Dwig Foreword August Derleth (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, sturdy binding, clean unmarked interior. Mild dustiness along top edge of page block. The unclipped jacket is bright with edge wear, chips and short tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a First Edition hardcover book with 288 pages of comic illustrations and text. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright and title pages show only 1945 as a date making this s First Edition. The price has been clipped from the DJ flap and there is a small price sticker on the flap. The white dust jacket shows light edgewear (No Chips). This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. SIGNED. 285 pp. Duodecimo. [18 cm]. Sage green cloth over boards with dark green title stamped on spine. Minor scuffing to extremities and to front board. End papers foxed. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition with negligible losses at head of spine and corners, and a handful of spots at rear panel. Previous bookseller's pencilled notes on the interior of jacket and small library book plate on front paste down. Jacket is ever so slightly toned. Signed in blue ink to two fans by Dwig on the front free end paper. "The story of 'Bill's Diary'.is the story of what every small boy is and does, what he would like to be and do.Dwig's Bill is Dwis himself; he is you and I; that is the plain, unvarnished fact, and that is the reason he is certain to find sympathy and understanding and affection among the readers of this book; Bill is every boy, today and yesterday, an essential part of that American scene and that American tradition so dear to us." --from August Derleth's foreword.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Small name stamp on the bottom page edge, and a small, faint date stamp on the title page, else fine in fine dustwrapper with a small chip on the rear panel. A nice collection of children's cartoons.