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1986008849New York: E. P. Dutton 1986. SCARCE promotional poster printed in limited numbers for distribution at the ABA trade shoe in 1986. Near Fine creases top corner. 24 "H X 17 1/2" W. A Caldecott Honor book the illustration in the poster different than the cover illustration for the book. Well suited for framing and will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24 "H X 17 1/2" W. E. P. Dutton books
1959003221New York: David McKay 1959. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket that is lightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Unwin Nora S. David McKay Hardcover books
1992008838Homesdale PA: Boyds Mills Press 1992. Publisher's promotional poster 22" h x 17"w. Featuring charming illustrations by Rosekrans Hoffman. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" h x 17"w. Boyds Mills Press books
1948004820New York: Longmans Green & Co. 1948. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket a bit of fading front board and at spine 1/2" chip bottom edge of spine prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap. Illustrated endpages 184 pages. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by E. A. Furman . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover books
1983008852New York: Doubleday 1983. SCARCE promotional poster printed in limited numbers for distribution at the ABA trade shoe in 1983. Near Fine faint creases. 17 3/4" h x 25"w. Featuring a wonderful illustration by Una Woodruff. Well suited for framing and will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17 3/4" h x 25"w. Doubleday books
1936004854Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co. 1936. Very Good wrappers lightly rubbed 2" tear at spine. Wonderful illustrations by Milo Winter !. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Merrill Publishing Co. Paperback books
1974001018New York: Scribners 1974. First Printing with complete # row 1-20. Prior owner gift inscription on front endpage and dustjacket price-clipped. His 1st picturebook for children. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wilson Gahan. Scribners Hardcover books
1939004755New York: Viking Press 1939. Near Fine cloth rubbed at bottom corners in a Very Good dustjacket 1" triangular chip bottom corner front panel 1/2" chips at spine ends jacket rubbed and a bit age-darkened. "The story of a boy who lived 20000 years ago and became the greatest artist of his times.". First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Harry Daugherty. Viking Press Hardcover books
1982007281New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster printed 1982 and distributed at the ABA trade show in limited numbers to announce the book's winning of the 1982 Caldecott and Newberry Awards. Near Fine faint creases at margins 18 3/4" w x 24" h. Well suited for framing and will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 3/4" x 24". Harcourt Brace Jovanovich books
1983008833New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers 1983. SCARCE Publisher's promotional poster 13" h x 25"w featuring a lovely and magical illustration by David McPhail. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 13" h x 25"w. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers books
1993007207The Blue Sky Press/ Scholastic Inc. 1993. Original publisher's promotional poster 18 3/4" w x 20 3/4" h for the book published 1993 the poster with same artwork as the original dust jacket. Near Fine creasing along right edgewhich could be mostly covered with matting. An uncommon poster well suited for framing distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1993. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 3/4" x 20 3/4". The Blue Sky Press/ Scholastic Inc. books
1948004813Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1948. Near Fine one small corner bump prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap in a Very Good Plus dust jacket light edgewear. 230 pages with illustrations by Margaret Ayer. RARE in collector's condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Margaret Ayer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
1941004224New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1941. A RARE book in any edition this copy doubly so for being SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR James E. West the then Chief Scout Executive Boy Scouts of America and Editor "Boys' Life the Boy Scouts Magazine" "To Will H. Hays with esteem and appreciation James E. West". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. It's easy to understand that the Boy Scouts of America would have been a favorite organization of Hays'. The book is Near Fine top corners small bumps in a Very Good Plus dustjacket small chips and tears at the top flap and spine folds. Publisher's promotional poster laid in. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. A great piece of Americana combining Boy Scouting and Hollywood history !. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Presentation Copy. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1986008799New York: Dial Books for Young Readers 1986. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Rosemary Wells with "Best Wishes". SCARCE publisher's promotional poster for the 1986 book publication printed in limited supply for distribution at the 1986 ABA trade show. Near Fine faint creases publisher's information printed verso. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20"h x 15"w. Dial Books for Young Readers books
1997002967New York New York U.S.A.: Hyperion Books 1997. First Printing with complete number line 1-10. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page and dated by him 1997 the year of publication. . SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo. Hyperion Books Hardcover books
1948004834New York: Coward McCann Inc. 1948. Fine prior owner name front pastedown under front flap in a Near Fine RARE dust jacket slight wear at the spine tips. A quite lovely copy !. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Marcia Brown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coward, McCann, Inc. Hardcover books
1988008774Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster printed in limited numbers for distribution at the 1988 ABA trade fair. Near Fine small crease top corner. Well suited for framing and display in a child's room featuring Watson's charming cover illustration. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 14 1/2" x 19". Harcourt Brace Jovanovich books
1960007758New York: The Viking Press 1960. Near Fine 1/8" tear to cloth top edge rear board in a Very Good dust jacket spine sunned light soiling rear panel. Charmingly illustrated tale of the Minnesota North woods. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1931008347New York: Fleming H. Revell Co. 1931. RARE title in the series "The Lure of the North Books" by Dillon Wallace. OCLC notes only 5 library holdings worldwide. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page "with love and Christmas greetings Dillon abd Lue Christmas 1931" and also later signed and inscribed in 1977 by Dillon Wallace III to Gordon Randall the son of the original recipient. Near Fine toning at end pages in the SCARCE dust jacket Very Good Plus small chips at tips and head of spine. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fleming H. Revell Co. Hardcover books
1997120767NY: Putnam 1997. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Slate-colored speckled endpages. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Purportedly there were few copies of the first printing issued with the speckled endpages preceding the second state with plain slate-colored endpages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Putnam Hardcover books
1936007846Novara Italy : Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini 1936. RARE. First and only edition of this children's alphabet book published specifically for Italian children living abroad intended to indoctrinate them in the strength and glories of Mussolini's Fascist government. Very Good foxing to blank paste downs boards rubbed at edges. Foreword by Piero Parini director for the Fascist flagship newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and coordinator of Fascist organizations of the Italian diaspora. 88 pp. With striking modernist and cubist-inspired full-color illustrations every page by the poster artist C.V. Testi and poems by Vincenzo Fraschetti. RARE given the intended audience and the postwar drive to eliminate Fascist material especially from librairies. Worldcat shows 3 institutional holdings 2 in the US and 1 in Germany. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Small 4to. Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini, Hardcover books
1987008876New York: Scholastic Press 1987. SCARCE Publisher's promotional poster 17" h x 22'w featuring characters from thirteen Scholastic publications of classic folktales. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" h x 22'w. Scholastic Press books
1991007236Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1991. Publisher's promotional poster 18 1/2 " w x 25 1/4" h distributed at the ABA trade show in 1991. Near Fine faint crease near edge. With a wonderful Van Allsburg illustration different than the one seen on the dust jacket. Well suited for framing. All posters will be sent loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18 1/2" x 25 1/4". Houghton Mifflin books
1992007369No Place: Houghton Mifflin 1992. Publisher's poster for the release of the book in 1992 13 3/4"w x 22 3/4"h. Near Fine small crease at bottom edge. Distributed in limited numbers by the publisher at theABA trade show in 1992. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 13 3/4" x 22 3/4". Houghton Mifflin books
1987007370No Place: Houghton Mifflin 1987. Tri-fold publisher's promotional poster on stiff card stock each panel 13"w x17 1/2"h folds out to 39"w x 17 1/2"h. Near Fine a few faint rubs. Distributed in limited numbers by the publisher at the ABA trade show in 1987. Well suited for framing will be shipped flat. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 39"w x 17 1/2"h. Houghton Mifflin books
