Mystery Of The Desert Giant de Dixon, Franklin W - 1961

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1914. HARDBACK NODustJacket, NOJACKET, 1st Edition, 1914, PreText Lists Thru This Title, GOOD/GOOD-, AS-IS, Interior Nice Tight FOXING, Wear, Few Stains, Aging, FEW dogeard pgs, 12 mo, Small illustation of boy with camera on Cover spine light Rub, wear Tiny Holes & Some Fade Bottom, Green & Red Illustrated Cover lotof Scuff marks , wear , Cloth Cover background are the most exciting of scenes; a rhinocerous attacking a tiger, a bear standing on its hind legs, a ship sinking and a building on fire being fought by the local fire brigade, 5"x7.5", Green & Red, Black Illustrated Cover of Boy with Movie Camera much Scuff & Rub, Back Cover Stains Wear & Spine Small Chips Wear, Interior , FoX, Wear , Stains some margins, O/W Nice Condition, 218 pgs + ADS, List thru Tom Swift & His Electric Locomotive, It is in GOOD- condition, some dings that come with age and use. . First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Dutton, 1946 Illustrated boards, light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with sunned spine and light wear. A collection and explanation of hymns with soft and delicate artwork by Torrey. Caldecott Honor.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Marjorie Torrey. 4to.

Albert Whitman Company, Chicago, 1923 HBDJ, 1923, VG+/GOOD, AS-IS, Pictorial green cloth binding w/ paper art plate on front board Duplicates DJ Illustration, Slightly rubbed at spine ends, 128 pgs , Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5 1/2x7. 128 pages, w/many illust. . DJ bright and clean- but a few chips Tears. DJ Protected Clear Mylar, DJ small triangular Chips on front Back DJ top edge NOT affecting Illustration or Titles, TINY CHIPS TEARS EXTREMITIES DJ, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear Fox, DJ Protected Clear Mylar, ,Good period piece, Twins Penny-Party & Polly-Play are 2 Lively Children that have planned all these parties with aid of Uncle Party & Grandmother Play. Twins live in Old Fashioned House, Includes Toy Shop Story, The Cookie Man, Shy Susan’s Birthday Cake, Christmas Party, Post Office Party Etc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

HBDJ, 1971. First Edition., VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD, AS-IS,  Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.  Octavo  . Green boards w/blue cloth backstrip, 176 pages. Light wear to spine ends, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corners/spine ends. Most copies of this title seem to have been delivered into the ungentle hands of librarians, and are usually hammered half-way to Hell and back, but this one has been fortunate enough to escape those unkind attentions. A nice, acceptable copy.,  and shortly afterward they become involved with solving the mystery of a rare jade figurine stolen from a museum housing treasures from ancient Mayan tombs. Toby Burns never expected to meet a very Special Girl on the top of Maya Pyramid in Jungles of Guatemala. Nor did Pam Bacon have any thought of meeting a Special Boy. She was crouched on a Top Step near Temple of Giant Jaguar WHEN TOBY FOUND HER, frozen with Fear at prospect of getting Down from that great Height. With his… Leer más

HBDJ,  1954. GOOD+/VG+., AS-IS, , 11th printing pictorial hardcover CVR DUPLICATES DJ ILLUSTRATION IS GOOD+,  with VG+ Dustjacket WITH LIGHT WEAR & TINY CHIPS TEARS EDGES.. Library sticker on front endpaper. Discard stamp along top and bottom edge. Small stamp at bottom of title page. Clean and tight.. Pictorial Cover.   Ex-LibraryUsual wear ,stamps,   Etc,Searching for a letter that has mysteriously disappeared from his neighbor's house, eleven-year-old Ken Tracy discovers a hidden staircase, a secret room, and the intruder who uses them. Two children try to track down a lost letter which will bring their friend Mrs. Wayne and her brother back together after the war. A very plausible ever

Duisburg: J A Steinkamp 14 pgs. Illustrated boards with cloth backstrip, wear along board edges, soiling, lt. internal soil, last page with small rubbed area, rear cover faint pencil scribbles. A relatively rare book of German rhymes for children, calligraphy text, each page is thick board and printed in bright and vibrant colors. Walther Caspari is the husband of famed German illustrator Gertrud Caspari, whose books were immensely popular at the beginning of the 20th C. (Hurlimann 212). No date, Circa 1910. . Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walther Caspari. Oblong 8vo.

New York: Harper & Brothers (1950) 184 pgs. Yellow pictorial cloth, wear to spine tips and corners, in a color illustrated dust jacket which is worn with a few small chips, tape repair on verso of DJ, price intact. A very clever and different approach to an alphabet book, one where the prose is alliterative and there actually is a plot! In addition to the wonderful text, Parrish added detailed and beautiful Victorian style drawings on which she spent a year making! Note lovely color pictorial endpapers.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Anne Parrish. 4to.

New York: Greenwillow Books, 2004 First Edition (full number line). As New in As New Jacket. 2005 Caldecott Winner. Beautiful monotone illustrations and minimal text tell the story of an adorable kitten who confuses the full moon for a bowl of milk. Signed bookmark laid into book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kevin Henkes. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1936 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, light wear to spine ends; matching dust jacket with soil, abrasions to front panel and light chipping to spine ends, price clipped. A German Christmas stories illustrated in red and gold. First editions are uncommon.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Grace Paull. 12mo.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1916. (Hardcover) 337pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Printed c1927. Red cloth with black lettering on the cover and spine. Frontispiece, illustrations, lists 25 titles at the back. The dust jacket has minor edgewear and chipping, the spine panels are faded, and there is a previous owner's name and date in ink on the front endpapers. "Tarzan throws off his three year cloak of civilization, and with a yell and a bound, is back at home again among the beasts of the Jungle, plunging into a series of adventures, so startling, exciting, and hair-raising that one gasps with astonishment. In the present story, powerful enemies first kidnap his young son, then abduct Tarzan himself and leave him marooned on the African coast. Here his early training serves him in good stead; he makes himself king of the jungle and eventually foils his enemies, and returns with his rescued wife and child to England". Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Main… Leer más