Jansson Arthur August (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The story of a lion cub." Good condition book with rubbing to edges. [2002]. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hard bound in dust jacket. Dust jacket shows age toning and edge wear, otherwise in very good condition. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. Yellow cloth binding with dark green print on cover and spine. Front endpapers are a map. Rear endpapers are blank. Tight, sound and unmarked. 364 pages. Publisher did not mark editions at this time. Dust jacket has crumplinalong bottom edge of front and wear at spine ends. In mylar and not price-clipped. JANSSON, Arthur August (illustrator).…

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This copy is in good condition. The covers have light rubbing, edgewear and minor staning. All text edges have yellowed with age and also have minor staining. There is minor staining along the foot of the interior text but the text is free of markings and remains tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No markings in the text with a very few light scattered soil spots. There is a name address and date printed on the front end paper. The cover has some light scuffing and light corner wear. The spine has a couple of small tears. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover has some dings and scrapes around the edges and a few stains, but is in good condition otherwise. The color is vibrant. The binding is secure. The pieces of the dust jacket - front and back cover and inside flap - were cut up carefully and are actually saved in the back of the book. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. blue c w/pictorial boards; edgewear and scratching; illustrated end poapers; 56 clean, unmarked pages. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).

Hardcover Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Chicago, IL: Wilcox & Follett Co. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1944). . Hardcover Cloth. 8vo., 59 pp., inside hinges weak, pages yellowed some, musky scent, cover frayed, corners bumped, . Black & White illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First British edition. Foxing to edges and endpapers, else good in a good (edge worn with a few small chips, foxing) dust jacket. ; 271 pages. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. New York, NY: Random House. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1942. . Hardcover. 4to., 51 p.p., Head and tail of spine and corners of cover bumped; edges of cover rubbed; cracked inner hinge; previous owner's inscription on front free-end paper; some pencil writing on back cover; pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition book, no DJ. Rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and rubbed. Text is very good and clean. Spine is tight and clean too. [1204]. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Light brown cloth hard cover with picture of an elephant on front cover - some light damage to back/foxing spots on spine/otherwise Good. 271pp., including b/w illustrations by Arthur August Jansson. Content Good. (454g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in illustrated boards. Green cloth spine on illustrated boards, clean, general shelf rubbing, exposed cardboard to corners, some fraying to spine ends. No dust jacket. First edition (not stated) . Book is clean and fresh; rear board with scribble, and rear hinge loose. Illustrated endpapers are bright, as are interior illustrations. Pages are clean. Overall, a decent copy of this true story for children. Stored in protective wrapper. Else - Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages. Illustrated by Arthur A. Jansson (illustrator).…

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This large picture book has been bound with a grey cloth spine, blue lettering and pictorial front and back boards. There is some corner bumping and edge wear with board just starting to show. The text is tight in binding. Illustrated throughout with line and color drawings. Book plate affixed to the front end paper. Text is unmarked. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).…

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book is sturdy and tight with edgewear. There are erased pencil scrawls on the plain endpapers and on the lettering on the front panel. Otherwise contents clean and book is illustrated in color with endpapers of stampeding elephants. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Lions, Folklore, Juvenile Fiction) A reading only copy. Boards/spine/hinges may be broken, detached, or missing. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes/highlighting, be heavily stained, or detached. May be missing non-text pages (e.g. end pages, half title, title, frontispiece.).…

(Jansson, Arthur August)illus. PANTALOONS - ADVENTURES OF A BABY ELEPHANT by Osa Johnson. Random House, NY, 1941. 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, 56pp., lithographed illustrations in color and black-and-white. Edgewear, else a Very Good copy. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).…

Unbound. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. OVERSIZED DUSTJACKET ONLY, DJ ONLY , NO BOOK, VG- ,Author came across Gorilla on trip to Belgian Congo. She bought him from the Natives who had captured him. Was a Lovable & Devoted Pet. Author gave a party for the Governor of East Africa. BABY MOUNTAIN GORILLA climbed into his Lap at Dinner Table, They returned to America with Gorilla & lived in a Apt. in NYC but later lived in a Zoo. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Random House, 1941. First edition, 1941. Delightful story about a baby elephant discovering his own world, based on the author's experiences with a real elephant. Illustrated in both color and in black and white, with photographs of the real Pantaloon on the inner dustjacket flap. Pictorial laminated boards with gray cloth spine, illustrated endpapers, 56 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some edgewear and a couple of sharp bumps to the rear cover, one at the lower corner and one at the upper edge. Good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with occasional light finger soil, small 1941 gift inscription on front pastedown, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has quite a bit of edgewear, mainly tiny chips and tears, with a longer tear along the front spine edge with just a little paper loss, mainly at the spine head. Nice copy overall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition / First Printing. Copyright is 1941. Tight, un-read, as new copy in like dust jacket that shows a 1/32 inch chip at head of spine, and very slight wear at corners. Jacket is otherwise pristine and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. A signed sheet of paper reading "Best wishes / Osa Johnson" has been laid in with this book, though was not acquired or originally distributed with this book. The signature sheet is also in fine condition. Ironically, both the book and the signed sheet of paper come from the estate of Osa's second husband Clarke Getts, though through completely different channels. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner. Edge worn, else very good in illustrated boards with blue cloth along the spine. No dust jacket. ; 56 pages; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Inscribed by Osa Johnson, opposite title page. Yellow cloth over boards with pictorial, papered sides. Edges and corners show wear; area of surface damage to upper corner of rear cover (presumed from sticker removal). Interior is otherwise clean and unmarked. 51, [1] pages. Inscribed ''To - My dear little friend / David / love / Osa Johnson''. The affectionately told story of ''Snowball,'' a baby gorilla, and his life with Osa & Martin Johnson, who had found him neglected in the jungles of the Belgian Congo and adopted him. The Johnsons were a husband-and-wife team of adventurers and pioneering documentary film-makers, well known for their work in Africa and Borneo. The book describes Snowball's origins, Osa & Martin's early encounters with him, his personality, manners, and many mischiefs, what they did together and how they lived together as a family. The story progresses as it follows them as they take Snowball to America aboard a steamer, eventually moving him to the Central Park Zoo, and describing way he was cared for and who his friends were there. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson, who accompanied Carl Akeley on his expedition to Africa in 1926 and who also worked with him on the African dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator).

Johnson, Osa., Random House, c1941, 1st Edition, color illus. boards & cloth (hard cover), illus. eps, corner & edgewear, one very small rubbed spot on cover, name on title page o/w vg (no dj), 56 pp, color illus. by Arthur August Jansson, 4to, "A true story for children from the author's own observations of life in the jungle".…