Published by Grafton And Scratch Publishers, 2017
ISBN 10: 1927979269 ISBN 13: 9781927979266
Seller: Open Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kay, Gertrude (illustrator). Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
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Cloth w/colorpaste-on. Condition: Good to Fair. Gertrude A Kay (illustrator). 1st Edition. Colorful Paste-On Cover, Over Green Boards, Rear Cover Water Damaged. Dampstains At Margins, Some Soiled Pages.Color Illustrated Endpages. 231 Pgs. Owner's Name.
Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, 1922
Seller: Deja Vu Books, Poplar Grove, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Kay, Gertrude A. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue hardcover cloth binding with badly rubbed picture pastedowns on front and back cover. This book is MISSING PLATE ON PAGE 32, the other five securely intact. Pages yellowed and foxing, but interior secure, hinges good. Illustrated endpapers. 93 pages.
Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922
hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Pictorial cover. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. viii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 93 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. Illustrated end pages of Santa Claus in his sleigh. Two Christmas inscriptions from 1922, 1978.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gertrude Alice Kay (illustrator). Part of Sunny Brook Series. Binding is tight. Pages have some rips, light underlining, light smudges, and writing. Cover has edge wear, bumped corners and some rubmarks.
Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, 1923
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Being the truth about the Pied Piper, as Santa, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Claus, discovered it before he ever left Pudding Lane. ix, 97 pp. Illustrated from color plates by Gertrude A. Kay. 8vo, publisher's cloth with applied color illustrations on front and rear panels. Very faint old ink ownership notation on front free endpaper; lightly rubbed; cloth a little frayed at extremities; tight and sound.
Published by The P. F. Volland Co., New York, 1927
Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller, Ashby, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gertrude Alice Kay (illustrator). 4th edition stated, color illustrated throughout, some lower bottom right edge page staining on last few pages not effecting anything. Bound in pictorial hard boards, spine edge wear at top, light staining on boards otherwise good and Rare.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Wide clothbound 8vo. 93 pp. Stated second impression. With color frontis and five additional full page color illustrations by Gertrude A. Kay. Light edgewear else a sound, well-bound very good copy in dark green cloth binding with large pasted on color illustrations on both the front and rear panel. The subtitle of the book reads " Being a True Account, if only you believe it, of the Life and Ways of Santa, Oldest Son of Mr. and Mrs. Claus.".
Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, 1922
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Gertrude A. Kay (illustrator). First Edition. First edition hardback bound in original navy blue cloth with pastedown pictorial boards and gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Full colour illustrated frontispiece, additional five colour plates throughout, all on glossy paper. Line illustrations within the text. Rubbing and scuffing to binding, pastedown a little soiled but still nice and clear. Wear to spine edges and corners, gilt to spine dulled. Faded spot to lower front board, dent there to the pastedown. Pencil inscription to half title dated 1923; pencil and crayon markings by a child to half title and verso. Cracking to gutter. Plates ii and iii are detached but present. Edges of plates worn not affecting the illustration. Pages are a little toned and thumbed, occasional spotting throughout, although clean for the most part. Overall good condition. 93 pp. A wellloved and very sweet festive book, relatively scarce. book.
Published by Little, Brown, And Company, 1927
Seller: Buy The Book Here, Boiling Springs, SC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gertrude Kay (illustrator). VG (or better)/G. Copyright 1922. Print date 1927, 3rd printing. Navy blue cloth boards have bright gilt lettering on spine and color pastedowns on front and rear. Corners and spine ends are rubbed but not worn through. Hinges are intact and binding is tight. This belonged to a school district and their stamp appears on ep and reverse of frontispiece. No card or label. Pages are clean. One has a small closed tear at bottom edge and the fore edge of the ffep had a tear repaired with tape on the blank reverse. All six glossy, color plates are present. The scarce dust jacket has a $1.75 price on flap. There's chipping at head and foot of spine and corners, with rubbing along flap folds. Bottom front has a branched, closed tear. A story of the boyhood of Santa Claus, and how he turned out as he did.
Published by Atlantic Monthly Press 1923, 1923
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. No Dustjacket. Bound in pictorial covers. No Statement Of Later Printing On Copyright Page. Previous owner's short inscription dated 1924 on front free endpaper. Paper is still supple, but is beginning to yellow. Some edgewear and minor rub marks and light staining to boards, otherwise a Tight Sound Unmarked Copy In Very Good Condition.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODJ, Published September 1923 on Copyright pg, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Blue cloth Hardcover with Scuffed Color plate illustration on front of Mrs. Claus Santa in Red & white suit with Sick Bearded man in bed & Attending Physician in Long Green Coat , 108 pages, normally with 5 color plates -- the first 2 of which are missing in this copy, Otherwise GOOD condition. Frayed spine ends, rubbed board corners, small, light nicks and rubs on the front board illustration. Clean, one inch mended tears to few blank margin edges. Unmarked, otherwise complete and tightly bound. NOT a library book., Titled in Red & Blue on front cvr. 5 1/2 X 8 IN. Interior nice, tight clean Light Wear, Fox, Spine gilt rubbed off.
Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston MA, 1922
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This book is quite uncommon, and the jacket is truly scarce. This fine-quality copy is sumptuously illustrated by Gertrude A.Kay. It is wrapped in a near-fine dust jacket with original $2.50 price intact on flyleaf. Interesting factoid: A portion of this instant classic was first published in The Ladies' Home Journal to instant acclaim.