Laune Paul Illustrator (22 results)

Language: English
Published by Aladdin 1986
Series: Childhood of Famous Americans, Book 2 of 78. Book 2 of 78 - Childhood of Famous Americans
- Softcover
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.My Dead Aunt's Books
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Paperback. Condition: Good. NONE. Clean unmarked pages. Foxing on top page edges and leading edge. All edges have wear; front corners are creased. School library envelope. inside rear cover. Laune, Paul (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.Alplaus Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardbound in pictorial jacket. Book with pages unmarked, toning; cover edges toning, else gentle wear. Jacket with large chip missing at foot of spine, edgewear.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition First Printing. Book #17 (of 21 total) in the series of Western adventure books for boys written by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under this J. C. Ferris pseudonym, 1926-1942. Stories featured the Manly boys, who "know how to ride and shoot and take care of themselves under…all circumstances.real cowboys--a bunch any reader would like to know." Orig. published in 1938, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, listing only to self in front matte & to previous book #16 in rear. In 218 pages + 2 pages of lists for other children's series in rear, decorative endpapers, glossy frontispiece by illustrator Paul Laune. Hardcover has red textured cloth over stamped with black lettering & bucking cowboy & horse design to front/black lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages mildly tanned but completely unmarked. A few smudge to exterior fore edge & extremely slight bumping to corners & spine tips. A handsome copy! No DJ, unfortunately. 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 Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Laune, Paul (illustrator).
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
- Hardcover
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.Fallen Leaf Books
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Used - Good. No Jacket. No DJ. Wear to the corners/edges. Brown Boards, Orange endpages. GOOD.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1937, later printing, hardcover, (G+/G), 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.Librarium
Contact seller5-star sellerGrosset & Dunlap, NY, 1937, later printing (type C, 1959-1961), No. 16 in The Hardy Boys series, 212 pages with 4 pages of ads, b&w frontispiece illustrated by Paul Laune, brown vignette illustrated endpapers, hardcover, brown tweedy boards with brown titles and brown illustration on front, cover edges very slightly darkened, co…rners slightly rubbed, good dust jacket with yellow spine, minor soil on back panel & spine, edge wear with short tears, creasing and small pieces missing, 1/2" piece missing bottom back panel and top front panel, small chip center of spine, scuffing on front panel, light tape marks on flaps and endpapers, dust jacket protected in a new plastic cover, light glue residue on free front endpaper, otherwise contents clean & tight, book good+ (G+/G) 3042 [Azz63EC].

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.Book Booth
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket has heavy wear, rubbing, creasing, chipping and numerous short edge tears and small pieces missing. Book has minor wear. Binding tight. Ink writing on verso of front free endpaper. 218 pages. Frank and Joe Hardy were two teenage boys who helped their father wit…h his investigations into crime. This book opens with Frank and Joe practicing sword fights for a play at school. Then their father asks for help investigating a gang of thieves who are not above killing people who get in their way. Size: 5.25 x 7.5. Laune, Paul (illustrator) (illustrator).
Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: ABC Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.ABC Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: In Mylar. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Copyright 1937. DJ has foxing and discoloring, some bumping and small tears to edges, now protected in archival mylar. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards. Tanning to pages. No apparent marks throughout this book. Tracking available on most d…omestic orders.
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Published by Grosset and Dunlap 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Later Printing. Book #3 (of only 9) in the children's series featuring flying ace Stan Wilson. Part of a larger genre of "air combat stories" that were wildly popular in the period surrounding WWII, these all featured heroic Americans battling foreign for…ces & always emerging victorious. In 208 pages + 4 pages of ads for other G&D children's series in rear. Decorative endpapers & frontispiece by Paul Laune. With green cloth-covered boards stamped with a back design & lettering to front & spine, this hardcover 12mo is in VG+ condition: would be Fine but for very mild dampstained streaks to bottom edges of both boards. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages heavily tanned, commensurate with wartime paper (notice to title page), but supple & unmarked. Corners sharp. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine: same light staining to bottom edges, but only on the back. Else, colorful & bright with just a hint of edgewear, a couple light foxed spots to the front-cover side of title on spine; beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free to look stunning in your collection! 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); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Laune, Paul (illustrator).
Published by J B Lippincott Co., US 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.Keeper of the Page
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fair DJ. First Edition NAP. J B Lippincott Co. 1956 First Edition NAP Very Good/Fair DJ Luane, Paul (illustrator). Light wear to Brown cloth with small scuff mark on front and gold-color lettering on spine. Front flap and Author photo from dust jacket ONLY clipped and laid inside. Color illustrat…ed end papers. Detailed line drawing illustrated text. 256 [pages. 14.0 ounces. Size: 8 1/8 x 5 5/8 x 1 inches.

Language: English
Published by generic 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eyebrowse Books, MWABA, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A.Eyebrowse Books, MWABA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover with scarce DJ, First Edition 1942 Grosset & Dunlap 216 pages. Very Good+, in a VG+ DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear and a few faint smudges to green cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. Lightly faded purple topstain. Mino…r shelf/edge wear and rubbing to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. NOTE: The endpapers for this copy are WW1 Bi-planes even though the story is about WWII. (it's my belief that the publisher made a mistake). Plain frontispiece with no internals and wartime paper. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked and toned. Illustrations for DJ and frontispiece by Paul Luane. This copy is Binding variant 5 per Mattson. Because of the interest in air combat during World War 2, Grosset and Dunlap put together a set of sixteen boys' books by Thomson Burtis, Eustace Adams, and Al Avery (pseudonym of Rutherford G. Montgomery) and called the series Air Combat Stories For Boys. This is number 9 in a series of 16. The first seven books in the series were first published in the 1930s and are about exploits in the air during World War I and have WWI endpapers. The Yankee Flier portion of the series is about World War II and have WWII endpapers. Al Avery (1894-1985) is the pseudonym of American author Rutherford George Montgomery. Avery is best-known for his works of children's literature. He wrote over 100 books in his career. NOTE: The endpapers for this copy are WW1 Bi-planes even though the story is about WWII. (it's my belief that the publisher made a mistake). Rear panel of DJ lists to this copy. Rear DJ Flap lists to Spitfire Pilot by Canfield Cook published in 1942. Per AAC Boys Series Books by Axe, pg 57,58 and Mattson 01200 and 65800. A superb wartime First Edition that still presents well in the original DJ. LOC SSS-12.

Published by J.B. Lippincott Company 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The binding is tight, corner sharp. Text and images are unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light edge wear, toning on the back panel, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 12mo. 220pp.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 13. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Mild toning. Pages unmarked.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Mom's Resale and Books, River Hills, WI, U.S.A.Mom's Resale and Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1940 Hardcover Edition. DJ has rubbing to edges. Binding intact. Pages unmarked.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCa 1959. [4], 217 pp. Frontis by Laune. 12mo. VG+ (square & tight)/VG (some modest wear). Tan cloth binding with dark brown title lettering and graphic stamped to front board and spine. Brown illustrated eps. Black topstain. Pictorial dust jacket with yellow spine.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Keller Books, Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A.Keller Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Excellent. Hardback Pictorial Cover Edition from the Famous Horse Stories Series. Book is in Very Good Plus or better condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. Inside text appears to be UNREAD AND UNUSED! No writing or markings inside the book. Famous Horse Stories edition with the last copyrigh…t date showing 1947, but this appears to be an edition from the 1950's or 1960's. Book has come from a private collection and is NOT ex-library. Outside pictorial covers are nice with some minor soiling and outside corner wear. No Dust Jacket with the pictorial cover edition.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eyebrowse Books, MWABA, Dearborn, MI, U.S.A.Eyebrowse Books, MWABA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. First Edition. Hardcover with scarce DJ, First Edition 1941 Grosset & Dunlap 214 pages. Near Fine, in a Very Good++ DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with black titles - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to original unclipped… DJ - now in mylar. NOTE: The endpapers for this copy are WW1 Bi-planes even though the story is about WWII. (it's my belief that the publisher made a mistake). No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Plain paper frontispiece. This copy DOES NOT have wartime paper. It has good paper and no toning. Illustrations for DJ and frontispiece by Paul Laune. Because of the interest in air combat during World War 2, Grosset and Dunlap put together a set of sixteen boys' books by Thomson Burtis, Eustace Adams, and Al Avery (pseudonym of Rutherford G. Montgomery) and called the series Air Combat Stories For Boys. This is number 8 in a series of 16. The first seven books in the series were first published in the 1930s and are about exploits in the air during World War I and have WWI endpapers. The Yankee Flier portion of the series is about World War II and have WWII endpapers. This copy is Binding variant 5 per Mattson. Al Avery (1894-1985) is the pseudonym of American author Rutherford George Montgomery. Avery is best-known for his works of children's literature. He wrote over 100 books in his career. Rear panel of DJ lists to this copy. Rear DJ Flap lists The mystery Of Devil's Hand by Ted Copp published in 1941. Per AAC Boys Series Books by Axe, pg 57,58 and Mattson 01200 and 65800. A superb wartime copy that still presents well in the original DJ. LOC SSS-12.

The Forgotten Books of Eden
Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. [Editor]; J. Alden Brett [Editor]; Paul Laune [Illustrator];
- Hardcover
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Paul Laune (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Grosset & Dunlap
- Hardcover
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.Fallen Leaf Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Early Reprint. Early Reprint, Wartime. Minor soiling to the jacket, mainly on the back along with faint creasing near the head and tail of the spine. Minor wear to the corners and head and tail of the brown boards. Orange endpages. The back board has a previous s…eller's sticker still affixed inside. Inside the front board a small 'x' in pencil is written on the illustration. Some tanning to the pages. Very Good.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Octavo, 214 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is purple with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, creasing and surface tear to spine. Boards in brown cloth with red print. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has red tinted top edge. I…llustrated: b&w frontispiece, illustrated dust jacket and endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1386618. FP New Rockville Stock.

Published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, IN 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Dan Glaeser Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.Dan Glaeser Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Text is clean. Cover shows normal shelfwear. Dust jacket shows some shelfwear, minor chipping at spine ends. DJ is not price clipped. Some foxing to endpapers. Soft pencil marks on endpapers. ; [Bloom, Who Should We Then Read? , pp, 271-281] [Hotchkiss, American… Historical Fiction and Biography for Children and Young People, (Presidents - James Quincy Adams) , 1243]; Childhood of Famous Americans; B&W Illustrations; 192 pages. Illustrated by Paul Laune (illustrator).

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG+/VG+. A respectable copy. Later printing, ca 1941. iii, [1 (blank)], 212, [6 (adverts & blanks)] pp. Frontis on plain paper. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8" Front flap lists through "Flying Express" Beige cloth with dark brown lettering. Orange pictorial eps. Black topstain. Yellow spine dust jacket.