Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy in used but presentable dustjacket, inscribed by author on the ffe: "To xxxxx from her friend Elsie Signmaster Lewars a souvenir of the visit to Gettyuburg March 22, 1931" Singmaster (1879 - 1958) was a native of Pennsylvania where..... More
NY: Viking Press, 1957. Grahame-Johnstone, Janet & Anne (illustrtaed by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, basis for the 1960s Disney animated feature then decades later a live-action version with Glen Close as the infamous Cruela de Ville. Dustjacket has a faded spine, closed tear upper rear panel and flaps very..... More
NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Barndywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stamped cloth with pictorial pastedown a tad soiled in uncommon dustjacket which is moderately soiled and chipped. Still, quite presentable all overall. Part of Little Brown's Young Folk's Book series, typical of American juvenile series of the 1920s. More
(Second Meza, AZ): The Hopi Action Project (Follow Through), 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo, children's book format. Inscribed by author on ffe, 5/7/79, with his name in English and Hopi alphabet. Afew spots to front panel of dustjacket, else fine all around. Laid-in is a small p[iece of paper..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. price clipped, else fine, dw clean and unmarked, illustrations bright. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon international fairy tale title in original Art-Deco styled dustjacket in blue/ white/ silver, worn at folds and with some loss at spine ends and corners. Still, presentable. More
Moscow: Foreign languages Publishing House, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. printed in USSR, very scarce, toning endpapers, jacket slightly rubbed, with small piece missing top spine. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. Ver Beck, Frank (illustrated by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, INSCRIBED BY BOTH VER BECK AND CO-AUTHOR RION on dedication page "To our dear Will Roberts" (in VerBeck's hand). With an ANS by Ver Beck with an original sketch of a bear on stationary of the..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon title, scarce in dustjacket which is moderately worn and soiled and with some obvious chips about its edges. Still, a presentable copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, fourth printing. Publisher's imprint on spine is 1/8 inch tall. Reading on p. 327, line 13: " bricks, glowing in the October sun." and on p. 325: "Don't turn in at the side. Published October 1903 on copyright page. Pictorial cloth..... More
New York: MacMillan, 1962. Nardini, Sandro; Bagnoli, Enrico. First Edition. Laminated Boards. spine and board edges slightly faded, a scratch on the back board, approx 3" long, top and bottom of spine a bit bumped, a small adhesive mark on fep, else fine, no previous owner marking. More
London: Macmillan, 1877. Later Printings. Hardcover. Two titles uniformly printed and bound both New Editions, Chaplet of Pearls , complete in one volume, and both dated 1877. Both uniformly bound in green cloth with double gilt and garland bands running front to back across spine,gilt titles spine. Very good copies..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1880. 1st Editions, Limited. Hardcover. First US Edition, uniform with binding design of British editions of the smae time. This copy mustard-gold pebbled cloth, double gilt bands front to back across spine. Some chipping and attendant slight loss spine tips, else solidly bound, clean copy. More
London: Macmillan, 1900. Later Printings. Hardcover. Six titles uniformly printed and bound part of Macmillan's Uniform Edition of Novels and Tales of Charlotte M. Yonge (43 titles in total). These six strikingly and uniformly well preserved - blue pebbled cloth, blind-ruled, gilt publishers monogram front, gilt titles spine. No names..... More
London: Macmillan, 1881. 1st Editions, Limited. Hardcover. Four titles uniform cloth binding of tight weave, olive linen and double band of gilt front to back across spine. All London editions - 1881, 1882, 1886 with Strom printed in NY by Whittaker 1887 but of uniform biding. Some minor cloth wear..... More