Maude Petersham (27 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Children's Decorated Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Color and B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Non-Paginated, but contains 34 pgs. Unusual size book, measures 8 & 1/8" square. blue cloth with paste down picture of little black boy on top of basket filled with cotton. upper spine has missing area which has been colored blue see pictures. no other defects. Inside book has no writing no tearing pages very clean and white. no library or school markings . .see pictures. Maude and Miska Petersham (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. A classic, beautifully crafted children's book designed to introduce children to the folklore, culture, and traditional verse of different countries. The book features a rich collection of traditional French nursery rhymes, folk songs (chansons), and verse that had been beloved by generations of French children—many of which date back hundreds of years. The volume includes traditional musical scores alongside the text, featuring lyrics in both French and English so the songs could be sung and played aloud. The book is heavily defined by its striking visual aesthetic, created by the legendary husband-and-wife illustration team Maud and Miska Petersham. True to the "Golden Age" of children's book illustration, the 1927 edition is a large, square-format hardcover (roughly 8.5" x 11") bound in blue or textured cloth. It features a colorful pasted-on illustration on the front cover, vibrant color illustrations on every leaf, decorative map endpapers showing France, and gilt lettering (some wear along top and bottom of spine and book corners; otherwise this book is in excellent condition). Maude & Mishka Petersham (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: New. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Children's Decorated Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Non-Paginated, but contains 31 pgs. Unusual size book, measures 8 & 1/8" square. Mustard yellow HC book has black font with a full color pastedown frontspiece illustration of an old time spinning wheel being used to make thread, and is in VG shape. Bright illustration and sharp font, slight soiling to edges, corners and spine ends bumped, lower corners starting to wear through, light shelf wear to rc, bb size hole torn in spine near top (not bugs, just carelessness). Tight, clean, square, completely unfoxed, and odor free with no po names or markings of any kind, and very clean endpapers. Well loved by generations of children! No DJ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Color and B&W Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Later printing. 4to (27 x 21 cm). 144 pp. Blue cloth covers with black titles to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped (price inked over) DJ with multiple large chips to head/tail of spine and edges. In Mylar. Miska Petersham (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Spine ends worn. Corners frayed. Owner's name on pastedown. Front hinge split. Inside clean. (postage stamps, United States).

Condition: Poor. Later printing. 28 cm; 191 pages. Illustrated in color throughout. Bound in blue cloth with color illustration mounted to front cover. Pictorial endleaves. Covers quite worn; first leaves loose. Cover illustration a bit scratched One of three titles in the "My Travelship" series of readings for home education. The highly illustrated text consists of stories, songs, and folklore from France.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition: no later printings listed. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No scribbles, no crayon. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows light wear, a chip at the bottom of the spine, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector. Maud and Miska Petersham (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. The story of a mother elephant and her baby, originally published in 1950. Refurbished library book wiith No markings and blank bookplate. A lightly worn but solid copy in an excellent jacket, adorably illustrated. Maud and Miska Petersham (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8.25 X 11.25 inches. 190 pages Printed board hardcover Condition: Poor, due to missing page 7/8. Else VG no names of marks. Printed end pages, colorful illustrations throughout. Bound in blue cloth with color illustration mounted to front cover. Pictorial endleaves. One of three titles in the "My Travelship" series of readings for home education. The highly illustrated text consists of stories, songs, and folklore from France. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Closed tear to jacket, in a protective cover.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, brick-red coth with gilt lettering and color paste-down on front cover,192 pages. Illustrated in color by Maude & Miska Petersham. Light soil to covers, internally VG. Record # 63165. Maud and Miska Petersham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Contains color and b+w illustrations. No dust jacket. Binding solid. Bound in blue cloth. Very little wear. Cover illustration bright. Maude and Miska Petersham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Blue cloth boards sharp with shelf wear to edges and spine ends, front board started. Dustjacket's inside flap cut and pasted to inside front cover. Book is firm in binding, b&w and color illustrations, 144 pages. All usual ex-library markings, Property of US Army, Fort Winfield Scott Post Library.; Ex-Library; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 144 pages. …

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing. A wealth of the author's stories and poems by these noted children's authors. An individual publication in the MacMillan Company's "Treasure Trails" series. Former owner's inked name and "August 1932" date on the front endpaper. Minor scuffing at top and bottom of cloth spine and corners, elsewise a bright, clean, tight copy sans tears, stains, markings and discoloration. From author Wilhelmina Harper's 'A Message for You' introductory page: "If I were a fairy godmother, and could give to every child a gift that would bring him more happiness and wealth than almost anything else in life, it would be just this - a love of good books. In order to help you find the way to the treasures that lie in books, I am introducing to you some of my own very best book friends; they are awaiting for you on the pages that follow." Book enhanced with the color illustrations of Maude and Miska Petersham (some full page) with accompanying descriptive captions. 381 pages. LG5. Maude and Miska Petersham (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardboards have mild shelfwear, tips showing board, former owner's name on ffep, dustcover has serious rubbing along folds, some tears, wear at tips and upper and lower spine, and a chip at upper spine, illustrated endpapers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Maude and Miska Petersham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Miller, Olive Beaupré, editor. From the tower window of my book house. Lake Bluff, Ill.: The Book House for Children, 1958 reprint. My Book House ; 10. Hardback, VG. Blue cloth, a little bumped to corners and ends of spine, with a few small marks and blemishes. Gilt lettering and bands to front and spine. Colour illustration pasted to front, slightly rubbed in places. Binding strong with a little movement. Illustrated endpapers, a little tanned to edges. 240pp., b/w and colour illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Olive Beaupré Miller (née Olive Kennon Beaupré) (September 11, 1883 - March 25, 1968) was an American writer, publisher and editor of children's literature. In 1919 Miller established a company, The Book House for Children, to publish popular children's literature edited by herself to meet her standards. The series grew to 12 volumes in all. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Maude and Miska Petersham, Fay Turpin, Donn Philip Crane, Hilda Hanway, Milo Winter, and Peter Newell (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: New. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Caldecott Medal-winning collection of classic American rhymes, songs, and jingles. Beautifully rendered illustrations accompany well-known nursery rhymes, counting-out games, skipping-rope songs, finger games, and other schoolyard classics beloved by generations of American children. Collected from across America, The Rooster Crows features rhymes both old and new, and will be a perfect addition to any child's collection. A collection of traditional American nursery rhymes, finger games, skipping rhymes, jingles, and counting-out rhymes. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Petersham, Maud; Petersham, Miska (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited First Edition. 47pps. Titles: frt. Frontis: Illus: w/ b/w prints. T.E. deckled. Center pps. loose. Water-stain along center-fold, bled from back wrap. Small puncture on rear wrp and adjoining pps, does nor affect legibility. P/o penned, fly-leaf. Catskill Mtn. and Woodstock folk herbal-lore, along w/ Indian, Quaker, and Shaker plant usage. A charming and very informative collector's item. Smith, Anita M., & Petersham , Maude & Miska (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Maude and Miska Petersham on half-title page, without inscription. Blue cloth boards sharp with shelf wear to edges, fraying to spine ends. Previous's owners book plate on free front endpaper. Book is firm in binding, b&w and full page color illustrations, 144 pages. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 144 pages; Signed by All Authors. Illustrated by Maude and Miska Petersham (illustrator).…