Story Teasing Monkey, First Edition (5 results)

Helen Bannerman (illustrator). Published by James Nisbet & Co. No author is named though the author is described as being the same as that of Little Black Mingo and The Teasing Spider so one assumes Helen Bannerman. The Teasing Monkey was her 7th book. Undated but presumed 1910 and A First Edition. Size: 13 x 9 cms or 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Page number: 143 with the images and the writing being printed on one side of the paper only. Hardcover. Buff coloured paper boards with black lettering and the image of a monkey pasted on the front. Writing on one page with a full page picture opposite throughout. Condition: Very Good. The cover is generally lightly worn. A part of the word Monkey is missing from the front board. The title page has been neatly secured from the reverse side using paper but the hinge is cracked at this point. The binding is otherwise secure. The pages within are occasionally marked but generally clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, complete with 35 full-page coloured illustrations by the author. A good copy in original boards with a mounted illustration on the upper cover, th spine has become perished and has an old paper repair, previous owners name on the front end paper. Would benefit from a repair to the spine.

First US edition. First edition of the 7th book from Scottish author, Helen Bannerman (1862-1946) who is best known for her first book,Little Black Sambo.As with her other books, the setting is India, where a mischievous monkey lives in a large banyan tree. The first edition of this title is quite scarce, and is not to be confused with the later editions with red boards. 12mo, 142pp. Profusely illustrated in color, printed on one side of the leaf only with full page illustration and text facing. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Final leaf repaired, with loss to very bottom edge of illustration. Owner's inscription to ffep. Boards toned and soiled with wear along edges. Very good.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Very scarce first US edition of this little tale of a mischievous monkey named Jacko. 5.25'' x 3.5''. Original quarter brown cloth, color pictorial paper boards. Printed in the "Dumpy" format, on one side of each leaf only. Illustrated by Bannerman with full-page color plates throughout. 142, [2] pages (illustrations included in page count). Faint erasure lines to first leaf. Binding with some soil and general wear, some subtle repair at edges. Hinges strong.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Brown cloth-backed pictorial boards. Light rubbing, bumping and soiling with exposed board at corners. Solid binding and clean text. Slightly cocked spine. Pages with light age toning, soiling and fingerprint smudging. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 143 pages.