Published by American Crayon, 1943
Language: English
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). Decorative covers and internal illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat, Story begins inside front cover and ends inside back cover plus twelve pages. There are six full page color illustrations with the rest of the pages with black and white illustrations. Split at front gutter with a chip at the top of spine, average edge wqear, contents quite bright and clean.
Soft cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). Stapled binding. The cover is loose. Light wear to the extremities.The last page (which is also the rear cover) is stained. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Published by American Crayon CO. 1931,1943, SANDUSKY,OHIO, 1931
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. Illustrated by PEAT, FERN BISEL Color Ilust (illustrator). old edition. GOOD Condition,Quite nice, but someone has applied transparent paper tape to spine & inner gutter covers.nice, sturdy,neat,clean job.but reduces VG down to Good.else showing only very minor rubs to bottom of boards, removing bit of green paint,wear to points. Dec Hardcovers.has no crayon markings, no names, clean of marks ; Art shows bright solid colors to charming Indian Characters, Cute little boy, loving family & sympathetic Tiger. Clothing based story of creative problem solving & of course Butter for SUPPER'S 169+ pancakes. Story text is written as a rhymy POEM, which might allow some poets to be critical. ; 10pg+covers thin pages; Sambo in India Setting, Striped tigers cover art. OTHER PAGES show Brown Sambo child with GREEN UMBRELLA;.DRESSING TIGER WITH PINK POINTY SHOES . Back cover showing TIGER BEING FITTER FOR RED-ORANGE COAT All on DARK green hard covers. RATHER LARGE COPY.largest I have ever seen. Front cover duplicates back cover.
Published by The American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio, 1943
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). 4to, 1943 hardcover, A Mary Perkes Book, The American Crayon Company, pink paper covered boards, edges faded, interior pages are clean and unmarked, with b/w illustrations and color plates.
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron. OH, 1932
Language: English
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). 1st Edition. Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1932. First thus [1932]. Part of Saalfield's Calico Classics series. Illustrated throughout, mainly in color. Calico patterned hardcover with illustration, twenty pages. Covers have wear and the spine is chipped. Hard Cover. good minus /No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Saalfield Pub. Co, Akron, Ohio ; New York, 1933
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: good. Folio in color illus paper wraps; 12 unnumbered pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 33 cm. Striking illustrations in color. / Sambo (Fictitious character) Sambo (Fictitious character) Fiction. Printed books -- United States -- Ohio -- Akron -- 20th century -- Specimens Fiction. About good(-) with creasing, some scribbles and gerneal wear. Please see photos.
Published by American Crayon Co., Sandusky, OH, 1943
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Paper covered Hard Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking Dustjacket. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). Later Edition. A Mary Pearles book. 14pp, b&w illustrations in text, full-page color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. Interior is very bright and clean, and is unmarked. Orange-pink boards are sun-faded and show small areas of light soiling. Minor wear to some edges. Main defect is the wear to the spine. While the boards are not separated, the paper covering the spine is mostly lost - faily easily repaired. No marks, NOT ex-library, no odor. Weight, 360g. Size: 9.75" by 13". Book.
Published by Prang Co, Sandusky, Ohio, 1946
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Peat, Fern Bisel (illustrator). Later Edition. Boards (HB) in good condition with rubbing to spine, tape to spine and inside back cover. Separated from binding but complete and unmarked except for a few light folds. Childs name and date in pencil on "this book belongs to" page, inside cover.Rare hardcover edition with full color illustrations.
Published by The Harter Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). Tall soft-cover children's book with colorful illustration on front and back. Thin spine rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Rubbed 1/2" spot on front cover near bottom corner. PO name on inside front cover in ownership box. First page has a closed tear in vertical edge at margin only and a tiny closed tear at bottom edge. Last page has a tiny closed tear at bottom edge.
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH and New York, 1933
First Edition
Wrappers. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). 1st Edition. Folio. [12] ff. Dramatic illustrations in color, depicting Sambo and the animals as cloth dolls, perhaps reminiscent of the golliwogs so popular in England before WWII. Complete, but with light wear, flattened wrinkles, and inconspicuous archival tape mends. Still, a good copy.
Published by Harter, Cleveland, 1931
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Large Paperbound. Condition: Very Good+. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator).
Published by Prang Company Publishers, Sandusky, Ohio, 1946
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Peat, Fern Bisel (illustrator). Deluxe Edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Two illustrated children's books housed in a color-illustrated box. Little Black Sambo and The Tale of Peter Rabbit are both illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat with both color and black-and-white images. Wraps have a couple of faint spots, Peter Rabbit has a small spot on first page. Box has some staining, light wear along edges. Illustrator: Peat, Fern Bisel. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 0 oz. Category: Children's Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 013761.
Published by Harter Publishing Co., 1931
ISBN 10: 1199216593 ISBN 13: 9781199216595
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Condition: Very Good; 1931, sm 4to, stated 1st edition. No jacket. Rare hardcover edition bound in a decorated red cloth with circle title plate on front board. 8 full color plates. Unpaginated, but with 32 leaves between the endpapers. Text is also illustrated with black & white cuts and a yellow border to the edge of the paper. Binding is solid. Text is clean except for the occasional finger smudge along edges of leaf. Previous owner's inscription in ink on ffep. Boards and endpapers lightly dust soiled. Hardcover.
Published by The Harter Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931
Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
Softcover, illustrated in bright color: front and back cover have the same drawing of the titular character Little Black Sambo, wearing his distinct bright orange shirt, blue pants, purple shoes, and carrying a green, polka-dot umbrella, illustrated by Fern Bisel, Peat. Bottom left corner has "No. H-105" printed in small black type. Profusely illustrated, with 7 full page, color illustrations, and 6 pages with large, in-text illustrations in black-and-white. This book includes the stories 'Little Black Sambo', 'Black Mumbo', 'Black Jumbo' and 'the four Tigers' [sic]. Last page has a short biography of the author, and gives details about the story's origin and this book's creation. States that this book is to be used in an educational setting, and the typeface has been chosen based on studies about how to develop "the correct eye movements." Children are also encouraged to color in the black and white illustrations. 14pp. 9 1/4" x 13" Edge toning on cover. Glue residue from price sticker inside cover and first page- upper edge corner; minimal detraction.