London: Blackie, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. A very nice copy of a later edition. No date, circa 1940. Green boards, lettered and decorated in black. Price-clipped jacket. Frontis bound in up-side down. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
London: Blackie and Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy. 12 full page illustrations by W. Rainey. Beveled edges. Original green cloth with decoration in white, black and gilt. Spine decorated as well. A "Student Prize" book, with the award announcement on the front paste-down. The spine leans a bit. A beautiful copy and scarce.....
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. A lovely copy in the original clear plastic dust jacket, lettered in gilt. Contributions from Eudora Welty, Arthur Rackham, Rudyard Kipling and many many more. A very attractive copy indeed. The clear plastic cover has some chunks missing from the back panel. The gold text on the jacket.....
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1933. NF / G. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. Pages browned evenly. The jacket has some closed tears but remains overall quite bright and pleasing. A story of Cape Cod.
Cleveland: The World Syndicate, 1932. FIRST. VG. Red cloth. A solid copy.
New York: Scribners, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated with ten full color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. The gold lettering on the spine remains quite bright though there is some spot chipping. The illustrated endpapers are un-marked and the book is quite solid and pleasing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and lovely copy. Illustrated with ten full color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Black cloth with illustrated paste-down on front board. Lettered in gilt at the spine. An altogether desirable copy.
Nantucket Island: The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1941. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wrappers. Cover design and Tailpiece by Doris Beer. Signed by the author on the title page. Quite scarce.
New York: The Viking Press, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy of the second printing. One of the rarest titles from the D'Aulaires. The corners have some rounding. A few red crayon marks on the cover. Interior contents fine. Second printing. A bit too large for the scanner.
London: Bloomsbury, 2004. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author at the title page. Authors first novel.
London: Bloomsbury, 2004. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author at the title page. Authors first novel.
Company: Frederick A. Stokes, 1914. FIRST. NF. Illustrated by M. L. Kirk. A clean, bright and solid copy. Retold from Chaucer.
London: David Fickling Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by the author on the half-title. Unopened and unread. Author's first novel.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The book remains very bright. There is some texture on the covers but not so extreme as to be called "creases." The corners are rounded.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948. FIRST. NF. A clean bright and pleasing copy. Children's signature on the inside board. Adapted by Ken O'Brien and Al Dempster.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very bright and pleasing copy in a complete dust jacket. Cover art by Anne Cooper. The story of a girl who disguises herself as a boy so she can survive the English Civil War. Very scarce in any condition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. F / G. 1944A-6, Format #7, per Carpentieri. A clean and solid copy of this title, with browning war-time paper. The jacket is very bright with a chip across the head of the spine. There is just a bit of wear at the tail of the spine as well.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. FIRST. F / G. 1959B-4, Format #13, per Carpentieri. The jacket, though bright, shows some rubbing along the front panel and some edge-wear at the spine ends. The jacket is also clipped. The book is clean and solid.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. 1941A-17, Format #6, per Carpentieri. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy. Previous owner signature on the front free endpaper, else fine. White spine jacket with a clean and bright red shield. The shield is approximately 80% of original brightness.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. FIRST. VG / VG. 1948A-8, Format #7, per Carpentieri. This is a bright and solid copy. There is a small damp stain to the rear panel of the jacket with a bit of marking to the rear board, but very minor. The color on the front panel is very clean and bright. There is.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. FIRST. NF / VG. 1937A-13, Format #3, per Carpentieri. A clean, bright and solid copy. The top 3/4 inch of the head of the spine is missing. "The Mystery of Cabin" is gone, leaving only the word "Island." Other than that, the jacket is extremely bright. The color on the front panel is fine.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. FIRST. NF / G. 1948C-15, Format #7 (almost) per Carpentieri. This copy has only 8 Lone Ranger titles listed on the rear flap. The book is very clean and solid. The jacket shows some general overall wear, some rubbing and chips at the front hinge moving up beyond "Franklin" and another chip on the.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. F / VG. 1954A-12, Format #11, per Carpentieri. A clean, bright and attractive copy. A few small closed tears and a bit of wear at the head of the spine. All the colors are bright. A very nice copy.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. FIRST. NF / VG. 1948B-2, Format #7, per Carpentieri. A clean and solid copy, though on the poor paper that Carpentieri mentions. The jacket is bright but has some minor edge-wear at the spine ends.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. NF / NF. 1937B-14, Format #4, per Carpentieri. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy. This copy has a white spine jacket and the red shield is at approximately 50% of original brightness. Previous owner signature on the front free endpaper, else fine.