Illus by Frederick Richardson (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. shelf wear to boards, spine tape torn, fly page torn, garage kept,pages crinkled, musty smell, text is clean and clear read, pencil marks on inside boards, color illustrations.

Antique California state text for young readers, with charming period color illus on most pages. Includes: Little Red Hen, Gingerbread Boy, Chicken Little, Billy Goats Gruff, more. Damaged but mostly intact copy of rare book. 5-3/4 x 7-1/2, 120 pp, color illus almost every page, brown endpapers. Fair/Good, fading boards, tight binding, worn corners, childrens scribbling on numerous pages, two sheets torn out (pp 43/44 & 115/116). Hardback in tan/brown illus cloth boards, no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering and designs. Minor rubbing to crown and foot of spine and corners; otherwise binding remarkably bright and sturdy. Gold topstain and deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Title page dated 1908. Copyright page dated 1902. 150 pages. Black and white illustrations in the text with sepia plates and tissue guards throughout. Gutter slightly cracked at front; binding still tight. Pages lightly toned and clean throughout with no marks or tears. A very nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.