Teacups (3 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by 4 TEACUPS DJ COVER ART (illustrator). 1st Edition,5p; 1098765pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S16.00) DUST JACKET; DJ STATES "GUARANTEED REINFIRCED BINDING". Metalic red titles on blue spine strip. mustard yellow hard covers.Black titles on blue dust jacket.all nice.; 163pg pages; (Newbery Medal Book).E. L. Konigsburg, who has produced a Newbery Medal-winning children's tale to rival her classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which won the Newbery Medal almost 30 years ago. The new book centers around a group of four brilliant, shy 12-year-olds and the tea party they have each Saturday morning. Konigsburg's wacky erudition and her knack for offbeat characters make this a funny and endearing story of friendship.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. First edition of Over the Teacups, inscribed by the author, Oliver Wendell Holmes. (illustrator). First Edition, Second State. Octavo, [2], 319pp, [3]. Olive green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover, gilt floral border on front cover, floral border stamped in blind on rear cover. Top edge gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners. This is the second state printing, with Over the Teacups priced at $1.50 in the advertisement opposite the title page. Binding "variant A." Housed in a green cloth chemise within a custom quarter morocco slipcase with green cloth boards, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands. (Ives 196) (BAL 9027). Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "Oliver Wendell Holmes for Miss Emma Hitt Harris - Boston. October 9th, 1891.". Signed.