Robson Janet Illustrator (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Janet Robson Kennedy (illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial covers; rubbed in places. Small book--4-3/4 by 6-1/4". Pages are clean and bright. "A First Religious Book.".

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 42 pages; Description: p. 42. Subjects: Religious hymns and psalms - Selected from King James Bible. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 42 pages; Description: p. 42. Subjects: Religious hymns and psalms - Selected from King James Bible. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd.

Condition: Good. Good condition. 4 book set in slipcase. Slipcase Good. (religion christianity christian).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Robson, Janet (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red pictorial boards with two blonde-haired children sitting in a green chair in their pajamas with a blue rug - the older girl child reading to the smaller boy, has a brown spine - cover illustrator Erika Weihs, interior illustrator Janet Robson. Near very good with good hinges just barely starting to crack and illustrated endpapers, no writing tears or marks. Corners are bumped with some boards showing but minor wear. Alphabetical list of authors of the stories on last two pages with the dates of their contributions. Pages are yellowing, and outside edges show some soiling, but overall a nice copy of this edition of favorite one-page stories for every day of the year. 380 pages Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Robson, Janet (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Scarce & unique contribution to African-American literature, being one of the first books (in 1942) to picture a Black Santa Claus & a large cast of black characters (though they do all speak in dialect, are illustrated with what are now considered stereotypical caricatures, & the story resorts to standardized tropes involving white beneficence & largess). Beloved by children of all races to whom it was read by their teachers, it is a lovely story about family, community, & encouraging young talent. In 44 pages, unpaginated, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1942. Hardcover octvo (7.75" x 9.25") has orange cloth-covered boards stamped with black-brown illustration & lettering to front cover. Condition is VG: light surface soiling & rubbing to extremities, bumping to corners & both ends of spine, with slight cloth fraying. Stitched binding is secure, but loosening, front hinge starting. Pages are off-white with mild tanning, heavier to edges, but completely unmarked. No DJ. 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 time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Fading to head of spine. Previous owner's blindstamp on front endpaper. Large 145 x 90mm corner missing from front panel of dust-jacket. Large 115mm tear across front panel of dust-jacket. Chips to dust-jacket spine. Lacking front flap of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; (39), [1 (blank)] pages. Orange cloth boards with red-brown lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 228 x 191mm. Illustrated endpapers. "The morning before Christmas, Mammy went into the living room and cried a while into her big apron. Then she dried her eyes and smiled and went out into the kitchen where the children were playing dominoes.".