LITTLE SUNNY STORIES: The Singing Thread, the Way to Fairyland, Mrs. Goodluck Cricket by Gruelle, Johnny - 1919

M. A. Donohue. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (childrens, short stories, picture book) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

P. F. Volland, 1919. sixteenth edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Johnny Gruelle illus. Paper over boards with wrap around illustration, unpaged, 22 leaves, 7.5-in tall, illustrated endpapers, 12 full-page illustrations. Published in the Volland "Sunny Books" series, and includes 3 stories and 4 poems. This title appeared 1 year after Volland published Gruelle's first Raggedy Ann book. "Where children sing a sunbeam shows." A bit of wear at corners and spine ends, minor soil internally.

M.A. Donohue & Company Reprint from Volland - typo Roman Numeral date is MCMXVIV. Red hardcover binding is clean and tight. Name and 1940 date on half title page. Illustrated endpapers. Colorful dustjacket with blank flaps is clean with some wrinkles.. Illus. by Gruelle, Johnny. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Chicago: Volland, 1919. 19th pr.. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, pictorial boards are good with missing paper on spine and loose hinge. Internally very good. Previous owner's name on half title page. Color illustrations by Gruelle. Record # 804262

M A Donohue & Co, 1919. A very good plus red hardcover with a good to very good dust jacket Taped hinges, some repaired closed tears and small chips. Bright dust jacket. Hand dated 1942.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good to Very Good.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. Johnny Gruelle. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth with black lettering and decoration to front board. Colour illustrated endpages. Illustrated in black and white and in full colour. A little bit of shelfwear to cloth, light soiling to outer page edges. There are a few stains to the lower edges of boards.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Compnay. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. Covers show very light edge wear. Hinges and binding tight. Text free from markings, page edges slightly yellowed. Title page has a very small amount of creasing. DJ shows light edge wear with a few small chips and creases. There is a very small amount of loss at spine edges and one chip at center of bottom front. .

Joliet, Illinois: Volland, 1919. Copyright1919. Thirty ninth Edition P.F. Voland Company. Illustrated paper on boards binding has some rubbing to edges and head and foot of spine, rubs to corners. Title page has a tear along binding. A few faint finger smudges in text.. Thirty-ninth Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Johnny Gruelle.

Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, (1919). First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Johnny Gruelle. Charming little (6" x 7-1/4") children's book written and illustrated by the creator of the Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy dolls. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco leather and patterned boards with gilt-rules and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, matching patterned endpapers. The binding is signed "A. B. M.," but that is likely for the recipient, Alastair Bradley Martin, whose small leather bookplate is on the front pastedown. Martin was a Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, and a winner of the U. S. Open. He has been credited with helping to forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game.

Chicago: Volland, 1919. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Johnny Gruelle. The 1919 stated 20th edition. Octavo, pictorial boards. Near Fine, with very light offsetting to the endsheets and pastedowns. In the publisher's pictorial box, with a few minor flap repairs. A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK of fairy stories, with beautiful full page and in-text color illustrations. Scarce in its box.