Edith Craine (192 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very first book in the 4-volume Airplane Girl series, written by a woman ( Edith Janice Craine) under a male pseudonym. Just two years after Amelia Earhart made news for being the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic in a plane, & 2 years before she would pilot her own plane in the first transatlantic flight by a woman, this series introduced Roberta Langwell, a "modern young aviatrix who knows no fear," designed to inspire girls ages 10-16. A FIRST EDITION, unknown printing, from 1930, this 12mo has green cloth-covered boards ruled & lettered in black to front & spine. Condition is Good: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, front one starting. Pages heavily tanned, particularly around edges, commensurate with age; completely unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen to ffep. Moderate rubbing & bumping to extremities. Unfortunately, no DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition; First Printing. Blue boards, illustration inset on front. Light rubbing and edgewear.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. gold c w/black titles, lite soiling; 224 unmarked, clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. lite green c w/black titles; owner's name; 201 clean, unmarked pages.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Airplane Boys Discover the Secrets of Cuzco. Book.

Condition: VERY GOOD. Reprint. An appealing juvenile mystery featuring the Half Dozen, children of a cartoonist and a writer, ranging from 13 year old twins, the Maxes, down to 7 year old Robert. 312 pp. Very good in blue cloth with black lettering, no dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Comme neuf. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, As new. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Binding is nice, pages are unmarked, some wear.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/chipping, small tears; owner's name; 240 unmarked, clean pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kurt Wiese (illustrator). First Edition. Red cloth-boards, pictorial hardback with no creases to the boards' corners. Minor edgewear to the cloth at along the bottom. Primary school-level reader. Outstanding full-page color crayon-style drawings. The story about a lost little dog that joins the circus. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dorothy Lake Gregory (illustrator). 1st Edition. Octavo, hardcover, a newar fine copy in blue boards with bright paste-on. Very well preserved, only minor rubbing and minimal edgewear. Binding tight, clean and unmarked. 4 color plates. 129 pages. 10 chapters including water-pail bonnet, ride up the canyon, blue ribbon for princess, Phil comes home. First printing.

Condition: GOOD. Early printing. An adventure story for boys which starts when 15 year old David, having just been sentenced to the House of Correction, seizes his opportunity to escape in the back of a moving van. 246 pp. Good in red cloth with gilt lettering, box on front cover, prev owner's name dated 1933, some spine slant) in a good dust jacket (large chip at top of spine of dj, several smaller chips).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Green cloth, edge rubbed, with lower bumped corners. Page edges are age tanned. In edge worn but bright DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 209 pages.

Condition: GOOD. Early printing. The second book in the Airplane Boys series, featuring Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell and their plane, originally published as Airplane Boys Cap Rock, and previously published as Sky Buddies Series #2, "Cap Rock Flyers." 248 pp. Good only in green cloth with pasted on illustration on front cover (tear to top of spine covering, gift inscription dated Christmas 1933).

Condition: VERY GOOD. Early printing. The first book in the Airplane Boys series, featuring Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell and their plane, originally published as Airplane Boys on the Borderline, and previously published as Sky Buddies Series #1, "The Air Mystery of Isle La Motte. 246 pp. Very good in red cloth with pasted on illustration on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In blue cloth with soiling to page edges. Pictorial paper label on front board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. No Jacket. General surface and edge wear to the cover. The corners have been bumped. The boards are beginning to show in the corners. Previous owner's name inside. Book tape is visible on the inside of both covers. Pages show reader wear and have some soiling. A few of the pages have creases. Binding is tight and pages are secure. **'This special edition is published by arrangement with the publishers of the regular edition Albert Whitman & Company.'** Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/lite chipping, price clippeed, in mylar; blue c w/black titles, lite wear only; ; 240 unmarked, clean pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Dorothy Lake Gregory, Illustrator (illustrator). 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition with paste-on color illustration on cover, gold lettering and line border on cover; gold lettering on spine. Light surface wear to edges, no fraying. A little light scratching to cover illustration. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Pages are clean. Illustrated with full page color plates and drawings by Dorothy Lake Gregory. 129 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Dorthy Lake Gregory (illustrator). Very Good Condition. Blue Board cloth with paste down picture on cover. Picture has damage to the eye of the man (see picture). Previous owner's markings on the front free end paper. No marks on the text block. Pages slightly toned due to age.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Kurt Weise (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial red cloth binding with paper cover art plate slightly rubbed at extremities; short closed tear across backstrip cloth; front board lightly scuffed; small dampstain & small number in ink on rear board; a few margins, leaf edges smudged, else a very tight, clean book, with bright, clear ils. No dj. ; Many wonderful color ils. by Kurt Weise.; JUNIOR PRESS BOOKS Series; Large 8vo; 63 pages.

Condition: New. In.