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Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. Sm 4to, [47] pp. First edition, first printing with letter 'I' on the verso of the title page. Small chips on the cover. Front flap has a summary of the book. Back flap has an advertisement for War Bonds. Dime sized brown spot visible on the inside of the jacket. Jacket in mylar. Caldecott Award Winner, 1944. Beautiful copy in original jacket. Clipped on all four corners. Salmon cloth covered boards with black text. Book is in beautiful condition. Top and bottom of spine are bent in. No markings.
Pagination: Pp. [47]:
Genre: Children's Books:
Price: $1000.00
Description:
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., November, 1909. 2 volumes, first edition, 8vo, pp. Vol. I vii, [viii], 332. Vol. II [vi], 437,[1]. Beautifully rebound first edition of Booker T. Washington's book. Rebound in maroon cloth with gilt text on the spine to match the original cover.. Gilt top edge, deckle edge on side and bottom. Library impression on title page and table of contents. Title page of volume I, has small tears and chips around the edge. Title page of Volume II, has a small chip missing at the top. The books, which were in very poor condition have been professionally rebound and are now a beautiful addition to a collector's library.
Pagination: Vol. I vii, [viii], 332. Vol II [vi], 437, [1]:
Condition: Collectible - Very Good:
Genre: African American History:
Price: $600.00
Description:
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book is only in acceptable condition, but is a first edition. Repairs have been professionally done. Tan cloth covered boards with black text and red, yellow, and blue illustration. Spine has been repaired with black cloth tape. Pages have been resewn. First edition points have been checked with Greene, Hanff. Front free endpage is missing. Endpages are illustrated in color. Parts of the beginning pages are missing and have been repaired. Color frontispiece of Ozma. Illustrated by John R. Neill. List of Chapters is in color. The following points have been verified: O in Ozma is present on page 11. The O is missing in later editions. There are no inserted color plates. The illustration on p. 221 is in color. Later editions were not in color. P. 135-6, 153-4, 221-2 are integral not cancels. Endpages are in color. Back cover shows lion, tiger and hen. Thickness is 7/8 inch. Back free endpage is missing. Book has been carefully repaired
Pagination: Pp.[3-12], 13-270:
Condition: Acceptable:
Genre: Fiction:
Price: $400.00
Description:
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition with the correct points listed by Hanff. Light green cloth covered boards with dark green, brown, and red illustration on the cover. Title is red text with black border. Author is black text. Illustration of Toto on the spine. Publisher is printed Reilly &/Britton. Spine has been repaired professionally. Pages are gray, light blue, salmon, tan, light green, and tan. Fading has occurred to the colored pages. The free end pages are missing front and back. Pasted end pages are black and white illustrations with large red OZ in the center. Red border at top and bottom. First page is the half title page with black and white illustrations. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Black and white frontispiece. Page 80/81 has been torn and is mostly missing. There are no pages of advertisements. No color plates. Type damage on the numeral on page 121. Caption and numeral are present on page 129. Back cover has the silhouettes of Dorothy and Ozma with a sunburst in the back. No dust jacket. Leaf size is 9 x 6 5/8 in. Cover is soiled.
Pagination: Pagination Pp. [3-12], 13-261, [1]:
Condition: Collectible - Acceptable:
Genre: Fiction:
Price: $200.00
Description:
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. Dr. Seuss (illustrator). Book Club. Illustrated paper covered boards with illustrated endpages. Book Club Edition. Letters A through M are listed under the edition along with the number 6. No markings. Nice condition.
Pagination: Pp. [56]:
Condition: Collectible - Very Good:
Genre: Children's Books:
Price: $300.00