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NY: Junior Books, Doubleday Doran, 1939. First edition. Original cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. Published NY: Junior Books, Doubleday Doran, 1939, first printing. Oblong 8vo., 10 1/8" x 8 1/4," unpaginated, printed in color on one side of double leafs, uncut at top. Wear along bottom edges and extremities, some soiling to covers, binder's glue discoloration on pastedowns with some offsetting to flyleafs, some ghosting to illustrations from facing illustration. Pages clean, unmarked. Good plus. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo..
The Jungle Book With 16 Colour Plates By Maurice and Edward Detmold by Rudyard Kipling - 1908
by Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book With 16 Colour Plates By Maurice and Edward Detmold
by Rudyard Kipling
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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1908. The First Edition has for sale this extremely rare Rudyard Kipling book, The Jungle Book, which has been illustrated by both brothers Maurice (Charles Frederick) and Edward (Barton - later changed to Julius - hence he became known as E.J. Detmold) Detmold. This rare edition of The Jungle Book is complete with 16 full page colour plates and its original gilt decoration red binding.____The significance of this rare edition of The Jungle Book is that this is the last book to have been illustrated by Maurice Detmold before he committed suicide in 1908.____The original red boards with gilt decoration to the front board and gilt lettering to the spine is in Good condition, being complete but with wear and marks; edge wear; corner knocks (particularly to the bottom left corner of the back board); darkening to the spine; and slight shelf lean.____The Jungle Book has 314 numbered pages with the half title page, colour Frontispiece, Title page, Preface, Contents page, list of illustrations, 16 colour plates, the story of The Jungle Book, and two pages of advertisements to the end of the book, all top edge gilt (teg). The pages are clean with slight spots and marginal toning, and in overall Very Good condition.____This rare Rudyard Kipling book of The Jungle Book is hard to find, with this first edition by Maurice and Edward Detmold rarely appearing for sale. This will make a wonderful addition to any collection.. Thus First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maurice and Edward Detmold.
- Bookseller The First Edition (GB)
- Illustrator Maurice and Edward Detmold
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- Edition Thus First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Macmillan & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1908
- Keywords Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Walt Disney, Disney
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Lulu
by Steiner, Charlotte
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Granville, New York, United States
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€275.06
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Thistly B
by Tasha Tudor
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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Oxford University Press, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Book VG+ HB in VG DJ, protected by Brodart archival cover. [27] p.: col. ill.; 18 cm. Brick red cloth over boards with paste-down title with decoration on front cover and title in yellow on spine. Size: Sextodecimo (16mo; up to 6 3/4" / 15-17.5 cm tall). 27 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, except for previous owner's stamp on front and back endpages. The pages are slightly tanned from age. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. Clipped DJ has wear and some loss at the corners. The edges and spine are darkened from handling and exposure. There is a worn spot on the front fold and spine affecting the "st" of "Thistly." At the foot of the spine there is a thin (3/16") piece of tape providing some reinforcement. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile Fiction;…
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Little Lads and Lassies
by Hall, Florence Howe
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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Boston: D Lothrop (1898). Color pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges and corners worn through but cover and interior clean and bright. Stories and poems about and for children. Nice line art borders around the text and 6 fine and lovely color plates, similar in style to Maud Humphrey. . First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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Rip Van Winkle
by Irving, Washington (Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.)
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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London: William Heinemann 1905, 2nd printing. (Small 4to) 57pp. plus mounted plates. Very good, no dust jacket. Rebacked with the original gilt decorated green cloth and part of the original spine over a new spine and corners. 51 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards, edges stained green, plates mounted on green art paper. Some foxing to title page and following few pages, and also to the tissue guards. Plates are clean. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. (Juvenile).
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Panama's Jungle Book
by Core, Sue
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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Dobbs Ferry, NY: Clermont Press (1936). Pictorial cloth boards in glassene dust wrapper and illustrated dust jacket with mild wear. A tale in verse featuring the animals of Panama. Charming b&w artwork on every page.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Anne Cordts McKeown. Square 8vo.
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Wunderfitzchen - Ein Waldmarchen Kleinen Leuten Erzahlt
by Niethammer, W.
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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Stuttgart: Thienemanns IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Fair Condition, protected in a mylar cover. Circa 1920. 78pp, [2], bound in original illustrated paper and cloth over boards, with binding and hinges tight. CHILDREN'S - WITH COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT (colours still bright), of fairy folk. Text in German. Owner's name on ffp, paper shows age darkening, light stain to covers, dust jacket shows darkening, with pieces missing.
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Green Island
by Biddle, George
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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€233.10
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New York: Coward McCann, 1930 Green cloth with minor shelf wear; pictorial dust jacket with wear at folds and missing pieces at edges of rear panel. The story of three boys (based on real people known by Biddle) in Tahiti. Illustrated with striking b&w artwork by Biddle. Biddle is an important figure in American art, maybe best known for suggesting the creation of the Works Progress Administration to his friend, FDR. This was his first and only book for children.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Royal 8vo.
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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Designed for the use of Young People
by LAMB. CHARLES.; Dalziel Brothers. Illustrate
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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George Routledge and Sons. Ltd. London. ND.,c.1883. 8vo. (7.3 x 5 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 full page colour printed plates engraved by Dalziel, each with a tissue guard. A very good copy in an attractive early binding of full burgundy calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt wavy line decoration. Compartments double ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Double ruled gilt borders to both boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Gilt stamped school arms on the front board. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bindery. A lovely copy on a fine early leather binding. The book is not dated but a search of Copac shows a copy of this same edition in the Cambridge University Library where they have dated its publication to 1883.:
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Maybelle the Cable Car , 1ST Edition, 1st PRINTING, in Yellow Color Dustjacket with Yellow, Green & Orange Trolley Car with Flags, Adorably illustrated tale about a trolley in San Francisco, by the Caldecott Award-winning author/illustrator
by Adoraly Color Illustrated by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of .73 Intact, Back Inner Flap Lists Thru Mike Mulligan Illustrated endpapers Small Former Ink Inscription, front endpaper has a 1
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1952 Front Cvr Little Wobbly at Hinge, HBDJ, 1952, 1ST EDITION, 1ST Printing, 1952 on Title Page, VG-/VG- , AS-IS, Light Tweed Green Hard Cover Illustrated & Titled in Yellow Light Wear has small Tears along Outside Spine cvr. Book Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. vintage copy. Book & jacket are lightly worn, though bright and colorful, Book & jacket are lightly worn,though bright and colorful, 42 PGS, Interior nice tight light Wear Scuff Fox , 9 1/4 X 9 1/2 in, Wide 8vo, DJ has small Silver Gilt LabeL at Spine, DJ Protected Clear Mylar , CVR Spine ends are worn with tears up & down slightly . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-.
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ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. With coloured illustrations by Herbert Cole and R. Anning Bell. -- Tales for Children from many Lands. Edited by F. C. Tilney
by RHYS. ERNEST AND GRACE
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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J. M. Dent & Sons Limited. London. No date. Circa 1919. EARLY EDITION. 8vo. (7.2 x 5.3 inches). 128pp. Illustrated with 8 fine colour plates, plus 7 line drawings (chapter headpieces), and decorative title page by Cole and Anning Bell. A very good bright copy in the publishers green cloth biding with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to the front board and spine. Colour illustration mounted onto the front board. Some minor offsetting to the blank endpapers from the dustwrapper and a small amount of bleed from the green dye used on the top edge of the text block to the very top of a few leaves, otherwise a lovely clean copy throughout. In the original dustwrapper with a colour plate mounted to the front panel. A few minor chips to the wrapper edges but generally a very good example. ---- The book is not dated but the adverts on the wrapper suggest a publication date of about 1919 and there is also a publishers advert slip loosely inserted which has the date 9.1919 at the bottom. -----…
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Bob Son of Battle
by Alfred Oliphant
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
by Elmay Crow
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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€17.11
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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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- 3rd Printing Thus
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- 9780399212987 / 0399212981
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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