Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, 1947
Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. Freund, Rudolph; Knight, Clayton; Pitz, Henry C.; Provensen, Alice; Provensen, Martin (illustrator). Binding tight; interior clean; full color illustrated end papers; gift inscription dated Valentines Day 1948 on ffep. Pictorial boards with moderate wear at corners and spine ends. DJ good condition, has a few chips and minor edgewear, pieces missing at top and bottom of spine and at bottom of front cover, DJ also brightly illustrated, interior clean and tight, 116 pp., inscription on ffep. Beautiful illustrations and many stories, a great find.
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1947
Seller: The Bookworm, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Condition: Fair. Big Golden Book Special. Description: Illustrations by Rudolf Freund, Clayton Knight, Henry C Pitz, and Alice and Martin Provensen. Book design b The Sandpiper Press and Artists and Writes Guild; printed by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. A collection of short pieces -- ''stories, adventures, things to do, aviation, foreign lands, wonders of nature, marvels of science, and holiday fun.'' BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; reinforced binding; owner's name on the front endpaper; the jacket was in an old library-style protector (the sort with black at the bottom), and this protector was taped to the book, library-fashion, the tape still adheres to the book, as do some black marks from the old protector; (the old one has been changed to a fresh one now); there are no indications of library ownership or use other than mentioned (no card pocket, no markings); Fair condition, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Illustrated endpapers. about 11.25 inches tall by 9 inches wide. v115.
Language: English
Published by New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947, New York, 1947
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Rudolf Freund, Knight, Pitz; and Alice and Martin Provensen (illustrator). First Edition. Poor/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vintage collection of many stories, adventures, things to do (Aviation, foreign lands, wonders of nature, marvels of scienc, and holiday fun) Pages tight; clean; no markings on pages. B/w and few color illustrations throughout book. Binding includes stapling of spine. Hard cover with vine border design surrounding 9 small color boxed illustrations of airplanes, bugs, animals; flowers, birds, boad, etc. Covers rubbed on edges and corners. Minor weear and fading on covers. Outer cover portion of spine missing; Covers attached to book by cloth inner spine binding. Therefore spine creases are weakened. Previous owner name & address penciled on front inside pages opposite title page.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1947
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1947
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Contains over 70 children's stories, poems and articles. Tall pictorial boards, decorated endpapers, 116 pp., b/w and full-color illustrations throughout, illustrated jacket. Two cm chip on spine strip, moderate wear overall, brief gift note dated 1948 on verso of front endpaper, text is unmarked and clean, tight binding. jacket is tattered and worn.
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (children's poetry, children's stories, american ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Children's Books, Juvenile Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.