS, TAPE TO VERSO OF DJ & SMALL EDGE CHIPS WEAR RUB, UNPAGINATED, A slim, Oblong RED CLOTH picture book WITH WHITE TITLE, Red clothbound hardback in original jacket, with wear. MENDED TEAR TO BACK OF DJ ,but No 1 has so many Legs or such pretty feet as Silly, Frilly Ermintrude, surely the most charming Centipede, AN INSECT who ever Yearned to Adorn each lovely foot in a different kind of shoe. Yet she learned from all these 100 pretty Shoes she Leasrned 1 Simple truth Pretty is as Pretty Does
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SAKIMURA BY ZHENYA GAY , SIGNED, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET RECLINING PEDIGREE SIAMESE CAT BLUEGREY EYES. THIS IS STORY ABOUT HIS OWN CAT. CALLED SAKI FOR SHORT. Who Has a Dignity all His Own. & when he Jumped after a Frog on a Lily Pad & Plumped into the Water. it Hurt that Dignity Considerably.
SAKIMURA BY ZHENYA GAY , SIGNED, IN COLOR DUSTJACKET RECLINING PEDIGREE SIAMESE CAT BLUEGREY EYES. THIS IS STORY ABOUT HIS OWN CAT. CALLED SAKI FOR SHORT. Who Has a Dignity all His Own. & when he Jumped after a Frog on a Lily Pad & Plumped into the Water. it Hurt that Dignity Considerably.
ZHENYA GAY , SIGNED by the Author on half-title page. Pictorial endpapers of cat partially hidden by drapes. MISS GAY is Lithograph artist, INNER DJ FLAP $1.50
- Publisher: VIKING PRESS NY
- Date published: 1937
HBDJ, Stated 1st Published Oct. 1937, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg,, 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG+ , 8vo . In pictorial jacket over matching YELLOW PICTORIAL boards OF RECLINING CAT WITH CLOTH SPINE CVR, 8vo, unpag. Signed by the Author on half-title page. (light toning to jacket extremities).
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ESTHER CAMERON'S STORY: a Tale of Life and Influence in RARE Color Dustjacket Of Woman HoLDiNG 2 Children in blankets Inside High CAve Near Ocean, Girls Friend Series, A Novel Published in the Early twentIeth Century, About Esther Cameron
ESTHER CAMERON'S STORY: a Tale of Life and Influence in RARE Color Dustjacket Of Woman HoLDiNG 2 Children in blankets Inside High CAve Near Ocean, Girls Friend Series, A Novel Published in the Early twentIeth Century, About Esther Cameron
Rosa N. ( Nouchette ) Carey, Previous Owners Presentation Plate on Blank Front Free End Paper Dated 1926, Half Title Page FOXING, B/W Glossy Frontispiece Why Esther You are Almost a Woman Now Said My Uncle
- Publisher: Office of The Girls Own Paper, London
Office of The Girls Own Paper, London. HBDJ,. Book Condition: GOOD-. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR-. AS-IS, Undated 1920 ?, . Red & Black Illustrated Cloth Cover light rub, wear Bump, . Dj chipped with some small pieces missing. Back DJ & spine DJ have Pieces Missing, Tears, Wear FoX TAKING out some of Print, Yet Front DJ Primarily Intact with Scuff Rub, Tear & tiny Chips take out part E in Esther top Left, Interior Nice tight but FOX stains Wear & Tiny Dogears, 279 Pgs + ADS thru Lighted Candles, Exterior pgs edges FoX, , A novel published in the early twentieth century, about Esther Cameron who would have liked to be either a doctor or a clergyman because she thought them the noblest of professions. Hard Cover.
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Wee Winkie Fairy Hour Scarce 1ST Edition Classic Tales of Fairyland includes Hansel & Gretel, False Bride, Story Alnaschar, Red Riding Hood, Sinbad Sailor, Ali Baba & forty Thieves, willie ETC
Wee Winkie Fairy Hour Scarce 1ST Edition Classic Tales of Fairyland includes Hansel & Gretel, False Bride, Story Alnaschar, Red Riding Hood, Sinbad Sailor, Ali Baba & forty Thieves, willie ETC
Gorgeous Pictorial EPs & Fabulous Color Lithographic Illustrations. Inner Flap DJ Light Pencil Mrk, with Little Red Riding Hood on Title Page, Color Pictures by Lang Campbell
- Publisher: CHARLES E GRAHAM & CO., NEWARK.
- Date published: 1928
CHARLES E GRAHAM & CO., NEWARK., 1928. HBDJ, 1st edition, 1928, Oversized Large 4to pictorial paper over yellow cloth spine that matches DJ. Cover minor rub, wear scuff tiny chips Extremties, F-/VG+, AS-IS, Beautiful colorful DJ light rub, wear & small chips Tears Extremities & small chip top Spine DJ, Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FoX, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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THE WISHING WINDOW IN Dustjacket, SIGNED & inscribed by Horte & Wyncie, 1942,,A interesting and scarce example of the story of two French children,
THE WISHING WINDOW IN Dustjacket, SIGNED & inscribed by Horte & Wyncie, 1942,,A interesting and scarce example of the story of two French children,
by Hortense FLEXNER , & B/W Illustrated by Wyncie KING, SIGNED & inscribed by Horte & Wyncie, the author & Illustrator, & Original COLOR DRAWING FRONT DJ GLUED IN OPPOSITE TITLE PG,
- Publisher: New York & Philadelphia. Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Date published: 1942
New York & Philadelphia. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1942. SIGNED & inscribed by Horte & Wyncie, the author & Illustrator, & Original COLOR DRAWING FRONT DJ GLUED IN OPPOSITE TITLE PG, Inner DJ Flap $1.50, COLOR illustrated Endpapers, HBDJ, 1942 ON TITLE PG & COPYRIGHT. Small Quarto. First Edition. 1st Printong, VG+/VG, Bound in original bluegrey embossed cloth RED LETTERING,. DJ with chips at tips and edges. Hinges sound. Overall, very good or better.Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Edge-torn & Chipped. hardcover, partial discoloration of endpapers, corners slightly worn, light wear to extremities, contents lightly toned, Unpaginated, in edge-torn and edge-chipped dust jacket; LARGE ORIGINAL B/W INK SKETCH of boy on bicycle carrying large pie, with cat in basket, by Wyncie King (tag attached to pie says "for Ivor and George"; and on blank facing this sketch, on the half-title page, in ink, "to - Ivor and George with our love - Hortie and Wyncie"; PLUS pen and ink and watercolor rendering of a variant of the image on the dust jacket (girl and boy peering into pie shop window) on sheet mounted on the blank facing the title page Size: 8vo , Foreword by Dorothy Canfield Fisher ,,A interesting and scarce example of the story of two French children, Clare & Jacques in Nazi occupied France during WWII, Madame Bon bon had shop in Village of Routon with Pink Peppermints,Chocolate creams ETC. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Wyncie KING, .
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Ballad of Reading Gaol, The ( with small newspaper article by Press Staff Artist Roger Skipp reproduction of one of John Vasso Illustrations On the Sale of Keats Love Letters & drawing of Vasso )
Ballad of Reading Gaol, The ( with small newspaper article by Press Staff Artist Roger Skipp reproduction of one of John Vasso Illustrations On the Sale of Keats Love Letters & drawing of Vasso )
Oscar Wilde, Fabulously illustrated Conceptions by John Vassos, Frontispiece by Vassos, SIGNED by Vassos, Blank endpapers former owner inscription sticker, Inner Hinge Starting, half title pg some browning from newspaper article
- Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co
E. P. Dutton & Co. HBNODJ, 1928, 1st edition,Black cloth & decorated greyblue Paper Boards decorated Gold Gilt, Cover rub, Scuff & Wear Primarily Extremities, Small Tears top Spine, NF-/VG, NODJ, , Interior Nice, Tight Basically Clean with light edge stain some pgs & slightly darkened pgs & few small margin tears & tiny or small external pg chips, 124 pgs. Signed by Illustrator. Hard Cover.
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THE PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN BY Paul WEST & W. W. DENSLOW, ILLUSTRATOR OF WIZARD OF OZ! RARE ANTIQUE BOOK! 1904, 1ST Edition, 1st Printing
THE PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN BY Paul WEST & W. W. DENSLOW, ILLUSTRATOR OF WIZARD OF OZ! RARE ANTIQUE BOOK! 1904, 1ST Edition, 1st Printing
BY Paul WEST & Pictures By W. W. DENSLOW, ILLUSTRATOR OF WIZARD OF OZ, Color Pictorial Endpapers of Green or Blue, Page at Title Page Small Separation at Inner Hinge, Former OWNER Inscription on Title Page, BACK Inner Hinge Slight Separation Star
- Publisher: G. W. Dillingham, NY
- Date published: 1904
G. W. Dillingham, NY, 1904. . There are 16 full page color plates and many color illustrations in orange, white & black throughout this book. HardBack NODJ, 1904, 1st Edition, 1st State, GOOD+/VG-, NOJACKET, AS-IS, Green Cloth with Green LETTERING & Charming Color Pictorial Label of 2 Men one holding Gun other sitting on Ball with White Hat & Trowell, Cover Rub, wear , Scuff, Tears to Extremites & Spine Ends, Small Red Spot Cover Back & Tears Edges Spine, Interior slight Rub, Wear, Scuff , FOXING, Some pgs small separation Hinge & Tears Edges, This book has light green hard covers with dark green lettering & a pastedown picture on the front cover. There are light blue pictorial endpapers and a title page with a picture in orange, white, & black.The hard covers show some fading/wear/staining, The spine has a rip and shows wear. The top & bottom spine edges and the book corners show ripping/wear. The lettering is faded on the spine. The cover pastedown picture is ripped, & looks like it was glued/repaired at the rip.There are minor pencil marks on the front endpapers and on back blank page. ,Some pages are coming apart from the binding. Three of the color plates are apart from the binding. The back endpapers are split a bit at the binding. alot of the pages have either fingerprints/smudges/minor staining/minor rips. There is some minor aging/browing around the edges of the pages, 240 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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