Briggs Nesbit (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Cartoons. . . . . Oblong 4to, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Front cover soot-stained, contents free of writing or marking. Binding secure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket as Published. 1st Edition. Oblong hardcover in good condition. Corners lightly bumped. Top and bottom of the cloth spine is lightly worn. Full page cartoons with accompanying text opposite, unpaged, about 100 pages. Briggs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Condition: Good; Oversize hardcover, no dustjacket. First Edition 1914. The book is in Good condition with fairly clean covers and a firm binding. Some edgewear especially at corners. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unpaginated; 12 1/2 x 9 1/4" Includes an afterword by Jeff Heer. This is a facsimile reprint of the original P.F. Volland & Co. 1913 publishing. Shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire. Boards long edge has a small bump; lettering on spine is mostly faded and cloth is slightly worn; black ink dot on bottom and top page edge; otherwise text block is in fine condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th. brown c w/pictorial boards; moderate wear at extremities; ex-World War I war service Paris library w/bookplate; pull at front hinge, lite chipping; Unpaginated. Clare A. Briggs (illustrator).

Color Illustrated Boards. Condition: Good to Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Cartoons by Brigg and Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. Corners of binding rubbed and bumped. Tan illustrated front cover with brown spine. This copy is in good to very good condition with no dust jacket as issued. This bok may require additional postage. APhotos available on request. Illustrated By Brigg (illustrator).…

Hardcover in dust jacket. dj. First edition, first printing. Remainder bottom edge, else fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. unpaged (3/4 inch thick), Cartoon-like Illus, Brn Hardback, Oblong 4to, edgewear, crease on cover, owner name else G-VG, Assumed 1st ed.

Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile edition, first printing. Tan and brown cloth, stamped in black and red, vertical band on rear board, as issued. Light rubbing extremities, small nick to front upper corner, else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Illustrated with cartoons by Clare Briggs. Some fraying to two corners, else very good+ condition in the original decorated box which is in rough condition. (R8).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ONE PAGE HAS A MENDED TEAR, CLEAN COPY.

Condition: Good. 80 pp., original illustrated boards & cloth backstrip, covers worn, else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Condition: New. Brand New. Soft Cover International Edition. Different ISBN and Cover Image. Priced lower than the standard editions which is usually intended to make them more affordable for students abroad. The core content of the book is generally the same as the standard edition. The country selling restrictions may be printed on the book but is no problem for the self-use. This Item maybe shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Binding tight; interior clean overall. Single, small ink scribble inside front board, and one more on edge of "Starting the Season" page. Boards in good condition with light to mild edge wear, heavier at corners. Front board has slight bow to it and some smudging at upper edge near spine. Unpaginated. This book is formatted so that each cartoon by Briggs is on the right, accompanied by a related poem by Wilbur Nesbit on the left. Black ink drawings with faces, arms, etc shaded in pink. Extra postage may be required for international or priority mailing. Briggs (illustrator).…

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Very scarce in this condition. Near fine copy (light soiling to front cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Profusely illustrated with cartoons. Fine condition in the original decorated box which has soiling, a few tape repairs and part of one side missing. (R8).

First Edition. When a Feller Needs a Friend, Volland, 1914, first edition, inner hinges starting, wear to the fore edges and board edges, else a just about vg copy in the publishers original pictorial boards with illustrations by Briggs on every other page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Oblong Octavo. Almost Very good. Front hingeloose, notations in a child's hand on front fly, fraying at one spot on the spine. Without a dustwrapper as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Original brown covers w/ cloth spine. Lightly soiled and scuffed. Normal shelf wear. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, illustrated boards with brown cloth spine, unpaginated, but roughly 60 pages of 2-color cartoons from the noted artist and satirist. Each drawing is aptly accompanied by a short verse by Nesbit. Clean, bright copy. Record # 352983. Clare Briggs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST US EDITION 1987 (same year as UK first), large 8vo, dark green boards gilt, index, bibliography (compiled by Selwyn Goodacre), pages: xx, 473. Illustrated with photos and images from the books. A fascinating account of the life of one of the greatest children's writers, revealed here as a wilful, demanding and adventurous woman who broke all society's rules in her search for love. New unread copy, Fine in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped ($27.95). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy book which may require extra postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Oblong 8vo; tan cloth back and illustrated paper over boards; full page cartoon illustrations by Briggs throughout with facing verse by Nesbit. Period Americana, as in, Marbles: FEN hunchin's! Get backther to taw! / You can't span, neither! No, sir! Pshaw! / Now watch me whack it - there she goes. / O'course I meant to. Wha' d' ye s'pose? / Yah! Clarence Ferguson he weeps / An' says 'at he can't play fer keeps. …

hardcover. Condition: good. Verses by Wilbur Nesbit and many cartoon-like illustrations by Clare Briggs, printed with spot color, rubricated title. Oblong folio, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edgewear and some soiling to covers. Chicago: Volland (1913). First Edition. A good copy, internally clean. This is Briggs's first book and a rare and early Volland title. Text and illustration deal with the mis-adventures of typical middle-America children - Skinnay and his friends. Clare Briggs (illustrator). …

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Covers are worn and chipped along edges. Covers are browned and scuffed, but title text is legible and illustration is bright. Spine is shaken, but all signatures remain attached to binding. Some pages have closed tears. Light smudges and scuff marks on some pages, but text and illustrations are clean and unmarked. As is.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 126 pages. 8.50x6.50x0.29 inches. This item is printed on demand. Briggs, Clare (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. 4to. [n.p.]. Illustrated tan boards. Spine is reinforced with cloth. Edges and corners worn. Some water staining to back board. Front hinge slightly cracked. Some closed tears on the pages. Overall in good condition. Briggs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Quarter brown cloth over brown paper boards with red and black lettering and a drawing of a boy and his dog on the front board. Illustrated with numerous full-page drawings of children, their teachers, and their parents. A collection of poems for children, focused on trifling topics like being late for school, and on serious social issues like sexism and how it affected children, and what it's like to grow up poor in early twentieth-century America. One of the poems reads: "No Fun to Be a Girl. I don't see why I can't do things like a boy but mama, when I try boy-fashion to slide, says all of her teaching I simply de-stroy an' wants me to know that she feels horrified! Just wait! I'll grow up to a voter some day an' first thing I do will be slide just that way." A collection of poetry and drawings published before women could vote across the country, speaking to societal issues that Americans faced at the turn of the century. Very Good with rubbing to the edges revealing the corners and a small concavity to the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First edition. Oblong quarto, green cloth spine over illustrated paper-covered boards. Collection of cartoons by famed early 20th century humor illustrator Briggs, each accomanied by a short verse piece by Wilbur Nesbit. The theme is the various types of play and other entertainments engaged in by children arranged season-by-season. A bit of light staining here and there on the covers else a tight, clean, fine example of a book usually found in poor condition. Clare Briggs (illustrator).…

Condition: Acceptable. in-4, cartonnage demi-toile de l'éditeur, plat illustré, non paginé, compositions de Briggs tirées en noir et rouge à pleine page. Texte en anglais. Dos passé, charnière fragilisée. Sinon exemplaire très convenable.