Abc by Brian Wildsmith, First Edition (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition in fair condition. Well loved. No dust jacket. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the Bridgeport public schools and the community.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brian Wildsmith (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first printing. Broad quarto hardback 60 pp, Many illustrations in colour throughout Good condition No dust jacket Edges rubbed, Some traces where pencil scribble has been removed - not very intrusive or offensive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green boards with very slight tanning along the edges. Dust Jacket is bright with an apple on the cover. Interior is bright and clean with wonderful paintings by Wildsmith.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ( exlib library stamp).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First American printing. Book is clean and solid. Pages have some evidence of page-turning. Boards have light to modest edge rubbing. inscription to the lower front endpaper. Jacket is price-intact, and has much edge wear with short tears and two i"-tears at lower front edge. Nice color to both book and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. First printing hardcover. Full cloth binding, rubbed at tips, sunned along edges. Gift note inked then blacked-out along lower edge front flyleaf. Unpaginated with bright and clean color illustrated pages. -- Nice alphabet book. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall Oblong.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Fading along the spine, two light ring stains on front board, starting to separate at the rear hinge, thus only good in green cloth with black lettering. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Very good in a very good (foxing on verso), price clipped dust jacket.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Brian Wildsmith (illustrator). First American Edition. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine, rubbing to extremities. Exuberant colors, unique text treatment and charming illustrations make this one of the best of the modern alphabet books. The book was awarded with the Kate Greenaway Medal, the British equivalent of the Caldecott Medal, and was also recognized by the New York Times as one of the top ten best illustrated books of 1963. This is a nice vintage copy of a modern day classic. Size: Small Oblong 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Brian Wildsmith (illustrator). 1st Edition. Second printing, 1964. Edges of boards rubbed but contents bright with no inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE, no dj. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Unpaged, reinforced cloth. Illus in brilliant color. Kate Greenaway Medal Winner. Previous owner's Ink inscription.

Condition: Fine in near fine jacket. First US edition of Wildsmith's glowing and vibrant ABC, commissioned by visionary Oxford University Press children's editor Mabel George, and winner of the 1962 Kate Greenaway Medal. 7'' x 9.5''. Original pictorial boards with red cloth spine. In original unclipped ($2.95) pictorial dust jacket. Printed by Brüder Rosenbaum, Vienna. Color plates throughout. Light edgewear to boards and jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Green cloth covers with black stamping. Covers show some light toning/sunning to edges and spine, otherwise, a clean, Very Good copy in a Near Very Good dj with some chipping at edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Decorative green cloth -- lightly faded along edges, else tight, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped jacket is chipped with scuffed spine. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and Wildsmith's first picture book as author / illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Printing of the First American Edition with correct $2.95 flap price. Fine in Near Fine jacket with three tiny tears. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and Wildsmith's first picture book as author / illustrator.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in a Good dust jacket. Spine split, boards stained, jacket price clipped, has tears and scrapes.

First American edition. Wildsmith, Brian. First American edition. Illustrated in color by the Author. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Red cloth spine and illustrated boards, fine in near fine dust jacket Illustrated in color by the Author. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Slight surface and edgewear to illustrated boards and slightly grubby plain red spine. Price-clipped jacket in clear removable sleeve rubbed and chipped; a tear from top to bottom of rear panel inforced with sellotape; also a 3 cm tear on lower edge and a 1 cm one with sellotape; rubbing and abrasions to hinges of internal flaps; a vertical crease down center of front panel. Internally clean contents apart from a faint vertical line on copyright page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Very Good ++. Jacket Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition, 25 x 19 cm red cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards with grey pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated [56] with each letter of the alphabet having a full page illustration. In original price clipped jacket. The boards are clean and bright with a touch of shelf wear, a little rubbing to the corners and a small 0.3 cm rub to the the top corner of the front board. Internally clean and bright with just a small gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is a little rubbed on the spine tips corners and corners with small losses to the corners and joint tips. There are a number of closed tears on the top and bottom edges of the rear panel, the largest of which is 4 cm, with some associated creasing. Winner of the Kate Greenaway award for children's book illustration, this vibrantly illustrated work is increasingly difficult to find complete. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

First edition. Oblong 4to. Publisher's quarter pink cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, in the matching pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the boards bowing very slightly, in a very good dustwrapper indeed, some light rubbing to the edges and a couple of very short closed tears. Twenty-six wonderfully colourful plates. Brian Wildsmith's first book.

First American edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by Brian Wildsmith on the title page. Some rubbing to the bottom cloth and a bookplate to the inner front panel, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon signed. Brian Wildsmith's ABC does more than introduce children to the alphabet. It welcomes them to a celebration of each letter of the alphabet illustrated with wonderful, free-spirited art. Wildsmith, one of the world's leading illustrators, was awarded the Kate Greenaway medal for this ABC book.