Bedknobs Broomsticks: Books, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In very good condition. Sticker affixed to front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Walt Disney Motion Picture (illustrator). 1st Edition. Adapted from book and movie by Disney for young readers. Naboombu is an enchanted island which has one problem, the King, was a proud bullying lion. However, when he tried bullying Miss Price (a good witch) he learned not to abuse his power! Pages not numbered. Child sized hardcover with red paper boards has stapled binding and shows wear along edges with missing chips in spine (stabilized with tape). Interior is tight and clean, but has child's scrawls in sky which does not affect legibility. Copyright 1971. Promoted both as "A Whitman Tell-A-Tale Book" and as an Authorized Edition based on the Walt Disney motion picture. Produced in U.S.A. Details of edition and print-run info not found. Whitman catalog: 2541. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Thanks for Looking! Prior Owner Name No Value.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Book is clean and tight. Record is in good shaper. Book.

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. slight wear cover edges, small price sticker front cover, otherwise comic book clean and tight. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Illustrated Cover. Condition: Good. Walt Disney Studios (illustrator). 1st Australian Edition. "A" edition. D 125. Black/silver backstrip 50% intact. Previous owner's name whited out at front. Internally clean. Covers slightly soiled and edge worn. We rate this book 8 out of 10!

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto-size. Pictorial papered boards and unlettered black spine, with bottom and top edges of the boards worn, but professionally and lightly repaired, some small repairs at the head and tail of the spine, nicely done, otherwise good in a good pictorial dustjacket with some professionally closed tears and a couple thumbnail-size restored chips (no repairs affecting either the lettering or the illustration). The original $ price is intact on the jacket's flap. though scuffed a bit where a later price-sticker has been removed. British author's first book, first published in the USA in 1943 and published in England two years later, in 1945, most likely due to war-time restrictions, with different illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. This title, and a sequel, "Bonfires and Broomsticks", in 1947, became the basis for popular Disney film in 1971, "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". In fact, Norton would go on to have a long career as a writer of children's books, notably the Borrowers series, also much filmed. Copies of this somewhat fragile American edition usually turn up in a battered state, and copies in dustjacket are exceptionally uncommon. Pierce's colour illustrations are charming, and the story is witty and observant, told in the amusing style that the author was to use to wonderful effect with the Borrowers. Scan available on request.

First editions, first printings. Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1945-7. These are very good copies. The first title, 'The Magic Bedknob', published on pictorial cloth, is slightly rubbed at the front and rear panels. It is beautifully illustrated by Kiddell Monroe. The rear panel is markedly clean however, without handling marks. The text blocks are markedly clean throughout, as are the internal pages which are free from previous owner's ink. The second title, 'Bedknobs & Broomsticks' is bright in the Mary Adshead dust wrapper. It has some separation at each corner with some closed tears to the edges. The illustrations remain bright. It has been price clipped, but has two original stickers to the bottom end of the front flap, '9/6' and '8/6'. There is a previous owner's inscription to the verso of the front fly. The text blocks are free from foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy. Two stories full of magic, which inspired the 1971 film by Disney. Norton's first children's title.