Crow Boy, First Edition (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine/Near fine-. Bright and attractive hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. very nice copy.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. First Paperback Edition. Tight clean crisp unread looking paperback. Size: 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pub by The Viking Press, 1955, same date TP & CP, NAP, presumed 1st Edition. A couple of school media center stamps, but none of the other usuals exLib stickers or scars. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Red library binding w/ yellow dec & lettering cover & spine. May be missing redundant first endpaper. Bright & colorful illustrations. 37pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG used cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Taro Yashima (author illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition, 9th Printing. BRAND NEW Copy. Softcover/Fine. Caldecott Honor book. Author, illustrator, Japanese-American Taro Yashima (1908 - 1994) emmigrated to the US 10 1939 & assisted the U.S. war effort in the Far East. This is his 1955 story of Chibi (literally, tiny boy), who was, shy & withdrawn. With no school friends & often target of cruel mischief, he spent much time in remote side of the moutains where his home was. There Chibi learns to communicate with the black birds! A knowing teacher paves the way for Chibi to demonstrate his skills, and in great admiration the children gift him the honorable name of Crow Boy. The illustrations are as beautiful as the tale.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Yashima, Taro (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1956 CALDECOTT HONOR. 1st ed, later (15th) prt. A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Sensitive story about a very shy boy, taunted by his classmates until a NEW teacher takes time to talk to him & learns his talent of making crow sounds. Stunning art by TARO YASHIMA. This is 1983 hardback edition with illustrated covers & $13.95 price. No DJ as issued, fine condition. Has silver Caldecott Medal on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 252 p. 21 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in glossy illustrated boards. Spine slightly cocked. Inside contents are bright and unmarked except for author's inscription. Dustjacket has a little wear along the edges and is shelf rubbed with a few scratches. It is not price clipped. The first of the Boy Sherlock Holmes series of books for children, featuring Sherlock Holmes as a boy detective. In this story, the foundations of Sherlock Holmes, the adult, are set as he solves the mystery of a woman's murder in Victorian London. Inscribed to a previous owner and signed by the author on the title page.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Taro Yashima (illustrator). 1st edition. Crow Boy by Taro Yashima. Published by Viking Press, New York, NY, Jan 1971. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Good. Orig owners name in ink inside front cover. Repair tape at spine. Content in very good condition. No Pg Count. LCCN 55-13626. Illustrated by the author. Picture book for children. Viking Seafarer edition. Description text copyright 2002 BooksForComfort. Item ID 5561. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is signed by the author on the full title page. The book is fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear at lower end of rear flap fold. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 252 p. 21 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in glossy illustrated boards. Minor wear to the corner tips. Else fine. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little wear along the edges and is lightly shelf rubbed. It is not price clipped. Book appears to be lightly, if ever, read. The first of the Boy Sherlock Holmes series of books for children, featuring Sherlock Holmes as a boy detective. In this story, the foundations of Sherlock Holmes, the adult, are set as he solves the mystery of a woman's murder in Victorian London. Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the full title page. The book is fine in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing (1955 date on title page and states "First Published by Viking Press in October 1955 on the copyright page") of this beautifully illustrated tale of a Japanese school boy with an affinity for crows that was 1956 Caldecott Honor book. Red cloth, 38 pages, color lithograph illustrations. A handsome copy. Bottom fore edge corners are lightly bumped and one interior page a stray ink mark from a previous child owner. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ] First Edition (NAP, No Additional Printings). Hardback, octavo, original light tan cloth covers w/ spine titling in brown, pp [vi], 278, VG+/no dj. Quite a nice copy. Tight binding, hinges intact, very clean inside and out incl no names, no writing, small lower corner bumps. Map endpapers. RWR5 The West Horses Ranching Cowboys Historical Fiction Childhood Memories Reminiscence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; Third Printing. Mauve cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name and book plate on half title page. Pages are clean and pristine. Book appears unread. Dust jacket is tattered at corners and top and bottom edge of spine panel and lightly soiled but bright and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $3.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 40 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Taro Yashima (Atsushi Iwamatsu) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Viking,New York, 1955. Hardback. First Edition/Fifth Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed and stamped by the author on the half-title page. The book has a straight, tight spine with perfect boards. No wear on edges with crisply pointed tips. No internal markings or tears. The dust jacket is 99% complete, price clipped, with tiny losses/tears at spine heel/head and edges. Tiny losses at front tip and back tip and back edge up about half way to the top. Now encase in sparkling new mylar archival jacket. Looks spectacular! This title was an honorable mention for the 1956 Caldecott Medal. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Signed/ Inscribed 1st edition of CROW BOY by Taro Yashima. Published by Viking Press in October 1955. folio sized hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the title half page. written and illustrated by the author. "A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity". - Saturday Review. Taro Yashima (?? ??, Yashima Tar?, born Atsushi Iwamatsu (?? ?, Iwamatsu Atsushi); September 21, 1908 June 30, 1994) was a Japanese-American artist and children's book author. "jacket has a lot of wear and tear, book inside is very good". Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Quarto brown cloth. Minor bumps to the spine ends and upper corners. There is a stamped name and address along with the same in pen to the front free endpaper. The dust jacket has chips to the corners and spine ends. A number of tears and chips along the lower edges and lower spine end. There is a larger piece of about 1" x 2" missing from the upper front spine/front edge area. Original price of $2.75 to the front flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 37 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This copy INSCRIBED WITH A LONG INSCRIPTION AND SIGNED ON FFEP AND WITH AN ORIGINAL FUL PAGE MIXED MEDIA DRAWING ON THE TITLE PAGE. A fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Second printing 1956. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.