Carson Norma Bright and Florence E Bright (6 results)

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. No DJ. Mustard yellow covers with orange lettering on front and black on spine with picture of god with bow and arrow and the sun on top and little girl sitting on small chair reading a book with doggie on the side. Covers show moderate soiling from handling and age, tips of covers a little crushed and scuffed. Binding cracked in a couple places in the middle with webbing visible but intact, no loose pages. Hazeltine Sewsmith (illustrator).…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Greenish gold cover with black and orange lettering and design shows only slight shelf wear. Pages light and tight with no markings. DJ lightly soiled, major tears all edges and piece missing in back. Tears taped from inside. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hazeltine Sewsmith (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth boards, some dark staining on surfaces, notable wear around edges, spine faded, corners frayed somewhat. Hinges guttering. Binding fragile but well-intact. Text block bright, clean and unmarked . Text contains many illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall ; 160 pages. Illustrated by Hazeltine Sewsmith (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear, There are several small spots of fraying to the spine ends and corners. The rear cover has a lightly inked previous owner's name with a small doodle attached. The text pages are clean and bright. The front pastedown page has the remnant of a possible previous owner's bookplate, or something similar. The contents include: Who the Greek Gods Were, King Alfred the Great, Zeus Rewards Kindness, King Canute, The Fall of Troy, THe Paheton Drove the Sun Chariot, Richard the Lion-Heart, The Songs f a Blind Poet, January, and many more. Illustrated by Hazeltine Sewsmith (illustrator).…

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Edition. Yellow pictorial cloth. Extensively illustrated by Hazeltine Sewsmith in green, orange and red. Cloth quite age soiled, with small stain on rear board at outer hinge. A tight, sound copy, internally very clean. Containing 66 short tales written for chlidren. Several, such as the traditional "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and "Hansel and Gretel" provide the usual in juvenivle entertainment. However, the vast majority of tales are more didactic and educational, offering samples of a wide range of historical material. English history is touched upon with tales about King Alfred, William of Normandy, King John, Robert the Bruce, Henry the Eighth, Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, et alia. America is represented by essays on Eskimo children, St. Augustine, Fl., and Ulysses S. Grant. Even the classics are touched upon with accounts of Zeus, the fall of Troy, Phaeton, Romulus, Themistocles, et alia. A most interestin g collection. A good, tightly bound, internally clean copy with former ownership inscription on front end-paper, dated 1917. Good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Yellow illustrated cloth binding. Bottom of spine and corners of binding bumped. Covers show light soil. Birthday gift inscription to previous owner dated 1917 on front flyleaf. 160pp. Content clean, bright and sound. This book is large and may require additional postage. Photos available on request. Illustrated By Hazeltine Sewsmith (illustrator).…