Huffard Grace Thompson (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). Special Edition. MY POETRY BOOK, AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, selected and arranged by Grace Thompson Huffard and Laura Mae Carlisle in collaboration with Helen Ferris, introduction by Marguerite de Angeli, illustrations by Willy Pogany (from 1934 edition), hardcover, new revised edition, unclipped dust jacket, 1956. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. A used bookstore price tag is affixed to the first free endpaper. Not a library book or remainder. The reddish-brown cloth boards are in near fine condition (slightly cocked). The dust jacket is in near fine condition (very slight crinkling of top edge). XX [From the dust jacket] At storytime for the smallest members of the family, at any boy's or girl's reading hour, or whenever anyone, young or old, is in a mood to browse through the happy realm of childhood imagination, this is the book you will turn to. In this collection of poems are all the favorites that will be read again and again. You will find the familiar names of Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Rowena Bennett, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Burns, Joyce Kilmer, Edna St. Vincent Millay, A. A. Milne, Alfred Noyes?and dozens of others whose verse has become part of the world's great literary heritage. No other book can quite measure up to such a collection as this for its value to the whole family. Children will grow up with and will long remember these poems after the volume is worn from constant use. Parents will recapture the happiest moments of childhood as they read to their children poems they have known and loved since before they learned to read. And alwaysnew, refreshing experiences await the reader in these pages as he discovers poems he has not previously seen. Willy Pogåny's illustrations in full color and in black and white make this a beautiful edition for gift giving. XX Praise for MY POETRY BOOK: This very extensive anthology contains a rounded selection of poems under such heads as At Our House, When It's Time to Play, When It's Time to Go to Bed, Going Places, My Birds, My Flowers, My Trees, When It's Spring, and Summer, and Autumn, and Winter, and many others of like nature, for the child whose interests are ever growing. It's a joy to run through them, for there are many old favorites, and enough new?some unknown?to be very stimulating. There are more than thirty illustrations by Willy Pogåny, many of them in full color. It's a lovely book (Christian Science Monitor). XX Happy is the child who is helped to discover the magic music of words?poetry. The youngest and the oldest will find pleasure in My Poetry Book (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. I have had this book since childhood, a gift from a great aunt whose husband was a salesman for Winston. So a true antique book with an introduction by Booth Tarkington. Full color frontis piece. I memorized "Little Orphan Annie: from this book when I was 9 years old. Cover is dark blue cloth with gold lettering -- most of the lettering is worn off. Cover loose from spine a repaired with professional book tape on the spine.

Good plus or better, light general wear, sunned spine. Cloth Binding shaken, lightly soiled. Pages browned. Monday, November 03, 2008 2:17:58 PM prev owner's name on front fly.

504pp. 8vo 8 color and black and white illustrations by Willy Pogany Gilt pictorial blue cloth 1st edition Rear hinge tape repaired on outside, reglued on inside, front joint reglued on outside (messily), cover extremities well rubbed: Fair/no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Binding Tight Pages Browning Dust Jacket Torn And Worn. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Willy Pogany (illustrator). Introduction by Booth Tarkington. Red cloth cover with black lettering on front and spine; very light edge wear; solid binding; pages are becoming brown-toned in the margins; one small name on ffep.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). Second Printing. Red cloth boards are rubbed on edges, very chipped at tail. Front inside hinge weak at title page. Text pages lightly tanning, tiny amount of pencil marginalia. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Pogany, WILLY Color Ilust +bw (illustrator). First Edition. GOOD CONDITION, SOLID copy, some old light bleach spots to edge of spine strip. Overall good copy with gold spine & cover titles .front cover shows girl on bench, rading book all on dark blue cloth hard covers.Pink on vanella endpapers show birds, pink floral branches. ; COLOR FRONTIS SHOWS BOY & "The Faithless Flower" First edition has only date 1934 with Pixie & flower on verso page. ; 504ps pages; Booth Tarkington intro. Dozens of Classic Poems.

Hardcover. /Willy Pogany, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good without jacket; corners and spine ends bumped, stamped Pogany drawing bright. Juvenile hardback. One coloured and about 30 black and white full page drawings. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Willy Pogany, illustrator.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Willy Pogany (illustrator). New Revised Edition/An Antholgy of modern verse for boys and girls.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NoNE. POGANY WILLY (illustrator). LATER PRINTING. RARE 1952 EDITION/ PRINTING INTRODUCTION BY BOOTH TARKINGTON BRIGHT SOLID AND CLEAN GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE IN B/W AND COLOR BY WILLY POGANY BOUND IN RED WITH BLACK LETTERING POEMS FOR MONTHS A REALLY NICE BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Back of book has some water staining. Hard cover edition. 504 pages. Dimensions: 6.5" by 8.75". Published by The John C. Winston Company, Chicago, IL. 1st edition, 1934. B&W and color illustrations. Blue binding. Cover defect(s): Some staining/marking/writing. 2 Pound Shipping Rate. Genre(s): Poetry / Anthologies.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Printing. 504 pages. Blue cloth binding with gilt letter and picture on front cover. "Selected and arranged by Grace Thompson Huffard and Laura Mae Carlisle in collaboration with Helen Ferris" Introduction by Booth Tarkington. Edges rubbed. Lower and upper edges of backstrip show some wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket is delightful in white and pink, however spine is sunned and there are numerous chips and tears, as well as price-clipped front flap; former owner's name written on endpapers, inscription from parents on flyleaf; both color and black and white illustrations in good condition; book is missing back endpaper. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. This is not an ex-library book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Willy Pogany (illustrator). Later Printing. Introduction by Booth Tarkington. In red boards stamped with black lettering. with a little mild color streaking on the boards. A sturdy, square, clean copy of this poetry book profusely illustrated with color plates and full page drawings by the famous artist Willy Pogony. A terrific copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Library rebound cover. Tear to title page. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Nice selection of poems beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Introduction by Booth Tarkington. A tight, clean, unmarked copy in bright gilt, with all the color plates intact. Scarce Pogany title.

Hardcover. Condition: very good/very good. Octavo. 23cm x 16cm. 502pp. Blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket. Chipping to dust jacket with some loss. illustrated endpapers.32 illustrations in color and black and white by Willy Pogany., Previous owner's name. Light chipping to dust jacket edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Lovely introduction to poetry for young children, arranged by topic, in 504 pages with Glossary, Indices by Title, Author, & First Line in rear. Full-color, full-page plates--31 total, including Frontispiece--by Willy Pogany appear throughout the text; he also designed the floral endpapers, which match the DJ design. Foreword by author Booth Tarkington. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1934 (NOT a later or modern reprint), this hardcover book has decorative blue cloth-covered boards with black embossed lettering & design to front & spine. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with just a whisper of tanning to edges, completely unmarked. Rust-colored stains to outer edges of both front & rear boards. Most of the plates are pristine, but a few have light foxing. The price-clipped DJ is VG, with minor edgewear & chipping, heaviest at both ends of spine. Slight darkening to edges & spine from handling; beautifully protected in new mylar cover free for years of reading pleasure! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Willy Pogany (illustrator). Introduction by Booth Tarkington. Illustrations include eight color plates. A later printing. Uniform age toning throughout text block, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a few small chips) dust jacket. ; 504 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: very good/very good. Octavo. 23cm x 16cm. 502pp. Blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket. Chipping to dust jacket with some loss. illustrated endpapers.32 illustrations in color and black and white by Willy Pogany.,Signed, inscribed and dated by author Helen Ferris There is some light staining to inside lower panel of dust jacket.

Hardcover. New Revised Edition; Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Open tearing throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. John C. Winston, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Willy Pogany (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Eight colour plates by Pogany, including frontispiece and twenty-four in b& w, including section title page. Blue cloth covers with gold gilt lettering and illustration of girl reading on front cover. Introduction by Booth Tarkington. gilding very slightly faded, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. SIGNED by authors, Huffard and Carlisle "For David.1934.". Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Hardcover with no dj. Ink name of original owner, David. on page opposite authors' inscriptions. Missing chunk of title page. No text obscured. Dulled title to spine. Hinges intact.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in boards. Edge wear and soiling. Corners bumped and worn.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). Edition not noted. 8vo full blue cloth with pictorial gilt title to front cover and spine. Introduced by Booth Tarkington and illustrated with 32 plates, 8 of them in full color all by Willy Pogany. Light wear to tips else a fine bright copy without previous owner's marks, in a scarce, lightly chipped, edgeworn but unclipped dj.