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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

/Crockett Johnson, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Good Plus without jacket; no names or other marks but very small x on endpaper, pages toning, extrems bumped, small rub on top board, green almost completely faded to tan on covers. Picture Book Hardback Three Stories: Willie's Animal, Willie's Pockets, Willie's Walk (this last previously published in 1944). Perfect illustrations for these little stories that speak directly to children. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Crockett Johnson, illustrator.

/F. Stocks May, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Good in Good jacket; no names or other marks, straight, tight, very clean, but top board shows moisture damage (fading) over half the top, not affecting plate or endpapers ; in crisp, jacket, faded but still blue, with darkened spine, corresponding moisture area evident, 1/2" and 3/4" tear to top of cut-out; 1/4" tear at spine top, and tiny chips at extrems; 0.95 on rear. Small hardback. Walter grows bored and sets out to see the world, which is not as carefree as he had supposed. Luckily, Rusty the Sheep Dog comes along. Very bright clear colours, almost like pochoir. The UK Brockhampton series began in 1949 with Emily the Goat. The McKay US reprints are not in the same order. Six Blackberry Farm books were published in this format with green boards in 1954, including Walter, and two sets of three titles with red boards in 1955, (dates, from library records in Worldcat , may have appeared on later printings) As of this writing, we have eleven in jacket, ask. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /F. Stocks May, illustrator.

/Harrison Cady, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good Plus in Very Good jacket; no names, bumped spine ends, otherwise as new, appears unopened and unread; in clipped jacket lightly edgeworn to 1/8", two half inch closed tears. Juvenile hardback. A collection of 8 stories about Burgess characters. Lovely copy. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Harrison Cady, illustrator.

/F. Stocks May, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Good Plus jacket; no names or other marks, straight, clean, nice paste-on plate, but with 3/8 x 2" moisture spot along top of back jacket which has darkened board but has not affected endpapers or pages, with endpapers and some pages a bit toned, jacket has half inch closed tear at each upper corner of "window", darkened spine, light wear to extremities; 0.95 price. Small hardback. George does a lot of naughty things, but with the best intentions, so at the end he is forgiven. Very bright clear colours, almost like pochoir. The UK Brockhampton series began in 1949 with Emily the Goat. The McKay US reprints are not in the same order. Following the first six Blackberry Farm books with green boards published in 1954 were two sets of three titles each with red boards published in 1955, (dates, from library records in Worldcat , may have appeared on later printings) Naughty George is one of the first set of three. As of this writing, we have eleven in jacket, ask. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /F. Stocks May, illustrator.

/F. Stocks May, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Good Plus jacket; no names or other marks, straight, very light soil to some pages, and small pale pink corner to plate, in jacket with 1" flap missing from spine bottom, darkened spine and creases, jacket folding offset; 0.95 price. Small hardback. Mrs. Nibble, the mother rabbit, has a lovely birthday picnic given by the human mother in the story. All the animal friends from Blackberry Farm are there. Very bright clear colours, almost like pochoir. The UK Brockhampton series began in 1949 with Emily the Goat. The McKay US reprints are not in the same order. Following the first six Blackberry Farm books with green boards published in 1954 were two sets of three titles each with red boards published in 1955, (dates, from library records in Worldcat , may have appeared on later printings) The Birthday Picnic is one of the first set of three. As of this writing, we have eleven in jacket, ask. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /F. Stocks May, illustrator.

/F. Stocks May, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; no names or other marks, straight, soil spot on one margin, and pale pink area to plate, in clipped jacket with darkened spine and creases, tiny chips to one corner and spine ends, nice die-cut, contemporary Vroman's Pasadena sticker; 0.95 on back and back flap. Small hardback. Henry does not communicate about his daily absences, and none of the animals know what it going on except Joe robin. Very bright clear colours, almost like pochoir. The UK Brockhampton series began in 1949 with Emily the Goat. The McKay US reprints are not in the same order. Following the first six Blackberry Farm books with green boards published in 1954 were two sets of three titles each with red boards published in 1955, (dates, from library records in Worldcat , may have appeared on later printings) Henry is one of the second set of three. As of this writing, we have eleven in jacket, ask. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /F. Stocks May, illustrator.

/F. Stocks May, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; no names or other marks, straight, small pale pink area to plate and across jacket (from boards) , in clipped jacket with darkened spine and creases, tiny chips to one corner and spine ends, nice die-cut, contemporary Vroman's Pasadena sticker; 0.95 on back and back flap. Small hardback. Little Martha was a bottle fed lamb and loved by everyone on the farm, so when she and Joy went missing the animals and parents were worried. Very bright clear colours, almost like pochoir. The UK Brockhampton series began in 1949 with Emily the Goat. The McKay US reprints are not in the same order. Following the first six Blackberry Farm books with green boards published in 1954 were two sets of three titles each with red boards published in 1955, (dates, from library records in Worldcat , may have appeared on later printings) Little Martha is one of the second set of three. As of this writing, we have eleven in jacket, ask. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /F. Stocks May, illustrator.

/Cay Ferry, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Fair jacket small name, clean and unwrinkled, rubs to edges and extremities; in rubbed dw with light edgewear all around, large wrinkled tears on back mended with clear tape, rubbed spine, but clean and little loss of paper overall; unclipped 1.00. Picture Book Hardback. The story of Mr. Pink, button manufacturer, who looks at modern conveniences with disdain, and that includes zippers! When the Copley's ask permission to build a house, then a garden, then a tennis court on the large factory roof, he begins to change. Nice Christmas pictures at the end of the book, with Mr. Pink arriving on the snowy roof for the celebration. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Cay Ferry, illustrator.

/Paul Kaloda, cover & Charles Bracker, text, illustrators. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good Plus in remnant envelope, straight, clean, sharp corners, very light reading wrinkles in margin of some pages, very light crease above Baby's long arm, tiny rubs to corners; about the bottom 2/3 of the envelope is present, which does have the title lists for both the Wild and Domestic series. Toploader large softcover novelty moveable The covers of this series, including the Tiger with her piercing green eyes, are large and just beautiful. They can be stood up for display. The baby tiger has been folded and can put his big paws on his mother's arm. Kind of a silly story to include with this magnificent beast! Paul Kaloda, cover & Charles Bracker, text, illustrators. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Paul Kaloda, cover & Charles Bracker, text, illustrators.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soap Labels This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

/Albert Ernest Kennedy, illustrator (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good; no names, pinking straight except for 1" fray, light crease on lower corner; spine ends frayed about 1/4", back bottom corner creased, all in all clean and attractive. Toploader fabric Dean's rag. Albert Ernest Kennedy worked for many different publishers. His career spanned over 45 years. The spirit of these large animals comes across so clearly in this difficult medium of printing on cloth. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Albert Ernest Kennedy, illustrator.