Condition: Good. First edition copy. . (children's stories).
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . (children's stories).
Published by Cupples & Leon, 1916
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Small book (4" x 5.5") c1914. Binding cracked in the middle with one signature at the beginning detached, laid in. Covers are good, with some wear at corners but pictures bright. Dust jacket soiled, with tears and back flap missing. As pictured with this listing. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Published by Cupples & Leon, New York, NY, 1914
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 24mo (14 x 10 cm). 47 pp. Illustrated brown paper covers with black titles to upper and spine. Spine loose (showing webbing) and missing 4 cm to head. PO owner inscription (1929) to front free endpaper. Rest of text block loose and unmarked.
Language: English
Published by Cupples & Leon Co., US, 1929
Seller: WBookBear, Woodlawn, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. John Gruelle, Thelma Gooch, L. Kirby Parrish, Gladys Hall, Lucy Renouf, Dick Hartley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Beautiful colour illustrations of classic children's stories by legendary illustrators. No DJ. Orange cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine, plain white eps. Some corner, spine-end and shelf wear/bumping. Gift inscription written in large pencil on inside front cover to child from Nanny. Pages are very clean and uncreased. None of my books are ex-library, remainders or bce unless specified.
Published by Cupples & Leon Company, New York, 1914
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. L. Kirby-Parrish and Dick Hartley (illustrator). 48pp. Twenty-fourmo [14 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a brown printed title and two illustrated paper labels on the front cover. Good only. The backstrip is gone. There is a loss from the paper of the front board that measures 1 and 1/2 inches tall by 1/2 inch at its widest. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The gatherings at the beginning are a little loose. There is a small abraded patch on p. 48, obscuring one word. This tiny part of the text is adhered to the opposite page. Part of The All About Series. With illustrations by L. Kirby-Parrish and Dick Hartley.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Hartley, Dick; Kirby-Parrish, L. (illustrator). All About Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter with illustrations by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish. Red Paper boards with illustrated pastedown. Corners and the head/tale/edge of the spine are worn through (see picture). Good+ Condition. Front and rear hinges are intact, but the binding is loose. No marks on the text block. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Sweet illustrations throughout. ; Color Illustrations; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 47 pages.
Published by Cupples & Leon Company, 1914
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Red cover with dry mounted rabbits pictorial is worn through at corners and lacking spine strip but clean. Boards are straight. Binding is tight. Sweet gift inscription on front end sheet from a teacher to her first grade studen. Pages are have been gently loved. .; 47 pages.
Published by Cupples & Leon Company, NY, 1914
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover with brown paper over boards, colorful illustrations across front cover, dark brown lettering across cover and along spine. Undersized, roughly 5.5" tall by 4" wide. Crown and foot of spine bumped, one small dark stain at center of spine. No text rendered illegible, paper over boards fully intact. No date on title page. Copyright page dated only 1914. 48 pages. Features beautiful full color illustrations on every other page, alongside smaller black and white illustrations throughout the text. Binding cracked between pages 24 and 25, revealing a glimpse of the backing linen. Binding along spine also loose but not pulled away from binding of pages. Pages clean and bright, illustrations in pristine condition. Please email us with questions or to request photos.
Published by Cupples & Leon, New York, 1914
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Color and b/w Illustrations By Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-parrish (illustrator). First Thus. In red boards with black titling and pictorial label to upper cover, 32mo, 47pp. 8 color illustrated plates. (heavy wear and rubbing to extrmeities, spine perished, crudely repaired with tape, block sewing loose, soiling to edges and some pages). A restoration/reading copy only. sold as-is. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Book.
Language: English
Published by Cupples & Leon, New York, 1920
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Pictures By Dick Hartly and L. Kirby-Parrish (illustrator). Early Edition. 47 Pp.Red Boards Lettered In Black, Cover Illustrated Mounted On Front Cover Copyright 1914, This Title First In List Of Ten In Series On Copyright Page, The Last One Having Been Published In 1918, So This Volume Published Circa 1918/1920? Boards Clean And Bright, Paste-On Illustration Complete, No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. Slight Wear At Corners.
Published by Cupples & Leon, New York, 1916
Seller: Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good hardcover, has a short gift inscription on the front endpaper. Binding is slightly canted. Minor wear to board edges. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 48 pages.
Language: English
Published by Cupples & Leon Co. New York, 1930
Seller: book-link, Nufringen, BW, Germany
Mappe. Condition: Sehr gut. 142 11,5x15x3 cm._Mappe_Englisch_142 s._371 g. J25-W09-329 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 371.
Published by Cupples & Leon Company, New York, 1923
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Katy, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gruelle, John B.; Dick Hartley; L. Kirby-Parrish (illustrator). (Gruelle, Johnny) illustrator. THE LITTLE RED HEN GIFT BOX: LITTLE RED HEN HERSELF AND THREE POPULAR BOOKS FOR KIDDIES; COMPLETE WITH MINT CONDITION CELLULOID RATTLE TOY AS ISSUED. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, circa 1923. Cupples & Leon introduced their "All About Gift Box" line in 1923. Packaged in sectioned lithographed boxes with pictorial lids, each set contained three books, usually including one illustrated by Gruelle, and a celluloid character toy. The original retail price of these sets was $1.50 each. The contents of the Little Red Hen Gift Box Set is as follows: 1) ALL ABOUT THE LITTLE SMALL RED HEN, illustrated by John B. Gruelle. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1917). 24mo - 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". Gray paper covered boards with titles stamped in dark blue to front cover and spine, color pictorial paste-on within a stamped dark blue decorative border to front cover with no signs of handling or wear. Original publisher's dust jacket replicating the design of the book with the addition of publisher's advertisement to back panel, with minor wear to the corners and edges, two 1-1/8" long closed tears to the edges of the upper panel, both with cello tape repairs to verso, back panel and rear flap fold both with a 1" long closed tear, and overall somewhat dusty. 48 pp. 8 full page color illustrations by Gruelle. 3/4" long closed tear to lower edge of both FFEP and half-title page. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. The condition of the dust jacket is GOOD. 2) ALL ABOUT THE THREE BEARS, pictured by L. Kirby-Parrish & Dick Hartley. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1914). 24mo - 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". Brown paper covered boards with titles stamped in dark brown to front cover and spine, two color pictorial paste-ons within two stamped dark brown decorative borders to front cover with no signs of handling or wear. Original publisher's dust jacket in the same format as The Little Small Red Hen, with a 1/2" long closed tear to upper edge of front panel and a 1-1/4" long closed tear to lower edge of front panel for what is a bright, clean copy of the dust jacket. 48 pp. 8 full page color illustrations by Kirby-Parrish and Hartley. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust jacket is VERY GOOD +. 3) ALL ABOUT THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, pictured by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby-Parrish. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1914). 24mo - 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". Tan paper covered boards with titles stamped in navy to front cover and spine, color pictorial paste-on within a stamped navy decorative border to front cover with no signs of handling or wear. Original publisher's dust jacket in the same format as the other two, with two closed tears to the upper edge of front panel, one 3/8" long and one 3/4" long, for what is a bright, clean copy of the dust jacket. 47 pp. 8 full page color illustrations by Hartley and Kirby-Parrish. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust jacket is NEAR FINE. 4) A 5-1/4" x 2" celluloid Little Red Hen rattle toy that is in pristine condition with no signs of handling or wear. The condition of the celluloid rattle toy is NEAR MINT. 5) Red paper covered two-part board box measuring 6-3/4" x 5-3/4" x 2" with a large color pictorial paste-on to the lid, with a tiny chip to the right edge of paste-on, wear to the corners and edges of the lid, and overall sunning to the red paper covering the box. The condition of the box is VERY GOOD. No copies of this "All About Gift Box" set located on WorldCat. EXCEEDINGLY RARE, and really a wonderful survival.