Billy Whiskers, First Edition (61 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Hugo Von Hofsten (illustrator). First Edition. Small 4to. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-covered boards. 152pp. Color illustrations. Covers edge-worn. Spine banged & worn, with small pieces missing. Internally good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint edition; 1st Printing Thus. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 155 pages; Trade size paperback little wear to note. Text block clean and pages tight. Illustrated by Arthur DeBebian.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Owner's name inside cover. Text is clean. Cover is bright but soiled and worn on edges. Binding is good. No page numbers but about 3/4" thick.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in color illustrated board panels, has black & white illustrations throughout volume. Shows scuffed bumped corners and overall wear to extremes. 158 pgs. Size: 6 1/2" X 7 1/2".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hugo Von Hofsten (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small quarto, hardcover, hinges cracked, gift note on endpaper, light wear to corners and spine extremities else good in tan pictorial boards. Nice color frontis. first edition. 139 deckled pages. 18 chapters beginning with "Billy plans to leave home", followed by his adventures at farm, fair, in storm etc. and finally the return of Billy and Frisky.Published in August of 1906.

Illus. Bds. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Missing cloth on spine and small chips missing on edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition 1987 in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Olive green cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt and black. Nicely preserved copy shows minor rubbing to extremities, with light surface rubbing/flecking to portions of front cover, mild spotting in a few areas of back cover. Firm binding, clean interior. 157,[3] pp., [6] color plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. DeBebian, Arthur (illustrator). First Thus. Former Owners Inscription On Ffp. A Few Stains On Pages Throughout. Paper On Half Of Spine Worn Off. Fragile Pags. Foxing Throughout And On Cover. Some Smudges On White Parts Of Cover. Cracked Hinge. An Overall Neat Little Old Book. Email For Pictures!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt and black. Nicely preserved copy shows slightly rubbed extremities, typical tanning along text block edges. Firm binding, clean interior. 139,[1] pp., [6] color plates. Color illus. dust jacket shows significant loss at top front panel corner, lower front panel and lower spine panel, along a portion of top rear edge, and a section of lower rear panel, rubbed folds, now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt and black. Cloth flecked along portions of front joint and bottom edges, with spotting toward edges of both covers. Firm binding, clean interior. 139,[1] pp., [6] color plates. Color illus. dust jacket shows loss to spine extremities and several small edge chips and tears, with several creases, lacking front flap, now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Arthur DeBebian (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in black and gilt showing Billy, in gilt, butting his head against a wood fence. Platt & Munk does not designate its edition or printings, but this stamped illus. cover appears to precede the later color pastedown variant. Mild shelf wear, slight surface loss on a few areas of the spine panel, a few light surface marks to lower front cover corner, top rear corner slightly rubbed. All corners, hinges intact. Text block edges somewhat toned by age. 189 pp., color frontis. + 5 additional color plates, with mild foxing to adjacent leaves and to rear flyleaf, interior otherwise clean and intact. Decently preserved. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good covers. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Frances Brundage (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Some rubbing and edgewear to the decorated; Illustrated with drawings throughout. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 158 pages; The book is worn on the spine with wearing to the cover as well, the book is otherwise in fine condition and all of the pages are well taken care of.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Colour Drawings (illustrator). First Thus. Jean Tamburine contributes the colour drawings to this 20 page (vintage) childrens' book . The two young goats, Billy and Nannie, were full of pranks. For instance they ate flowers in Mrs. Runkle's garden. Read about the grocer's boy. Cond: Blue boards and red lettering. Ronnie and three of his goats appear on cover.Colours bright. No names nor marks. Some hinge wear. Binding tight. Collectible ! ! Original selling price - twenty five cents.

Condition: Good +. aFirst Edition First Printing. Shelf 344 Text clean; both hinges cracked and a bit loose; paper lightly browned; FFEP has one inch closed tear at outer edge; minor spine slant; some light rubbing to edges and corners of covers; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, used, green colored cloth with black text on spine and gilt text on upper, 169pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean except former owners name on the front free end paper, binding firm but front hinge weak and started. All of the colored plates are still bound in. Shelf rubbing to exterior, corners slightly bumped and slightly worn, cloth slightly worn at head and tail of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hawthorne, Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has very slight lean to binding, light bumps to spine ends, slight bumps to board corners, some small light stains to edges of text block, and some faint smudges to some pages, otherwise a solid VG copy in clear protective dust jacket which has slight bumps to top of spine and upper corners, faint vertical crease to rear panel, and some faint rubbing.

First Edition. Sequal to Billy Whiskers. Yellow boards with black and gold illo of Mr. Whiskrs, the celebrated goat, smashing a picket fence. Book is VG++, a bit dirty and a very slight amount of edgewear on covers; a crease to pages 109-111, but pages intact. "Becker Private Library Stamped on a fly, and the inside of the cover. Remains of something ade of blue paper on fly.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. DeBebian, Arthur [Illus.] (illustrator). First Edition. Good hardcover, pictorial cover, general wear, pages fragile, Previous owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. significant silverfishing to the boards as shown and some loosening but otherwise clean , free of interior markings and all color illustrations look great Good Plus Condition.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NO DJ issued, 1908, 1st edition,Illustrated Color Cover some rub & wear & small chips, inner Hinge starting, small mended tear couple pages,one page taped back into book, 158 pgs with ads in Back ,rest book resonably tight, VG-/G, AS-IS, NODJ.

First edition. 8vo. 193 pp. Illustrated in color and black & white by Constance Wright. Hardcover binding, pictorial covers, upper hinge loose, overall very good condition. (100758).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. Between Poor and Fair.Loose front and rear hinge and spine covering, foxing,6 coloured and b/w illustrations. 159 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. The interior is a solid fine with no marks. No tears, bends, tanning. Front and rear boards are fine as are hinges. Gold lettering and design is fine. The spine is wrinkled and has a touch of wear at the ends. This is the only aspect that keeps the entire book from fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This 7.375 x 9.25 inch, 183 page hardcover book - with no just jacket - is the assumed first edition of this title by the Saalfield Publishing Company - with the usual lack of edition statement by Saalfield. This copy features blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on front panel - and a gilt decorated goat butting its head into a fence on front panel - with black titling on spine and black goat-head on back panel. The binding in at least very good condition with just touches of wear showing in the blue cloth at the corners, spine edges, and spine crown and foot. The interior pages show two inked inscriptions on the front free endpaper - and laid in loose - are six colorful paper butterflies with the printed small indicator - "Bishop's Butterfly Candy Bar 5 cents." The text pages present the popular Billy Whiskers in another adventure out west - with the six full-page illustrations by F. J. Murch - and with numerous smaller black-and-white illustrations decorating the pages. The text pages are in all but near fine condition with no markings or damage - with just a touch of age-toning to the paper. A nice copy of this Billy Whiskers series of books.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paul Hawthorne (illustrator). First Edition. 1St Edition. Former Owner Inscription On Ffp No Other Markings. Front Hinge Is Cracked But Holding. 6 Great Color Plates. Bright Covers With Little Wear. Email For Pictures. Some Soiling To Page Block Edges But Clean Inside. Gilt Incised Title And Decorative Goat To Front Board, Slight Rubbing To Goat, Blck Incised Goat To Rear Board, Interior Good With Spine Exposed At Title Page, All Pages Intact, 6 Illustrations Bright And Colorful, Great Copy Especially Of A Childrens Book!

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NO DJ issued, 1903, possible 1st edition,Illustrated Color Cover some rub & wear & small chips, Spine Has Tape Repair reinforcement, small mended tear couple pages, ,rest book resonably tight, VG-/VG, AS-IS, NODJ.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Wear to top and bottom of spine, and to corners; front inner hinge weakened. The six color plates present in very good condition. Overall a very nice copy.

Hard Cover. First edition. 140pp. Gilt illum front cover. The many adventures of Billy, Jr. with sketches and 6 full-page color illus. End papers lightly foxed, otherwise very good. (loc 1042).

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HB NO DJ issued ?, 1902, 1st edition, Later printing, VG-/G, AS-IS, NODJ Illustrated Color Cover Clown, Monkey & goat at Circus some rub & wear & small chips, Spine Has Tape Repair reinforcement,small stains some pgs here & there ,small mended tear couple pages,one pg taped back into book,rest book reAsonably tight, NODJ.