Big Tree by Mary Conrad Buff (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1946 first printing. Good hardcover has solid binding. Corners and spine ends of cover are worn down to boards. Some foxing to pages. No marks or names inside. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial tan cloth. Bumps to the lower corners, minor bump to the lower spine end. A very clean, tight copy. Dust jacket with wear and chips to the corners and spine ends. There is a 1 3/8" tear to the upper, front corner. A couple of lesser tears to the upper spine edges. Original price of $3.00 to the front flap. Newbery Honor winner. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial tan cloth. The upper spine end is bumped, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Dust jacket with small chips to the upper spine, a bit of wear along the upper edges. There are several tiny holes to the mid-spine area. Original price of $3.00 to the front flap. Newbery Honor winner. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.…

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition First Printing. Lovely children's story of a Sequoia tree called Wawona, interspersed with the true story of the magnificent Sequoias as they have survived over the past 25 centuries. A Newbery Honor award recipient in 1947, in 80 pages, beautifully illustrated in duotone throughout by the authors, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1946. Hardcover book has tan cloth-covered boards with a darker brown image of owls to front cover/dark brown lettering to spine. Condition is VG-: interior is very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & completely unmarked, though edges show toning. The bottom edges of both boards show darker discoloration. Heel of spine & corners are bumped, with slight fraying &/or loss. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $3.00 price intact to top flap) is Poor, missing most of the spine covering, with heavy edgewear, rubbing, chipping, & unclosed tears; what remains is The nicely protected in new clear 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 Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Buff, Mary; Buff, Conrad (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Thin large 4to pictorial tan cloth stamped in brown. Illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text b/w drawings by the author. This copy with a water stain to the bottom half of the spine and the lower edges of the boards which curiously imparts no staining and only very light rippling to the contents and dust jacket. (Picture available on request). The book is otherwise bright and clean in a near-fine dust jacket which has just light fraying at the extreme spine tips, a few tiny abrasions top the spine and light rubbing to the extremities. This copy INSCRIBED BY BOTH MARY AND CONRAD BUFF on the half title. A 1947 Newbery Honor Book. Conrad Buff (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good+. First Edition. Quarto. 79pp Tan cloth with pictorial image of two owls on front cover. Many full page beautiful Illustrations in duotone. SIGNED by both author and illustrator on front free endpaper. A very nice copy in a chipped dust jacket. There are some small pieces out at edges and spine of dust jacket. Small stain on spine of cloth cover. In a brodart protective wrapper. The story of a Sequoia tree named Wawona. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tips of corners show very light wear, tiny tear at top of spine. otherwise an excellent copy, very clean and sharp and tight, with clean pages. Dust jacket has some toning along edges, quarter inch ragged chips at corners, dime size chip at bottom and top of spine, a few tears along edges, price-clipped. so showing wear to corners but jacket is still attractive with good color and now protected in a clear cover.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Runner-up for the 1947 Newbery Medal, this is the "story of a Sequoia tree named Wawona -- from the time, before recorded history, when he was a little seed.until.he comes near falling prey to.man." First edition (first printing), "First published by the Viking Press in September 1946" with same date on title page; SIGNED by both author/artists on the free endsheet. Light wear to book, upper corner & top edge bumped; jacket has a couple of ¾" inch chips to head of spine & upper rear panel, other minor edgewear, light creasing, tiny tears; post-war paper a bit tanned. Text clean; [80] pages; b/w illustrations. Size: Quarto. Mary Marsh Buff and Conrad Buff (illustrator). Signed by Author & Illustrator.…