Dick and Jane Basic Pre Primer by Elson Gray (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Paperback. Text unmarked. Page-turn soiling/foxing marks. Some page corner bumps/bends. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light soiling and creases. Heavily used but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. No writing in book but some pages are soiled. Title page is missing.Cover is bright with light edge wear.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! Canadian edition. Covers are in Very Good + condition. Published around 1936. Minor wear to corners & edges of covers. The book itself is in Very Good + condition. Book has 40 pages. Some pages have very light dirt marks. NO remainder mark.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Hardcover. Some tears. Marks to title page. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. TWO COPYRIGHT DATES LISTED- 1930 AND 1936. SOME WEAR, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE, GREEN COVER, RED MATERIAL SPINE, ORANGE AND BLACK USED IN DESIGN, A FEW HARDLY SEEN PENCIL MARKS FRONT AND BACK, BEND IN FRONT COVER AND SMALL PIECE OF TAPE INSIDE EDGE OF CREASE. INSIDE IS SOME LIGHT BROWNING WITH AGE, PAGE 5 HAS 1/2" TEAR UPPER LEFT CORNER, VERY SMALL 1/4" BROWN STAIN LAST 3 PAGES AND BACK INSIDE. Dick and Jane were the main characters in popular basal readers written by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp[1] and published by Scott Foresman, that were used to teach children to read from the 1930s through to the 1970s in the United States. They first appeared in the Elson-Gray Readers used in the 1930s, which themselves were heavily revised and enlarged editions of the Elson Readers originally produced by William H. Elson in the 1920s. The books relied on the whole word or sight word reading method, (not to be confused with whole language) and repetition, using phrases like, "Oh, see. Oh, see Jane. Funny, funny Jane," but they did not totally ignore phonics. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM, PIECE OF HISTORY. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Early Edition. Support Small Business by buying this book! 1936 Printing - Vintage book. Tanned pages. Previous owners name faintly written on front cover. Light wear to cover and corners. Binding sound. No marks or writing observed in text. Gently read.

Printer Wrapper. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Revised Edtion. 40 pgs., plus word guide on inside of rc. Title is Quite Rare and collectible. Copyright dates 1930, 1936. Dark green, orange, and black illustrations on fc with black and orange font. Booklet style book is in good + shape with binding splitting, po name in pencil on fc, bumped and folded corners. Still displays nicely. Some penciled notations and scribbles througout, TONS of gorgeous color period illustrations, pages are all nice and tight, clean, square, but has a faint musty odor. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Color Illustrations (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Quarter cloth spine, and illustrated wrappers. Modest wear at the base of the spine and light crease on front wrap, very good or a little better.

Soft cover. Condition: G+. No Jacket. Scott Foresman, 1936, G+ softcover, now in archival Brodart. Green, black & orange dec wraps. Curriculum Fdn Series. Child's printed name (Patricia) in pencil at top of front cover, small (1/4") crayon checkmark inside rear cover, no other pen, pencil or crayon marks anywhere. No exLib or school markings. Light- mdt rubbing & creasing, light edgewear. Narrow (1/4") black fabric backstrip missing, but binding remains sound. Wonderful color illustrations. 40 pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall G+ cond. We also have a second copy of the same title in near pristine condition. Please email any questions.…

Booklet. Condition: Fair. Curriculum Foundation Series. 40 p. 19 cm. Colour illustrations. Stapled card covers. P. 34 onwards have dampstains to bottom corners. Some thumbing. Ink notation at top of first leaf.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as Issued. First Edition. First edition (1930.) 12mo paperback with 40 pages and 39 color illustrations. This measures 7 1/4" x 5 1/4". The book is in good condition with one 1 1/4" crease to bottom of front cover. Slight chipping to edges and spine. Housed in custom clamshell case. First issue with three lines, 18 word Elson copyright and code '308.2' (Feb. 8, 1930) the earliest date noted for this book which was reprinted many times well into 1934. The first appearance of Dick and Jane. A revolutionary concept conceived by Zerna Sharp. In 1927 she visited the beach, studied children's speech patterns, and observed the way they spoke to one another. She brought her ideas to William Elson publisher of a Pupil's Hand Chart. Elson agreed to let Sharp develop her idea and, with a team of writers and illustrators, Dick and Jane evolved over 3 years. Green spine/gold text. #0323617 Size: 12mo. Childrens.…

Soft cover. First Edition. Eleanor Campbell & Keith Ward. First Edition. Soft cover. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Elson, William H., & William S. Gray. ELSON-GRAY BASIC READER. PRE-PRIMER [Dick and Jane]. The Philippine Islands: Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1930. "Dick. See Dick. See Dick Run" Sm. 8vo, 40pp. 39 in-text colour illustrations. True First Edition with "Property of the state of Texas" imprint on both the front & back inside covers. Publisher's black cloth-backed printed wrappers printed in black, green & orange. A very good example showing moderate use. In this first printing, SALLY was stilled called BABY [unnamed to this point] & SPOT the dog was still a TERRIER. In later editions he became a COCKER SPANIEL. PUFF the cat was still called, LITTLE MEW, as of this first printing [she was PUFF in later editions]. The very first of the famous Elson-Gray Basic Readers, introducing Dick, Jane, & Baby followed by nine short stories, using a 68-word vocabulary - the birth of the original Dick & Jane series. Rarely encountered. Eleanor Campbell & Keith Ward (illustrator). …

Philippines: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1930. 8vo, 40 pp., pamphlet. 5.5 inches x 7 inches. 40 pp. Pictorial wrappers stamped in black, green and orange. Sewn softcover with black cloth spine tape as issued. With "approved" teacher rubber stamp on copyright page dated Sept 12 1930. Very slight foxing to edge of text block. Very good. § The first appearance of the ever-popular Dick and Jane, preceded only by the prospectus for this reader. Full-colour illustrations and simple stories of Dick, Jane, Baby, and the rest of the family. In this printing, SALLY was still called BABY [unnamed to this point] & SPOT the dog was still a TERRIER. In later editions he became a COCKER SPANIEL. PUFF the cat was still called LITTLE MEW, as of this printing [she was PUFF in later editions]. "The Dick and Jane readers illustrate the early twentieth-century shift from phonics to whole word ("look-say") reading schemes." (Grolier Children's Hundred, #73).…