The copyright is 1919, Platt & Nourse Co., Inc., but the title page lists only Nourse (The Nourse Co.) and no date. Likely an early 1920s reprint. Moderate wear to the extremities. Cracking inside the front cover and near the middle of the book. Previous owner penciling on the front endpapers. Tear to the Contents page and a few other pages. The rest of the book is holding up pretty well, but foxing was found on several pages and some of the color plates are loose. 211 pages with numerous black and white illustrations and seven full-page color plates. Illustrator not named and the lower corner... View More...
Pictorial covers in a matching dust jacket. Barely a trace of wear. 207 pages with black and white and color illustrations. Written in 1807 to introduce young readers to the plays of Shakespeare. Fifteen of the best-known plays are retold in this edition, which adults will enjoy, too. View More...
Publication date and edition not indicated. Circa 1920s-30s. Red cloth with dark green pictorial cover. Bumped and lightly worn along the edges and spine ends. The spine and rear cover show a moderate amount of wear. Binding is tight and square. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. No other writing or marks. Mild foxing to the endpapers and several pages. Ninety-two pages followed by four pages of the publisher's ads for boys and girls books (Betty the Scribe, by Lilian Turner; Little Rhody, by Jean K. Baird; etc.). Ten black and white illustrations from Hart A. Purdy, including the f... View More...
Foxing/spotting to top edge of page block. Illustrated endpapers and jacket. A title in the Covenant Books series for young readers, this book relates the life of Alfred Mordecai, an American Jewish hero of the Civil War. 178 pages, followed by a list of six Covenant books to date (1959). View More...
Rubbing wear to the dust jacket, more on the rear panel. Tiny nick on the front panel at the spine. Slight edge wear or bumping to the top and bottom edges. Protected now in a clear Mylar sleeve. Storyline from the publisher: "When she is sent by her cruel stepmother to the fearsome Baba Yaga, a clever young girl uses kindness to make her escape. Based on a story from the collection compiled by the nineteenth folklorist Aleksandr Afanas'ev and illustrated in a bold, colorful style inspired by Russian 'lubok' art." View More...
Mild shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket is edge-worn with some large chips and a tape repair on the inside of the jacket's spine as well as to a few short edge tears. View More...
Just a trace of bumping to the top edge of the jacket, else a fine copy. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel of jacket. Signed by Cheryl S. Barnes on first page. About 25 pages (not numbered) with a "ballot" at the back of the book for the reader to vote for his or her favorite White House pet and explain why. A Bibliography is provided at the end of the book. View More...
Shelf and edge-wear. Spotting to all edges of the page block. Jacket chipped and edge-worn. Deep scratch or tear to front panel with tape residue. Tear on rear panel, top-edge. Protected now in a new Mylar cover. This edition is a retelling of Barrie's classic story, preserving the unique quality and spirit of the original play. 175 pages with author and artist bios. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings. View More...
Trace of soiling to upper area of front cover. Light bumping to corners. Jacket is edge-worn, chipped, and rubbed. Tape repair to small tear at the head of the spine. Small hole in the jacket's spine below the tape repair. A new Mylar protective cover improves the look and feel. Sonny is an African American boy in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, known as Bed-Stuy, of Brooklyn, and this book is his story told in the lyrics of a song, page by page, with the final page containing the whole song and musical notation. The art work of Harold James illustrates each page and brings the story to l... View More...
97 pages, illustrated with drawings. A history of Mississippi through the Civil War, aimed at younger readers to interest them in the history of the state. This is the author's second book in a series about Mississippi history, the first one being "The Stone Amulet." View More...
Wear to edges and spine, chipped at the head of the spine. Light, scattered foxing. Binding tight. Unpaginated (about 20 pages). German text. Nine color illustrations by the Viennese author of this charming little children's book. View More...
Charming fairy tale for children about the story of the silkworm and the treasure it bestowed upon Chinese weavers and later the world. Beautifully illustrated. 44 pages. English translated from the original French by Marilyn Malin. View More...
Peter and his dog head west on the Santa Fe Trail in the 1850s to find Peter's father. Along the way they encounter and survive Indians, a buffalo stampede, and other adventures. View More...
Fine except for some slight bumping to the top edge of the dust jacket's rear panel. Clean, bright, solid copy. Not paginated, but about 25 pages. Bluebonnet the armadillo meets Red, a brown pelican, who urges her to follow a school group as they tour the Ocean Star Museum in Galveston and learn as they do about the offshore oil system, living on a drilling rig, and offshore history. View More...
Small yellow ink mark on the bottom edge of the text block, probably a remainder mark. Upper corner bumped a bit and the jacket has a small crease in the lower corner of the rear panel. Nice, clean copy. From Jewish literature, established rabbinic Midrashim about the book of Genesis are retold by the author--twenty-one stories, in a single narrative, about God's relationship with His creation, from creating angels on the second day to testing Abraham's love. View More...
Trace of edge wear to jacket, otherwise fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to a previous owner of the book. Dog detective Sebastian goes on an enforced vacation to a seemingly haunted dude ranch. View More...
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates. Inscribed by the author to the book's previous owner View More...
