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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.

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

Bantam, New York DOUBLEDAY DELL, 1997. HBDJ, 1st edition, THIRD PRINTING, November 1997, Hard cover. Used - Fine/Like New Fine in NEAR FINE dust jacket SIGNED ,LIGHT Edgewear and scratches to dust jacket Book as new . Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 116 pgs. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

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, .

New York: Modern Library Edition, 1932 PriceClipped but 95 CENTS ON INNER DJ FLAP INTACT, Rockwell Kent Endpapers Orange & White Endpapers ,Red & white DJ with man on front with hands tied behind him & noose in front with red lines at top & Btm of DJ, HBDJ, 1932 , STATED 1ST Modern Library EDITION, Brown balloon cloth 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. with Gold gilt Running Streamer Man on front Cvr, VG/GOOD+, AS-IS, Condition of the book is VG, & the signature is amazing. Brown balloon cloth, with dark top stain which has a tiny black spot. Spine is straight, hinge and binding are good. Book is slightly cocked. The spine cvr slightly toned. There is toning along the front/back boards near the spine. Top corners of pages 67-82 have very small crease. Pages are not loose with no marks, Gilt on the front and spine is bright. The top/bottom of the spine are shelf worn. The top edge of the front panel is lightly worn. There is a very small indentation along the top edge of the back panel. Jacket is slightly worn with tiny chips teasrs edges. There is a bit of toning, soiling, chips and shelf wear. it is a First Edition dust jacket. The number of the listed titles is 210 and it appears on the back panel. The style of this dust jacket was in use from 1929-1933 Spring. The price on these jackets is on the back panel in the PRE ZIPCODEcoupon. Price was .95 cents. 531 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK, Small end chips DJ Spine,. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

HBDJ, 1939 ,EARLY ISSUE, RED CLOTH HARDBACK BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR MARGARET SUTTON ON TITLE PAGE AND DATED 1998 BY HER. DUST JACKET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NICE COLLECTIBLE! 249 PGS ,NO ADS IN BACK, in new protective CLEARmylar. BACK OF DJ LISTS NANCY DREW THRU CLUE LEANING CHIMNEY ,The ghost turns out to be a girl named Sally who insists that she is being plagued by ghosts. While Judy and Peter hardly believe the girl, they do like her and want to help her. Judy takes her home, only to have her disappear during a party. Later, Judy and Peter learn that Sally's full name is Sally Vincent, of the crooked Vincent family. Sally is fortunately

HBDJ, 1st U.S., Edition, 1983 , SIGNED by author "Enjoy this! John Meyer 9/13/83 on Title Page. NOT INSCRIBED,VG/VG+,AS-IS, Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by author "Enjoy this! John Meyer 9/13/83" on title page. Signed by Author, he was Business Manager & Friend & Months they Spent Together in New York City & Boston. Her Last Months Are Recorded Here. She was Hollywood FILM Actress & Singer SCREEN STAR .. JUDY Sang MEYER'S Orignal WRITTEN Song , I"d Like to Hate Myself in Morning

HBDJ, 1946 ON TITLE & Copyright PAGE, First Edition. 1st printing, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED BY VIKING PRESS SEPT. 1946 BK IS NF-/ DJ GOOD, AS-IS, DJ HAS WEAR, SCUFF ON DJ SPINE, , RUB EXTREMITIES TINY TEARS CHIPS, BACK OF DJ ILLUSTRATION MISS HICKORY & 2 LARGE BLACK BIRDS AT THEIR NEST ,BEIGE & RED FLORAL Hard Cover color Pictorial cloth Binding COVER , GOLD JOHN NEWBERRY ROUND STICKER FRONT OF DJ. 123 PGS ,,STATED 1ST PUBLISHED BY VIKING PRESS SEPT. 1946, 1947 NEWBERY MEDAL When great Granny Brown packed Up & Moved 2 the Women's City Club in boston, Miss Hickory was faced with the Problem of Spending a Severe New Hampshire Winter Alone. This MITE NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD, IF SHE HAD NOT BEEN A COUNTRY WOMAN, WHOSE BODY WAS APPLE-WOOD TWIG, & whose Head was Hickory NUT, ALSO, IF HER HOUSE HAD BEEN BUILT OF STRONGER MATERIALS THAN CORNCOBS

HBDJ, Dust Jacket shows tears and wear. Some staining on pages. Nicely illustrated. Inscribed: For Nancy Doran with my best wishes sincerely Mildred Jordan April 17, 1944. 1944 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, , STATED 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG, TINY CHIPS TEARS DJ EXTREMITIES,The book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. DECORATED CLOTH CVR FLORAL WITH 2 BIRDSThe book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. There is a tiny ding on the spine. The dust jacket is in fair condition. There is visible wear of front and back covers. There are small splits at the dust cover corners. There are small tears at the dust cover spine edges with several small tears along the top dust cover edge. There is a ding on the dust cover spine and a light crease as well at the bottom edge. There is discoloration at the dust cover book fold edges, Boards are done in a Fraktur-like folk art style , longtime staple in Pennsylvania Dutch households . A series of short stories about a young girl who enjoys making shoo-fly with her mother, going to the market, and talking to her pop. Present-day Story ofa cheerful hardworking Pennsylvania Dutch farmer & His Family & friends as they work & Play Thruout the various Seasons. Homely chores & Simple Pleasures assume new dignity & meaning as the story Unfolds.

,W. S. (William Schwenck) (1836-1911) , Arrangements by Dr. Albert Sirmay, SOLID BLUE Endpapers , B/W IllustratedHARDBACK NODustjacket IN SLIPCASE with Rub & wear & COLOR ILLUSTRATED LABEL, 1941 on Title Copyright pg, 1st edition, Very Good binding and hinges; OVERSIZED Blue Boards with Red Cloth at Spine Cvr, NO JACKET,clean unmarked text; no underlining, hi-lighting, or other markings; not withdrawn library copy. Light amount of wear & aging to book and moderate wear, aging, and scuffs to slipcase. Nice sturdy copy. Grey Boards with Red cloth Spine & Gold gilt titles