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1960012624London: Collins 1960. Red hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight a few bookstore previous owner stamps front endpapers else clean interior. 254 pages slightly yellowed foxing. DJ has some chips tears wrinkles and rubbing - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. Price clipped. Autumn and winter story centered around the solitary farmhouse of the Merrow family where Tamzin and Rissa keep house for the shepherd and his son during his wife's absence. They wrestle with a plan to beat back city developers by forming a group called the White Riders who gallop over the marsh at midnight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by Whittam Geoffrey. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Fair. Collins Hardcover
1901biblio124<p>1901. Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition. Second Impression. Olive green boards w/gold lettering front and spine. Boards sturdy text clean and unmarked lightly tanned. Light shelfwear to edges esp. at spine. Deckle edges. Previous owners' names on front pastedown and endpage.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1939T3400Platt & Munk 1939. A very good pictorial box with picture of Uncle Wiggily in a hot air balloon. One corner is repaired but nice bright box. Includes 4 softcover books from the 3600 series Platt & Munk FAGE All Books are in fine condition. Bright and probably never read. Copyright 1939. Box is marked 2590A. Boxed Set. Fine. Illus. by Charles Carlson. Platt & Munk Hardcover
19822569bx22<p>Written and illustrated by G. A. H. C. C. L. Mc'Intyre. Warm author inscription/signature title page dated Oct 1982. Good in stapled wraps with moderate outer wear contents VG. 51pages. bx103</p> Mc' Intyre paperback
1968013155New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1968. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight minimal soiling dj flap glued to ffep. Back pocket intact a few marks but overall clean and tight. 153 pages. Bored with the ranch and her boyfriend Wally Deb visits her friend Kitty on the beach and realizes her impulsive idea of keeping her three-year old stallion Star in Kitty's flimsy corral will not work. Follows Lucky Star. Scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Savitt Sam - cover only. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. W.W. Norton & Company Hardcover
1993007106Grayling Michigan USA: The George Griffith Foundation 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FINE/NEAR-FINE First Trade Edition SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author. A beautiful keepsake copy with no wear but for one barely bumped corner. Crisp clean solid like-new interiors. Unclipped DJ is very nice light shelf-wear only no tears. 7.25" x 10.25" 230 pages photographs. As a founding father of Trout Unlimited the author reveals the history of the conservation group. <br/> <br/> The George Griffith Foundation hardcover
199723211NY:: Hyperion. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0786802278 . Illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin. First printing. SIGNED by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Hyperion, hardcover
1965013951Kingswood - Tadworth - Surrey: The World's Work 1965. Dark green hardcover binding is clean square and tight. Interior no writing tears or marks. DJ is price-clipped with some minimal shelfwear some soiling back cover - protected in clean Brodart jacket. 168 pages. First illustrated edition of this classic - title slightly different than American edition which does not have the word RED in the title. Interesting Publisher's Note stating the spelling of some words utilize the American convention honor instead of honouretc to keep printing costs down. Star owned by Songbird the young daughter of the Chief must prove himself worthy of his ancestry and position and his courage and endurance are severely tested. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Language: ENG. Illus. by Christensen Cristina. 1st UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. The World's Work Hardcover
1939012465New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. Green hardcover cloth binding sunned spine light soiling hinges good square and tight. Foxing. Color frontispiece illustration may have been reglued in - can't tell for sure but it is secure. 1939 on title page and copyright page but no Scribner's A so probably 2nd printing. 306 pages b/w illustrations throughout. A thoroughbred horse and a wild colt are thrown together and escape the humans and roam the wild rough big country. 306 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 2nd Printing. Illus. by James Will. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
199218128CHNew York NY: A Laura Geringer Book/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1992. Original light green paper covered boards w/ gilt title on white cloth spine. Very bright and clean. SIGNED BY WILLIAM JOYCE WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION. Illust. w/ color illustrations. Contents very nice. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. A Laura Geringer Book/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Hardcover
199416944<p>Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 1994. <i><b>Signed by the author.</b></i> First U.S. edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. <i><b>Pe</b><b><i>n</i>elope Lively won the 1973 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She won the 1976 Whitbread Children's Book Award. She won the 1987 Booker Award.</b></i></p> Candlewick Press, hardcover
1969014164Adelaide Sydney Melbourne: Rigby Limited 1969. Dark blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. Interior clean clean and bright. 236 pages. DJ has some wrinkles and shelfwear along top edge not price-clipped. As usual the Blue Ribbon Stables and the Byrne family are in trouble. Son Harry is cynical of his father's financial ability. Sister Diana' s heart is broken when they sell the horse Comedy to meet pressing bills. But then Dermot brings home another horse - one with an odd deformity - convinced it is a thoroughbred Dermot is excited with possibilities. Illus. by Tetlow George. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Vv. Rigby Limited Hardcover
1973036363Sydney: Arkon 1973. Book. Good . Mass Market Paperback. First Arkon Pbk Edition. G Edgewear creases spine lean abrasion light browning. 222 pages. Cover photo by Wes Stacey. Photos on request. Arkon Paperback
19292T4208Canada: McClelland & Stewart 1929. A very good plus oversized yellow hardcover with blue cloth spine Presumed 1st Canadian edition with no additional printings stated . Book has wear to corners and a little edge wear. A littlel wear to spine ends. Clean. Contents are very clean. . Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by E h Shepard. McClelland & Stewart Hardcover
1971014008Caldwell Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd 1971. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. Ex-library with front pocket and date slip on ffep intact remains of tape marks on endpapers Overall interior is clean. DJ has spine sticker small chip top of front cover remains of tape marks on flaps not price-clipped. Displays nicely in clean Brodart. 1971 on title page and copyright page. A fictionalized history of how wild horses came to the Western ranges and how trouble comes when the meat hunters found they could get good prices for wild horses. Big Red is a wild stallion trying to save his small band of mares from them. 163 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG. Illus. by Crowell Pers. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Caxton Printers, Ltd Hardcover
1910DEMO016556INew York & Newark: Barse & Hopkins Circa 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Plates by Hugo Von Hofsten. Octavo 45 62pp. red cloth pictorial label on top cover. Unaccountably Scarce. <br/><br/>A curiouser & curiouser combination joins Moore's classic poem with a number of anonymous Christmas poems with others: part two of this is Montgomery's story of cows and calves -and nothing Christmas-y must be for the non-Christians. Montgomery was best-known for the Billy Whiskers adventures which were illustrated by Chicago's Swede Hugo von Hofsten who provided 4 color plates and numerous other black-and-white drawings here. Issued in the Pleasant Hour Series. Nancy H. Marshall Night Before Christmas collection 185 Barse & Hopkins hardcover
1990169<p>Good condition light scuffing to covers minor wear at corners. Alfred A. Knopf 1990. Miniature Soft Cover Book. Approximate size is 4-3/4" x 4". <br /><br /></p> Alfred A. Knopf paperback
1979002752Ann Arbor MI: Bear Claw Press 1979. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo wrappers <br/><br/>Inscribed by the illustrator Tom Pohrt to Dorothy Sloan in 1986. Bear Claw Press paperback
195709238New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1957. Red hardcover cloth binding square and tight with very light soiling. Name written neatly in ink ffep. Stain inside back cover bleeds to back blank endpaper - does not affect story. Unpaginated. Inteiro clean and bright with some minor wear to pages. Easy to read chapter book about Jim and Sue and their Sheltie Corky which Uncle Angus gave them for Christmas. Scarce title. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Saxon Charles D. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Dodd Mead & Co. Hardcover
1946012621Indianapolis - New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc. 1946. Blue hardcover cloth binding with gilt titles clean square and tight. Bumped corners. Clean and tight interior. 284 pages Author a former football star from Brown University who was also a professional wrestler. He acted in a few movies and toward the end of his life lectured at civic clubs and schools. 2nd in the Awol series about a heroic and lovable Doberman Pinscher. This title has the dog honorable discharged from the service with his master George Stanhope to the mysterious continent of Australia. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing. Illus. by Thorne Diana. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. Hardcover
19482T3406New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1948. A very good to fine orange hard cover. Clean and bright. Third printing. . 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine. Illus. by Brown Paul. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover
1976007406New York: Drake Publishers Inc. 1976. 4to size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 192 glossy pages including index. From dust jacket: "This book answers every question you could ask about selecting a pedigreed dog as a pet. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs of most popular breeds it describes the history development and characteristics of dogs large and small - and how the temperament of each breed must influence your choice." Moderate wear to jacket with abrasion to top and bottom of jacket spine book appear to have some water damage. We note a small light stain on the bottom left corner of dust jacket and textural changes starting on fep and on the top and top margin of the pages decreasing in size through about page 125. Dealer Direct Payment Only. Hard Cover. Acceptable/Good. Illus. by Troy Suzanne. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Drake Publishers Inc. Hardcover
199671514NY: Hyperion 1996. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Wegman on the title page. "to Jeff heartsign Batty" and below his drawing of Battina's face he has written "William Wegman 98." Full color photographs. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Inscribed by Author with Drawing. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hyperion Hardcover
1969biblio553<p>Dust jacket is very worn now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside both ends. No Awards listed past 1969 see photos. Book itself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book 1069 on dj. Printing Line 697071727387654321.</p> Harper & Row Pub. hardcover
1939106001<p>Square Folio 13" x 10"0 illustrated paper wrappers. Illustrated. 14 pp. Minor writing on front cover corner chip missing on rear cover only affecting the letter T some edgewear and edge folds normal aging; otherwise very good and generally bright and clean. Attractive illustrations by Milo Winter are featured in this version of a classic tale. Winter 1888-1956 was a talented book illustrator that also did illustrations for an edition of Alice in Wonderland. # 106001</p> Merrill Publishing Co.,
