Basic Readers Pre Primer by Elson William Gray (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Paperback. Text unmarked with some page-turn soiling marks. A couple pages have edge tear. Covers show edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Life-reading Service 1930, A forerunner to the Dick & Jane series that dominated American schools in the 1950s. Spine is coming apart at the bottom approx. 3 inches, some creases on front cover 3 small closed tears and 3 pages have either some pencil or crayola marks on them none of which effects the pictures or the text. Paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Has writing/highlighting.Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Softcover. August 1932. Printed black, green and orange wrappers with Spot and Jane silhouette and images of all the characters (animal and human) amongst the cover floral motif. Black cloth taped spine. 39 pages with color illustrations on each page. The first of the books for the Dick and Jane series, this was the one that followed and was revised from The Elson Pupil's Hand Chart. Delightful drawings of Dick, Jane, Baby, Spot, Little Mew (the cat), and all the other characters. Includes a last page listing 39 vocabulary words. A very good copy. Very tight. Faint ex-lib. stamp inside front cover, spine tape lightly wrinkled at one spot, and several pages have light age stains. Otherwise, no marks.

First printing of this edition. Original black, green and orange wrappers clean and bright with small corner crease, some minor spotting on the foredge, and accession and deaccession stamps from the Toledo schools on the inside cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition (1930.) 12mo paperback with 40 pages and 39 color illustrations. This measures 7 1/4" x 5 1/4". The book is in good condition with one 1 1/4" crease to bottom of front cover. Slight chipping to edges and spine. Housed in custom clamshell case. First issue with three lines, 18 word Elson copyright and code '308.2' (Feb. 8, 1930) the earliest date noted for this book which was reprinted many times well into 1934. The first appearance of Dick and Jane. A revolutionary concept conceived by Zerna Sharp. In 1927 she visited the beach, studied children's speech patterns, and observed the way they spoke to one another. She brought her ideas to William Elson publisher of a Pupil's Hand Chart. Elson agreed to let Sharp develop her idea and, with a team of writers and illustrators, Dick and Jane evolved over 3 years. Green spine/gold text. #0323617 Size: 12mo. Childrens.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1934 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 46 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 46 Volume Pre-Primer.