Resultados de búsqueda: Juvenile from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

N.Y.: A.L. Burt Company, 1890 Book. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Surface damage to lower front joint. Previous owner's name. Two line drawings in the text suggest that there might have been a frontispiece. Seventeen-year-old Bob is despondent about not being able to afford a new gun to take on a local hunting trip. Then his cousin discloses that his father might take them on a trip to Africa. This story is only one of dozens put forth by this author who lived from 1848-1912. Remembering his Toby Tyler as one of my childhood favorites, I was taken aback by my aversion to the clumsy, drawn-out syntax of Captured by Zulus. The author is credited with many early adventure stories. It is even suggested that this book might have inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs to write the Tarzan books. 282 pp..

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1961 Book. Illus. by Robert Hodgson. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright blue paper boards lettered in black. DJ has several tears repaired inside. Ink inscription, but no other writing. Donald Castle and his brother, Robert, take off on their trusty motor scooter, Maysie, to search for Mr. Forbes, a favoured headmaster. 151 pp..

London: Dean & Son Ltd. Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Not Stated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original illustrated boards of two girls, two boys and a black Scottie dog with a wooden boat. Slightly taller than the Canadian version. First free endpaper missing. No date or edition listed. AM/20/63 in print at foot of Contents page. Perfectly clean with bright colour illustrations inside. Foxing freckles to edges. 220 pp..

N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1946 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red tweed with plain grey endpapers on boards. Unclipped DJ has several small edge tears, so taped inside. Lists to Country Doctor's Nurse in book, so estimated date of publication is 1955. No names or other writing. No damage to book. 216 pp..

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1902 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front.. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original beige cloth on boards, showing boy on horseback twirling lasso. This title came near the end of Rathborne's long career of over 300 books, including at least three series. Light foxing to prelims. Gift note dated 1926. Scarce. 261 pp..

London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1936 Book. Illus. by E. Shelley. Near Fine. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original bright blue cloth on boards. DJ has rubbing and tiny tears head and foot. No writing. Cover shows glider pilot casting off tow rope attached to open car. Frontispiece shows glider pilot witnessing fistfight on ground below. 128 pp..

N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1941 Book. Illus. by Pelagie Doane. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original emerald green cloth with large red letters on boards. White spine DJ barely holding together, missing lower half of spine. Lists to itself inside, so believed 1941 First Edition in a 1943 DJ. Violet staircase endpapers. A man stepped out of the car and Judy recognized Blackie. 214 pp..

London: Griffith, Farran, & Co. Book. Illus. by J. Lawson. Good Minus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original decorated blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's nme. Tiny tear foot of backstrip. Edge and corner wear. All six illustrations present. Beveled boards. All edges gilt. No review found. 376 pp..

London: Children's Special Service Mission, 1952 Book. Illus. by L.F. Lupton. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original yellow cloth on boards. DJ has two short top tears. Endpaper drawings dated 1948. It's a mystery on the water, with lots of good, clean excitement. Great for boys and girls ! 174 pp..

London: Dean & Son Ltd., 1967 Book. Illus. by Colour and b/w Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original pictorial paper boards. Story book for teenage girls. Very light corner wear. No other damage and no names or other writing. Pictorial endpapers. 125 pp..

London: Blackie & Son Limited Book. Illus. by H.M. Brock. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original tan illustrated cloth on boards. Prize bookplate. DJ rubbed, with light chipping head and foot. A wonderful example of English schoolboy fiction in good condition. 208 pp..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First (Lists to Itself twice). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pink tweed pattern paper boards. No. 31 in the series. Rubbing and tears to head of DJ. Lists to itself inside and on rear DJ flap. Judy's husband, Peter, has been called to Washington on a bank robbery case. Rather than stay home, Judy arranges a trip to New York City with Peter's sister, Honey Dobbs. To cheer herself up for the trip, Judy bought a corsage of snapdragons. Little does she know what will follow. 182 pp..

London: S.W. Partridge and Co. Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original pictorial blue cloth decorated in florals on boards. Previous owner's name with lipstick "kisses" to front endpapers. First free endpaper missing. Handsoiled. 154 pp. plus 32-page catalog..

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1949 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition (No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. No writing. Small tears along head of DJ, taped inside. Some politically-incorrect racial terms. 221 pp..

Boston: J.E. Tilton and Co., 1867 Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Earliest known version of this book, translated from the French.. Damage to head and foot of backstrip. Brown endpapers. Ink notes on half-title. Many, many illustrations, with tissue guards between nearly every two leaves. Light waterstain to bottom 3 inches of gutter, barely touching text, but all readable. Back cover wrinkled. Fairy tale with a happy ending at which everyone ate, drank, and danced for 36 hours ! 90 pp..

New York: A. L. Burt Co., Publishers, 1922 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Pansy Troop is made up of boarding school girls. Only one of them has been in a canoe before. Now they have the use of five brand new canoes. One of the girls suggests a race, which seems to bring out the competitive spirit in the others. 237 pp. Previous owner's name..

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1915 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front. And 3 Additional Drawings. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original grey cloth illustrated in black and blue on boards. Fifth volume in the series. Grace Harlowe has completed her course and now returns to Overton as an alumnus. Her goal is to take over the direction of Harlowe House, a residence endowed by Mrs. Gray for the use of girls who could not afford such an education otherwise. This book shows careful treatment by the previous owner, whose name is neatly written on first free endpaper. Hinges have been carefully glued to correct the inevitable cracking of the paper over these joints. Photo shows the fully-illustrated cover. 256 pp..

N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap, 1953 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Very Good. Hardcover. First (Lists to Itself Inside). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original tweedy tan paper boards. CBM in repeated script on spine. Eighth title in the series, and lists to itself inside. No writing, and the only damage is a tiny tear at the head of p. 49. Connie is snooping around in the dark when someone tries to strangle her with a stocking. Did they think she was someone else ? 213 pp..

N.Y.: Hurst & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original beige cloth with full cover pastedown. The cover got my attention, since I don't list Alger as a rule. Grit is a hard-working faithful son to his mother, who has made a bad choice in a second husband, who is about to get out of jail. 288 pp..

London: Religious Tract Society Book. Illus. by J. Finnemore. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original bright blue pictorial cloth blindstamped and lettered in gold on boards. This British author was best known for her books on astronomy for children, but dabbled in morality novels for the Tract Society as well. Previous owner's name, otherwise in exceptionally good, clean, sound condition. 249 pp..