Published by The Viking Press, New York, NY, 1948
Seller: Optical Insights, Murrieta, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Dana Saintsbury (illustrator). Minor edge wear only, no markings or names. ; Second printing of the first edition, which preceded the Tasha Tudor illustrated edition. ; 2nd Ptg; Yellow cloth; 8vo; No DJ.
Published by Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1963
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Name of the previous owner. Publication of 136 pages. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are in good condition. There is light foxing around the block and on the first and last pages. The text remains bright and clear. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Michael Joseph, 1947
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st edn. ~Original red cloth, slightly faded near top edges of boards & on spine, but bright & fresh. A little minor foxing to top edges. No dustwrapper. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: 112pp. 4 colour illus. No ownership marks. Binding tight, text unmarked.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1962
Seller: Warwick Books, member IOBA, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Thus. Hardcover in illustrated gray boards with dust jacket. First edition of Godden's doll story with Tasha Tudor's endearing illustrations. Jacket is price-clipped and has wear along all edges and a generous inch-sized chip on rear. Book is solidly bound and clean throughout. There is a child's bookplate affixed to front endpaper, mostly covered over by front jacket flap. Small 8vo. 136 pp. In protective Mylar.
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, 1947
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Saintsbury, Dana (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4 colour plates including frontispiece. Decorative endpapers. All very clean and firm inside and out but front board has 1cm of slight fading across top edge. The dustjacket has a 2cm loss to top of spine area, other minor general edge wear and repairs to closed tear along spine area verso.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1962
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. Autographed by Tasha Tudor on the title page beneath her name. Illustrated in color and black-and-white by Tasha Tudor. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Free Tracking. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Color and black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 136 pages; Signed by Illustrator.
Published by Michael Joseph, [1947], 1947
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and 3 coloured plates, free endpapers very lightly browning at edges; elegantly bound in blue full crushed morocco BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, sides with gilt frame border, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartmnents ruled in gilt, gilt edges, doublures framed in gilt, backstrip very lightly sunned else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT LOWER DOUBLURE. The author's first book for children; this original edition is far scarcer than its later US counterpart with illustrations by Tasha Tudor. A BEAUTIFUL COPY IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. VERY SCARCE.