Manners Fun by Leaf Munro: Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No Dust jacket. Later Printing. Signed by author on title page. Tight sound reading copy only due to red stain to blue cloth covered boards on top right front and back corners, heavy fade and rippling to spine, rubs and fraying to corners. Signed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to hardcover volume in gray embossed cloth. Some fading else good and nice and tight. Full page inscription with drawings by author. Thirtieth Impression. Small tear at bottom of back end paper. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED "For Wendy with all best wishes of Munro Leaf" (and there is a little face drawing of Wendy and another face drawing of Munro Leaf)! This is the third impression of the 1958 REVISED EDITION (see photos). NOT a library discard; privately owned. Hardback book with dust jacket. The price-clipped jacket has a few spots, rubbing and small chips/tears. It is protected under a clear mylar cover. The green cloth book has red lettering and lovely decorated endpapers. The book is sharp, tight, crisp and clean with no tears. There are a couple of very light fingermarks and penciled price info. CHARMING! PACKED WITH CARE. Munro Leaf (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated Edition. This is a lot of two children's books signed and inscribed by author and artist MUNROE LEAF. Included are "Manners Can Be Fun" (October 26, 1937 - 9th printing), and "Grammar Can Be Fun" (October 26, 1937 - 8th printing). Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company in New York. Both books are inscribed and signed by Leaf with sitck-figure drawings on the front end papers. Both books feature red and black & white drawings by Leaf on nearly every page. "Manners Can Be Fun" uses simple text and stick-figure drawings to teach kids the basics of etiquette and social behavior. Opening with the line "Having good manners is really just living with other people pleasantly," the book explains why being polite makes life better for everyone. "Grammar Can Be Fun" functions as a playful "grammar without tears" guide. It aims to teach proper speech and correct common grammatical errors to children without nagging. Munro Leaf was an American author and illustrator of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is globally recognized as the creator of "The Story of Ferdinand," a timeless juvenile classic. Condition: Both books are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached. Both books have an inscription by Munroe Leaf written in pen on the front end paper. Both books have clean text pages with no notable issues found. Both books have sharp cover corners. GRAMMAR - clean front cover; some small, dark stain spots on the back cover. MANNERS - heavy staining to the back cover; small stain spots on the front cover; some mild foxing on the end papers and pastedowns. Overall the lot is in Good- condition - the lot would grade higher if not for the staining on the back cover of "Manners. Munro Leaf (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering and drawing on the cover. 45 pages + 4 blanks for your own drawings. Title page dated 1936. Copyright page lists twelve printings. This one is Feb 1938. Signed and inscribed by Leaf "To David with all best wishes" on the page opposite the title page. Corners and bumped and spine is faded. Some smudges and speckles on the cover. Front free endpaper has a 3" tear at the bottom, right in the gutter, where backing linen shows through. Binding is a little loose and page are a little faded. The blank pages at the back have pencil drawings on them (as they're supposed to). A scarce early title by Munro Leaf (author of Ferdinand the Bull). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Fourteenth Printing. SIGNED. 45pp. Quarto [26 cm] Blue cloth over boards. The cloth on the boards is foxed, the boards are negligibly warped, and the hinges are weak. In the pictorial dust jacket, which is darkened in areas, has periodic tears to the edges, and has a partially perished spine. Signed by Munro Leaf, with a small drawing, on the title page.…