Language: English
Published by The Horn Book Inc., Boston, 1965
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 16mo. Decorated boards. 3rd printing. 57pp. Illustrated in color and b&w, including fold-outs. Tiny address sticker at top of front end-paper. End-papers discolored. Else very good.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book, Inc, Boston, MA, 1972
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 24mo,57 pgs., illustrated, also includes fold-out map and fold-out of Royal Battledore, pages clean and tight, bound in decorative paper over hard boards. A nice clean copy.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book, Inc., Boston, 1942
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 58 pages, with illustrations, tipped-in illustrations and 2 fold-outs, as issued. Trivial wear only.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Boston, 1942; appears rebound in cardboard covers with original spine; mild shelf wear; 24mo, less than 5 3/4" tall; illustrated end papers; Interior is clean and unmarked; 57 pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book, Inc., Boston, 1942
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Former owner name neatly penned on front end paper otherwise like new copy. Illustrated throughout, includes fold-out map and fold-out of Royal Battledore, 57 pages plus one page ad for Horn-books& Battledore.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Language: English
Published by Horn Book, Incorporated, 1947
ISBN 10: 0876750153 ISBN 13: 9780876750155
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Horn Book, Incorporated, 1947
ISBN 10: 0876750153 ISBN 13: 9780876750155
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor wear to dust jacket edges, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 527 pages.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book, Boston, MA, 1972
ISBN 10: 0876750854 ISBN 13: 9780876750858
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover presents with minor corner wear and light rubbing. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" Tall.
Published by The Horn Book, Inc., 1942
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in stiff cardboard, 3-1/2x5-1/2 inches, 57 pages. Reading copy only, with heavy rubs to cover spine nearly wiping off title lettering, bb-sized chip in middle of spine exposing binding, faint water stain to top edge of front cover, some browning to edges of interior pages. Otherwise, tight, sound, unmarked copy with minimal page wear. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.
Language: English
Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VERY GOOD. First edition. Contains five plays for children: Guki the Moon Boy, Jacquenetta and the Queen's Gown, The Princess and the Crystal Pipe, The King's Cobbler, The Gift of Love. Illustrated by Decie Merwin. 155 pp and notes on production. Illustrated endpapers. Very good in black cloth with small pasted on label on spine, no dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 11 x 8.5 in. xvi, 477 pp. b/w illustrations throughout. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Light wear to board edges and spine-ends with small tear to cloth at crown of spine. Jacket chipped at spine-ends and bottom edge of front pane, toned. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, now in protective mylar cover.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Large Octavo. xvi, 477 pp. b/w illustrations throughout. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Light wear to board edges and spine-ends with small tear to cloth at crown of spine. Jacket chipped at spine-ends and bottom edge of front pane, toned. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, now in protective mylar cover.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book Inc., Boston, 1970
ISBN 10: 0876750153 ISBN 13: 9780876750155
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1947 edition. Clean, crisp and unmarked. 527pp. Dust jacket is very slightly rubbed and toned. New mylar cover. A really lovely copy. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
Language: English
Published by The Horn Book Inc., Boston, 1947
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Profusely Illustrated with Black and White Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. 527 Clean Pages. Ex-Library With The Usual Minor Internal Library And "Discarded" Stamps. No Pocket. No Stamps On Page Ends. No Library Stamps On Spine. Gilt Top Edges. An Important Reference Book For Any Children's Book Collector.
Language: English
Published by Horn Book, NY, 1958
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1ST ED, 3RD PRT. Profusely illus. An essential reference for collector's of children's books! 299pp. NOT X-LIB. Marks the progress made in children's books during the expansive years from 1946-1956. NEAR FINE IN LIKE DJ.
Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, 1928
Seller: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Decie Merwin (illustrator). 155 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with black & white drawings by Decie Merwin. Record # 509652.
Published by The Horn Book, Inc., Boston, 1942
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
vi, 57 [1] pp. Illustrated, including tip-ins and a folding map. 16mo, publisher's lettered boards. Light tanning and use to boards; tight and sound.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. signed by author Bertha Mahony No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.
Published by Horn Book,, Boston:, 1942
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrations include 8 tipped-in plates and a fold-out map. First edition. Duodecimo. Moderate shelf wear and aging, foxing on front cover, previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper, else very good in gray paper covered boards. No dust jacket. ; 57 pages.
Published by The Horn Book Inc, Boston, 1970
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by Horn Book Company, Boston, 1947
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. xvi+527 pages with illustrations, figures, bibliographies and appendix. Quarto (10 3/4" x 9 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter grey cloth with black label to spine in gilt lettering over pictorial boards. Article form St Nicholas Volume XLI, Number 3 with biography of Arthur Racham by Eleanor Farjeon with his illustratins laid in. First edition, Limited to 5000 copies. Discusses the history and development of illustration in children's books and includes biographies of over 350 illustrators. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, insect damage to spine heal, previous owner's inscription on front end paper else about very good.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1928
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Early printing. 155pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black paper over boards. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped; cloth at the head of the spine slightly frayed; text block beginning to crack at the center. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. Plays with fairy themes.
Published by Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 218-296 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece of Frederic G. Melcher; contents include: The Beginnings of a Legend Fred Melcher by Margery Quigley, Children's Books in a Democracy by James Daugherty, A Note of James Daugherty by Lynd Ward, Working Together on Books for Children by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire by Bertha E. Mahony and Marguerite M. Mitchell, Leslie Brooke by Marcia Dalphin, Midsummer Book List by Alice M. Jordan, In Mr. Newbery's Bookshop by Alice Dalgliesh, and Listen, Music! by Clarissa Lorenz; stamped on front wrap and wraps are lightly soiled else very good.
Published by Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 138-216 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece of Arthur Rackham; contents include: The Genius of Arthur Rackham by Robert Lawson, Arthur Rackham and "The Wind in the Willows" by George Macy, The Home of the Wee Folk by P. G. Konody, Books of the Spring by Alice M. Jordan, The Three Owls' Notebook by Anne Carroll Moore, Two Poems by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Guide to Treasure by Bertha Mahony, Paul Bransom by Dorothy Lathrop, and a Bibliography of Children's Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham by Sarah Briggs Latimore and Grace Clark Haskell; name stamped on front wrap and wraps are lightly soiled else very good.
Published by Boston: The Horn Book, Inc., 1940, 1940
8vo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 74-136 pages; black and white illustrations including a frontispiece from David and Jonathan by James Daugherty; contents include: Reading with Children by Anne T. Eaton, Beauty by E-Yeh-Shure, Children?s Books at Home and Abroad by Ruth Enke, The Three Owls? Notebook by Anne Carroll Moore, The Seed Shop by Muriel Stuart, Word Collecting by Constance Wellman, Words by Frances Frost, Writing for Children by Lavinia R. Davis, Design in Children?s Books by Dorothy Waughan David?s City by Sonia Daugherty; wraps are lightly soiled else very good.