Published by Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. DJ price clipped with smudges, browning and chipping. Boards sunned.
hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Shahn, Ben (illustrator). Quarto ( approx. 7 5/8" wide by 10 1/8" tall), beige cloth covers with coppery-colored titles. [iv] 57 [3] pages. "A collection of old and new words, including those to be said in singing moods, words for times of day, and rude names for nitwits. Defines such words as gongoozler, tantony, and cosse." ".ideally, it is a book for parents to read aloud to children, or adults to read to one another, and they may be surprised all over by some of the ways words have." 91 whimsical drawings by Ben Shahn Studio.
Published by Little, Brown & Co., c.1958,, 1958
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover, Condition: Good, Little, Brown & Co., c.1958, 1st., 10-1/4"x7-3/4", cloth, 57pp., water speckling to front cover, ow G in soiled & chipped & delicate dj $.
Published by New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1991
ISBN 10: 0810936550 ISBN 13: 9780810936553
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Condition: Good. Original boards, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1958
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 7.5 x 10.25in. 57pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a hint of toning at the spine, small sticker shadow at the front endpaper, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities with slight loss, spine lightly toned and rubbed, panels lightly toned, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. G/G. (1958). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 57 pp., Dj price-clipped, spine tips frayed, cover edges faded, .