Frances E Jacobs (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pink illustrated covers with black spine and printing; quite worn on edges with boards showing through on the corners; soiled; library label partial remains on bottom of spine. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper; blacked-out library info on front endpaper and half title page; library date-due slip and pocket on back endpaper. 63 pp., black/white/pink illustrations; clean, unmarked. "Learn to make animals, flowers, birds, people and all sorts of amusing objects by tying knots in a handkerchief.". Marion Downer (illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, Former owners name inked to front paste down. orange cloth binding with dark brown lettering to spine and front. Eleventh printing, 1966. Pages clean, binding tight. Photographs By Lura and Courtney Owen (illustrator).

First printing (per publisher's requisite number line upon copyright page). xvi, 272 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Lacks dust jacket. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering to front board and spine, touch of soiling at lower spine, minor scuffing at spine ends and board corner tips. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy. With Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Epilogue, Notes, Works Cited (bibliography), and Index. Six chapters titled as: "The Profession of Authorship and the Cultural Text: William Wells Brown's 'Clotel;'" "God's Economy and Frado's Story: Harriet E. Wilson's 'Our Nig;'" "Reading the Fragments in the Fields of History: Harriet Jacobs's 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl;'" "The White Gap and the Approaching Storm: Martin R. Delany's 'Blake;'" "The Education of Othello's Historian: The Lives and Times of Frederick Douglass;" and "Unsolved Mysteries of Emerging Histories: Frances E.W. Harper's 'Iola Leroy.'" {Copy #2} ISBN 0878058168.…

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condition: New. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cover is in excellent condition, save for corner bumping and slight fading with age. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for redacted ownership on inside of front cover. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 64 pages illustrated by Marion Downer. "Learn to make animals, flowers, birds, people and all sorts of amusing objects by tying knots in a handkerchief." Dust jacket is edgeworn, book is bright and clean. Record # 373219.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (Juvenile literature, Juvenile games) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Finger Plays And Action Rhymes. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator). Book.

Condition: New. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. New York 1942 illustrated boards are moderately soiled. previous owner signature to ffep. binding is tight.

Condition: Fair. 1943. First Edition. 61 pages. Red pictorial boards and jacket. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Smaller sized hardcover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and scuffed. Edges are creased and torn, with a dog-ear to the upper edge of the front inner flap. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned and blemished. A few light spots of foxing noted on the pastedowns and endpapers. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Downer, Marion (illustrator). Used.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. (Crafts, handkerchief folding).

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book. Heavy wear to cover and spine edges and significant loss to the spine cover and corners. The contents remain clean, intact and perfectly legible. A little too well-loved for shelf presentation but still a lovely reading copy.…

JACOBS, Frances E. OUT OF A HANDKERCHIEF. Illustrated by Marion Downer. Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, [1942]. 8vo., orange cloth stamped in blue & black. Special Edition. Signed presentation (as "The Author") by Jacobs on front endpaper: "To Elaine Davis with love from the Author". Near fine. $35.00. DOWNER, Marion (illustrator). …

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition with torn and lightly marked dust jacket. Ink inscription to front cover. Endpapers lightly foxed. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 63pp.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Condition: New. Owen, Lura; Owen, Courtney (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hard cover red pict. paper covered bds, spine torn and worn, cup stain to upper bd, edges and corners rubbed, bds a little bowed, neat inscript. to front pastedown, front bd loosening at hinge but holding, some age-spotting to endpapers, contents nice and sound, with illustrations on each facing pge, 6 of the 29 illustrations have a little orange pencil embellishing them! light age-spotting in places, pp64. Interesting projects to make from a 14" x 14" pocket handkerchief, for example, a rabbit; turtle; umbrella; teddy bear; snowman; squirrel; dancer; sailing boat; frog; butterfly; dog; elephant; palm tree; fan; rooster; acrobat etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Landscape format. pp.v 53, illustrated throughout with sepia photographs and with music for the action rhymes. Maroon cloth with light rubbing to corners and spine edges. title in white on spine. Title page stamped in bottom margin Library F. P. Caillet School (Elementary school in Dallas. TX) and number 1078 written above publishers. Short bottom edge tears to a few pages otherwise a very good clean and tightly bound copy. May require extra overseas shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First UK Edition. learn to make animals, flowers, birds, people and all sorts of amusing objects by tying knots in a handkerchief! First UK Edition. Hammond, Hammond & Co Ltd, Ltd 1943. illus 63 + 1pp advert hb dw discoloured, frayed & rubbed, pages browned, book good. …