Handforth Thomas, First Edition (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Handforth, Thomas (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Early X-LIB prt of this 1939 CALDECOTT MEDAL. Book & DJ (has 2.75 price) are x-library, just good.Missing title/copyright page. All other pages intact & unmarked. DJ is not glued to book. SCANS AVAILABLE. (circa early 1940's). Tan cloth with attractive design showing Mei Li and her brother. ATTRACTIVE READING COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thomas Handforth (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Orange cloth over boards with title and decoration in gray and rust. No DJ. Imaginative black & white illustrations throughout. Interior Pages are clean and bright, no tears, folds or writing.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ (in mylar). Thomas Handforth Vignettes (illustrator). First Edition. Clean textblock; clean and sound binding. Price-clipped dust jacket has moderate loss, with closed tears and creases to extremities. 61 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ in soiled & chipped dustjacket. 61 pgs, cloth. Account of Chinese-American relations from early times to the war years of the flying Tigers. 2-color vignette illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Macmillan Company. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 56pp., cover light shelf wear to edges and corners, spine lightly faded, front cover small crease at top edge, light soiling, otherwise good; light foxing scattered throughout text block, edges of text block foxed, pages legible and otherwise unmarked. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Oblong folio. Near fine in internally repaired good only dustwrapper with some chipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 34pp. Profusely and beautifully illustrated by Handforth. Decorated endpapers and first and last illustrations are in color with charming b&w line drawings on every page. Woven pink spine cloth with purple illustrated boards. Only a hint of rubbing to very edge of boards. Pink pictorial dustjacket has long tear to front, small edge tear to rear panel and light edge-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Stated First Edition. Oversized (folio) hardback bound in decorated orange cloth which is lightly soiled.Ê Gift note dated Christmas 1938 on the half title page and second modern gift note on front end paper verso, else unmarked. No jacket. Caldecott winner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ths FIRST edition is from 1938 with clean interior pages and a brown cloth cover showing slight edge wear. It is story about a Chinese family living near the Great Wall.There is no dust jacket. Picture available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardcover in Fine unclipped dust jacket in brodart. Signed by Handforth on the second free end paper. First Edition later printing. Unpaginated. Clean, tight and bright. No writing or marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. "First Edition" stated. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine. The spine ends are bumped, lettering on spine rubbed, some old glue residue stains to front and rear hinges. The dust jacket has chips to the corners and spine ends. A 3" larger piece is missing from the upper, rear. There is a 1/2" chip at mid-spine area. Price clipped. Winner of the Caldecott Award but there is NO award sticker to the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Stated on the copyright page. SIGNED by Handforth on a tipped in page. Caldecott Medal label affixed to the half title page, after the book won the award. Owner name on front endpaper, covers moderately soiled, slight bumping to spine ends, still a very good copy with clean contents and solid binding. Lacking the dust jacket. The second Caldecott winner.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Thomas Handforth (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Orange cloth with gilt titling and Chinese characters on front cover, sunned area at top of spine and along tope edge, internally bright and clean; color pictorial dust jacket is missing a 1.5" piece at top of spine, and at front fold, smaller edge chips. The story of a little Chinese girl and her experiences at the New Year's Fair. Marvelous b&w illustrations throughout give the reader a good sense of fun and offer a glimpse into Chinese culture as it was perceived at that time. The book was published at a time when interest in the Far East was particularly high, so it was met with great critical acclaim and success. Peterson & Solt C4 and Bader pg. 57. Rare Caldecott Award Winner. Size: 4to.

First edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, chipped, else very good copy. (91722).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Caldecott Medal book. Wonderful black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket has original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap. Moderate chipping at the corners and spine ends. A small piece missing on top of front panel and also bottom of back panel, and apiece missing at top of rear panel too. A couple of closed tears. Some wear along edges, corners and spine.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. First edition, no mention of other printings on copyright page. Caldecott Medal Winner. Book near fine, minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket very good, minor wear, tanning to spine.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. First edition, as stated on copyright page. Second Caldecott Award Winner. Book near fine, couple of corners and spine ends very slightly bumped. Dust jacket very good, a few of closed tears, some wear and rubbing and chipping along edges.Comes in custom-made slipcase.

First edition. Signed first edition of this beautifully illustrated Caldecott winner (the second year of the award) from Thomas Handforth. Mei Liwas based on Handforth's experiences in China on a Guggenheim Fellowship working as a graphic artist, where he spent six years. 4to, unpaginated. Signed by Handforth on the front flyleaf. Orange cloth boards stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in illustrated jacket. Gilt dulled, some foxing along joints. Jacket rubbed along folds, spine faded and with some shallow chipping along upper edge, spine and corners. Very good.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. Signed first edition of this early Caldecott winner, the story of a little Chinese girl who is determined to show that she belongs at the New Year Fair - this copy owned by a librarian on the Caldecott Award Selection Committee. Published in the midst of growing American sympathies for the Chinese as the Japanese invaded, MEI LI draws on Thomas Handforth's own experiences living in China on a Guggenheim fellowship. Handforth taught himself lithography in order to have more control over the artistic process involved, which comes through beautifully in his illustrations of Mei Li as she adventures through the New Year Fair. MEI LI earned the second Caldecott Medal ever awarded in 1939; this book also contains the ownership signature of Marian Young, a prominent librarian based in Detroit and member of the Caldecott Award Selection Committee, of which she would later become Chairman. A terrific association. 12'' x 9''. Original orangle cloth binding with gilt lettering. Original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Yellow and orange cartographic endpapers, showing the route from MEI LI's home to the city. Illustrated in black and white. [26] leaves. Signed by Handforth to half-title page, with Caldecott Medal bookplate pasted in above. Jacket with chips to spine ends, several closed tears and attendant tape repairs to verso. Book with a bit of soil to edges, a few leaves with faint fingersoil. Firm. Very good plus in very good jacket. Signed.

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First printing of this early Caldecott winner, the story of a little Chinese girl who is determined to show that she belongs at the New Year Fair - in notably sharp condition. Published in the midst of growing US sympathies for the Chinese as the Japanese invaded, MEI LI draws on Thomas Handforth's own experiences living in China on a Guggenheim fellowship. Handforth taught himself lithography in order to have more control over the artistic process involved, which comes through beautifully in his illustrations of Mei Li as she adventures through the New Year Fair. MEI LI earned the second Caldecott Medal ever awarded in 1939 - it is unusual to find copies in such excellent condition. 12'' x 9''. Original orangle cloth binding with gilt lettering. Original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Yellow and orange cartographic endpapers, showing the route from MEI LI's home to the city. Illustrated in black and white. [52] pages. Jacket with mild edgewear, a bit of sunning to top edge; a couple tiny closed tears. Binding with a hint of bumping to spine ends. Tight.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Handforth Thomas (illustrator). First. This Book Has Been Hand Set In 18 Pointweiss Type By Invincible Typographers Inc, The Illustrations Were Specially Reproduced On Copper Plates, First Printing, First Edition, 1939 Caldecott Medal Winner.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket orange with pictorial imagery, though spine and extremities of boards have faded to yellow. Spine with black titling. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; price uncut: "$2.00." Chips missing to head and tail of spine, with head chipping extending slightly onto both covers. Minor chipping and wear to extremities. Board edges slightly faded at extremities. Pictorial end papers. Signed flat by Handforth on second free endpaper. Caldecott award sticker affixed to half-title page. RB Consignment. Shelved in Case 14. Mei Li was the second recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration, which it won in 1939. Based on "the real Mei Li, a little girl living in the next compound in Peiping" (rear flap), Mei Li ventures out to attend the Chinese New Year festivities and attempts to prove her brother wrong, when he asks "What can a girl do at the Fair?" (page [6]). 1347583. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing bound in the ORIGINAL orange cloth with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with NO chips or tears. This original First Issue dustjacket has the price present on the front flap with slight wear to the spine and edges. The book is in wonderful shape. The binding is tight, with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.

First edition. First edition. (First printing with stated "First edition" on copyright page.) Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with short closed tears and a small scrape to front panel, spine panel sunned, small chip to rear panel. The second Caldecott winner.

First edition, signed by the author on the first blank. Mei Li won the Caldecott Medal for 1939 and is an early example of a US children's book with an Asian main character. This copy has the bookplate of Julia F. Carter (1884-1980), the first full-time children's librarian at the New York Public Library. Carter was on the Caldecott selection committee in its early years. Quarto. Illustrations in text. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover with calligraphic title in gilt, pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine ends and head of boards sunned; jacket unclipped, spine sunned, some chipping and closed tears: a very good copy in like jacket.