William Meade Prince Illustrator (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boston, 1940; green illustrated cloth covered boards; corners bumped with board exposed; spine edges fayed; edges scuffed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; chip at top edge of 223; pages 57/58 with tear at top edge; Interior is clean and unmarked; 223 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Text is clean. Cover shows obvious wear. Previous owner name on front inside cover. Front free endpaper missing. ; 223 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers. William Meade Prince, illustrator (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. Children's fiction, unique for its time in that it featured children of mixed races playing together, based on the author's own experiences growing up in a small Virginia town, where he remembers "carefree mischief, the fun at Negro weddings, & the excitement of the County Fair.' In 209 pages with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout by William Meade Prince, who also created the DJ cover art (including a horridly racist caricature of a black girl who was one of the gang). Hardcover small 8vo has light blue cloth-covered boards lettered in darker blue to spine. Condition is Fair: boards warped with fainting dampstaining both inside & out to upper-outer edges, binding cracked & reglued, but 2 pages in front matter still loose. Old gift inscription to ffep; else, pages clean & unmarked. The slightly clipped DJ (with $1.50 price intact on front flap) is Good: largely intact & colorful with edgewear, small chips, short tears; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! 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. Prince, William Meade (illustrator).…