Childrens Collectibles from Bucks County Bookshop IOBA

London and New York Dent and Dutton, 1949, hardcover. Later printing 1965. With 8 color plates plus line drawings by Charles Folkard. -- Hardcover, printed cloth covers. Condition: very good (corners lightly bumped; outer blank pages foxed; two color plates have small discoloration in margin) with good-plus dust jacket (bright; chipped at spine tips and flaps; spine and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York Scribner's Sons, 391921, hardcover. Later printing 1932 with the nine color plates and in-text black-and-white illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. -- Hardcover, 185 pages, 7.3x9.5 inches. Condition: near fine (spine has bright gold lettering, with touch of rub at crown; front cover illustration has couple of tiny rub spots at edges; no jacket). Pages are bright and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1916, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. This is number 7, and the last title in the series printed on verso of title page. Frontispiece is black-and-white. Ownership dated 1920 (gift names are blacked out). -- Hardcover, three-color printed picture. Condition: very good minus (spine slanted; names blacked as noted; otherwise a bright… Saber más sobre este artículo

Germany Pestalozzi Verlag hardcover. Text in GERMAN. PV 1360, no date given. An abbreviated version of the classic tale, no author identified, no illustrator identified. -- Hardcover, board book, six color illustrations, 6.3x7.5 inches. Condition: very good (cover edges lightly worn; owner name on rear cover).

New York Chelsea House, 2006, hardcover. Series biography about the writer and illustrator of memorable children's literature. -- Hardcover, 138 pages, 7x10 inches. Condition: fine (in publisher's shrinkwrap, no jacket issued). ISBN 0791087964

New York Charles Scribner's Sons, 391994, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing of this children's illustrated book about two brothers of Tibet and a moral outcome of a conflicting reward. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket (small area of indentations). ISBN 068419578X

New York Grosset & Dunlap, 1960, hardcover. No edition statement, but this title is listed last on the jacket rear-flap. Number 21 on spine of jacket. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine (very slight spine slant) with very good dust jacket (spine crown has short tears and chips; surface scratches--but bright, with unclipped flaps).

New York David McKay, 1962, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing of this translation to LATIN by Elizabetha Hadas. -- Includes a vocabulary. Black-and-white drawings by Roberto Lawson. -- Hardcover, blue cloth, 7.5x8.5 inches. Condition: near fine, with very good minus dust jacket (bright, but with small chips and creased tears which are reverse repaired with archival… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York Macmillan, 1971, hardcover. No edition statement. Black-and-white illustrations by Arnold Lobel with a surprise at the end of the story. -- Hardcover, oblong 9.5x7.5 inches. Condition: near fine (tiny spine crown bump; "x" on endsheet) with good-only dust jacket (crease edge tears and chips).

Chicago Albert Whitman, 1950, hardcover. First Editon, First Printing. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover, pictorial cover, 7.5x9.5 inches. Condition: good (spine tips bumped; rear cover spotted; rear endsheet scarred from removal of something; owner name; no jacket). Pages are clear and bright.

New York Cupples & Leon Company, 1924, hardcover. The first three chapters are about Puss, followed by "other folktale stories." Illustrated by Harry L. Smith. -- Clifton Johnson and the publishers adapted this 17th century tale (and the others) to be "free from the savagery, distressing details, and excessive pathos" in the originals. For children 4 to 12 years.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York D. Appleton-Century, 1935, hardcover. The Thorndike Library, edited to fit the interests and abilities of young readers. Illustrated with charming drawings by Helen Sewell. -- Hardcover, printed cloth cover. Condition: good-only (cover soiled and darkened; no jacket). Pages are bright and binding is tight.

New York A. S. Barnes, 1957, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrations by Leslie Wood. A "story" of "migratory flights of the swallows from South Africa" and England. -- Hardcover, 45 pages. Condition: very good (bright, large bookplate) with very good dust jacket (short tears with reverse archival tape).

New York Thomas Nelson and Sons hardcover. No publication date given (this is the last title listed of 11 in "The Jolly Bookshelf" series). Four color plates and many black-and-white drawings. Early, undated owner gift note, "from Gramma." -- Hardcover, printed boards. Condition: good-only (cover art is bright but worn at edges, 1-inch chip to rear cover; one drawing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fort Collins CO Buzzardtown Books, 2019, paperback. Children's book SIGNED by both author and illustrator. Softcover, oblong 11x8.5 inches. Condition: very good (cover lightly rubbed). ISBN 9780578610153

New York Random House, 2002, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- Illustrated with the authors' unique drawings. Their story starts in the early 1960s. They lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. -- Hardcover. Condition: fine, with near fine dust jacket (jacket flap creased). ISBN 0375814035

Princeton NJ Van Nostrand, 1950, hardcover. Second edition. 200 experiences with steps, illustrations, explanations, plus equipment list and index. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (spine letters dulled; hinge cracked; no jacket). Binding is otherwise tight and pages bright and clear.

USA W. E. Skull, 1902, hardcover. Embellished with novel drawings" and also photographs of children as "beckoning, mirth" etc. -- Hardcover, printed boards with plain cloth spine, 7x10 inches. Condition: FAIR-only (cover edges rubbed but front picture only slightly rubbed; pages are quite brittle, with chips and short tear; owner name).

Philadelphia David McKay hardcover. The Newbery Classics reprint. Four color plates, illustrations by Jennie Harbour. -- Hardcover, 298 pages, color illustation on front cover, endsheets are drawings from the series. Good-only used condition (cloth cover lightly edgeworn, spine scratched; a few pages are loose; some leaves have been pressed in this book; no jacket).

New York Rand McNally & Company, 1928, hardcover. Reprint edition. Illustrations by Bertha L. Corbett. -- Hardcover, color plate on front-cover, 119 pages, 7x9.5 inches. Condition: good (cover spine tips and corners frayed; tape on one page and another is torn; a few page corners are turned; no jacket). -- Pages and color illustrations are bright and binding is… Saber más sobre este artículo