Miss Hickory by Bailey Carolyn, First Edition (17 results)

Cloth over Board. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Some rubbing, edgewear and corner bumping. Text has yellowed and has staining on edges, interior has yellowed moderately and has staining and foxing throughout. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. This is in good+ condition as there is moderate wear and light soiling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ruth Gannett (lithographs) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing as paperback. 128 pp., illustrated. No inscriptions Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. GANNETT RUTH (illustrator). 1st Edition. STATED SECOND PRINTING JUNE 1947 A RARE EARLY COPY SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED TOP OF TEXTBLOCK DYED RED BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS BY RUTH GANNETT BOUND IN BEIGE WITH ORANGE LETTERING AND DESIGN FINE TEXTBLOCK AND PICTORIAL ENDPAPERS LIGHT SUNFADE TO SPINE FAINT AREAS OF SOILING TO COVER THE AUTHOR'S FIRST FICTION TITLE.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++. Lithographs by Ruth Gannett (illustrator). First British Edition. 123 pages. B&W illustrations. Ex-library with flyleaf removed and withdrawn stamp and library stamp to back of title page and fraction of withdrawn stamp to what is now the first pages. Clean blue background dustjacket with light wear to spine-ends and corners, NOT price-clipped Clean dark blue hardback binding with liight wear to boards' corners o/w a clean and tidy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gannett, Ruth (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1947 NEWBERY MEDAL. Very attractive 1ST PRT- VIKING/JUNIOR LITERARY GUILD ED, 1st prt. Book is red cloth with flower design. Lovely b/w art throughout & decorative endpapers. DJ has no medal, original $2.50 price, slight wear, sunning on spine. Miss Hickory is "a country woman whose body was applewood twig.head a hickory nut!" Book has entire chapter "Now Christmas Comes" with double-pg illus of Christmas Eve and the animals worshiping at Manger! Terrific illus by Ruth Gannett. Scarce 1st Literary Guild edition, 1946. Small prior owner's name on flyleaf. SCANS AVAILABLE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Publishers red cloth, decoration and titles in black, decorated endpapers, title page and numerous text illustratons by Gannett. Small neat ownership inscription to free endpaper, NEAR FINE in fresh dust jacket with two closed tears to front panel, bit of wear to spine ends, jacket retains $2.50 publication price to flap corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Tan cloth. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. The upper corners are bumped but little other wear. Owner name to the upper free endpaper. A small erasure to this same area. The dust jacket has a 1/2" chip and some wear to the upper spine; a bit more wear along the spine. Minor chips to the corners. Price clipped. No Newbery Medal on the jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 (3) pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. This signed first edition is in good condition, with minimal bumping and edgewear.There is a small stain near the bottom of the spine. The DJ is in good condition for its age, with some moderate rubbing and creasing. It also is somewhat faded. The text is slightly yellowed with age, but remains tight in the binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ruth Gannett (illustrator). 1st Edition. This SIGNED FIRST Edition book is in very good condition with clean interior pages and tan cloth cover with orange lettering. There a very, very light shadow of a stain on the front and back cover. It does not impact the book in any way. The dust jacket is very good with some chipping. The illustration of Miss Hickory is on the front of the jacket. This is a charming story of a country woman made of an apple wood twig and a hickory nut who survives harsh winter with friends-Crow, Bull Frog and Ground Hog. Picture available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in dustjacjet. Green cloth boards, orange flower illustration, sharp, age toning to edges. Protected, pric unclipped, distjacket, bright, general mild age toning, nicks and chips to edges, sun fade to spine. Book is firm in binding, color illustrated endpapers, front with previous owner;s book plate, numerous b&w illustrations, by Ruth Gannett, of Miss Hickory--a country woman with an applewood twig body and a hickory nut head--are totally winning. A very nice copy of this older children's book. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Ruth Gannett Lithographs (illustrator). First Edition. Newberry Award Winner in 1946. A well preserved copy, unmarked and unclipped, with a tiny DJ spine corner chip, in a Brodart cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Chipped DJ. Gannett, Ruth (illustrator). First Edition. 123pp Illus 1947 Newbery Award winner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ruth Gannett (illustrator). 1st Edition. This book is a FIRST edition SIGNED by the author on the half title page. The book is in fine condition with clean interior pages and a cloth cover that is tan with an orange flower on the front .and orange title on the spine. There are no flaws. The dust jacket is near fine with a tiny bit of corner wear and a very small closed tear on the jacket back (1/2 inch) There is an envelope with the book that has review of the book from the Friends Intelligencer of December 1946. A beautiful copy! Picture available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gannett, Ruth (illustrator). 1st ed. 1st ptg. 8vo, full tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange, 1946 Newbery Medal winner about a doll made from a hickory twig. Two-color illustrated end papers. Illustrated with sturdy lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj with a touch of wear and rubbing to top and bottom of jacket spine, no award medallion on jacket, signed by Bailey on the half-title. signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1946 ON TITLE & Copyright PAGE, First Edition. 1st printing, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED BY VIKING PRESS SEPT. 1946 BK IS NF-/ DJ GOOD, AS-IS, DJ HAS WEAR, SCUFF ON DJ SPINE, , RUB EXTREMITIES TINY TEARS CHIPS, BACK OF DJ ILLUSTRATION MISS HICKORY & 2 LARGE BLACK BIRDS AT THEIR NEST ,BEIGE & RED FLORAL Hard Cover color Pictorial cloth Binding COVER , GOLD JOHN NEWBERRY ROUND STICKER FRONT OF DJ. 123 PGS ,Back DJ FLAP SAYS ALSO BY BAILEY COUNTRY-STOP THRU HOMESPUN PLAYDAYS , When great Granny Brown packed Up & Moved 2 the Women s City Club in boston, Miss Hickory was faced with the Problem of Spending a Severe New Hampshire Winter Alone. This MITE NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD, IF SHE HAD NOT BEEN A COUNTRY WOMAN, WHOSE BODY WAS APPLE-WOOD TWIG, & whose Head was Hickory NUT, ALSO, IF HER HOUSE HAD BEEN BUILT OF STRONGER MATERIALS THAN CORNCOBS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Miss Hickory", by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. First Edition, First Printing with all first issue points with correct statements on cp page, no medal on dust jacket, $2.50 price, etc. Signed by Author on half-title page. Newbery Medal Winner of 1947. Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding. Pages and covers are clean. Only slight wear. Dust Jacket has some wear and light chipping to corners. Price not clipped ($2.50). True first issue dust jacket without newbery prize stamp. Signed by Author.