Jansson August (33 results)

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

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. JANSSON, Arthur August (illustrator). 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.

Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator). 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.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator). 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.

Hardccover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Jansson, August (illustrator). Pictorial board, well rubbed along edges, just rubbed through at corners. Internally unmarked. 59pp. By the author of the well-known book "I Married Adventure." Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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

hft. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100 pages. 4.61x0.98x6.30 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White illustrations (illustrator). 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, .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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].

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Arthur A. Jansson (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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.

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator). 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.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1.

Jansson, Arthur August (illustrator). (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.

Unbound. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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. Signed by Author(s).

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: Very Good. Illustrated by Arthur August Jansson (illustrator). 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.

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).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK edition (ie first impression of the first UK Edition) in dustwrapper. 192 pp. Text illustrations by the author. Translated by Elizabeth Portch. Publisher's original cream cloth boards with red designs and titling. Spine tips bruised. Slight darkening at the tip and tail of the spine. Minor foxing to the page block edges which has crept into the text in places. Front free end-paper professionally replaced using matching paper stock of a similar vintage. Offsetting to the rear free end-paper. No inscriptions. Some light pushing at the spine ends and tiny bumping at the lower front corner. Some light age related markings to the boards. Mild toning and spotting to the text-block. The scarce dustwrapper is unclipped showing the original publisher's price of 7s 6d net to the inside flap. The dustwrapper has a small chip at the top left-hand corner of the spine (not affecting any lettering) and is toned to the rear panel. Otherwise the artwork is uncommonly bright. The second in Tove Jansson's series of 'Moomin' books. Profusely illustrated in black and white by the author. Published in Swedish in1946, it marks the first appearance of several main character, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. The English translation, published here in 1951 is a translation of the first version of Jansson's book, which she was later to revise. Rare in this the first English edition. A serviceable copy in an uncommonly vivid and complete dustwrapper which importantly is not price-clipped.

First UK edition hard back binding. Rebound in banana yellow buckram covers, red title lettering to the spine, red vignette to the front cover of Moomintroll and Sniff, new pale yellow end papers, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 7¼'' x 5''. 'Comet in Moominland' is the second in Tove Jansson's series of Moomin books. Originally published in 1946, it marks the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. This first English translated edition, published in 1951, is a translation of the first version of Jansson's book, which she was later to revise. The revised version was published in 1968 and contains a number of minor differences; for instance, the Silk Monkey character is changed to a kitten. Contains 192 printed pages of text with splendid monochrome illustrations throughout. Some of the illustrations have been neatly coloured-in with water-colours, name to the half-title page, in matching slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

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