Set of 3 Joseph Altsheler Reprints From 1940's de Joseph Altsheler - 1944

Zurich: Globi-Verlag, 1944 Brown cloth backed illustrated boards, lt. rubbing to edges, lt. shelf wear, 2 thin holes in back strip where staples pushed through. Internally fine. Fairy tale from Grimm, illustrated by 6 stunning and colorful full-page lithos, plus a dual-page color centerfold. Text in German. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Leupin. Oblong 4to.

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: 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.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Lovely book illustrated in 3 colors. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 2009.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Macmillan, 1947 (1947) 82 pgs. Illustrated boards with shelf wear, spine ends chipped, corners worn, old book store sticker to FFEP; in matching dust jacket which is worn, missing 1/2" by 2" piece from top of spine and other smaller losses, jacket price intact ($2.00). One of Jones' most popular and scarcest titles about a little girl whose dolls come to life on Christmas. . First Edition. Very Good -/Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Square 8vo.

Zurich: Globi-Verlag, 1944 Brown cloth backed illustrated boards, lt. rubbing to edges, lt. shelf wear, 2 thin holes in back strip where staples pushed through. Internally fine. Fairy tale from Grimm, illustrated by 6 stunning and colorful full-page lithos, plus a dual-page color centerfold. Text in German. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Leupin. Oblong 4to.

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: 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: Greenwillow Books, 1984 Illustrated boards in matching dust jacket. Explores the relationship between siblings through various activities on a camping trip. Inscribed by the author to the, then, managing editor of Greenwillow, Ada Shearon: "July 5, 1984, / Dear Ada, / This is for you / with much love! / [heart symbol] Nicki". Signed by Author. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Nicki Weiss. Oblong 4to.

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