Mystery Of The Desert Giant by Dixon, Franklin W - 1961

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1914. HARDBACK NODustJacket, NOJACKET, 1st Edition, 1914, PreText Lists Thru This Title, GOOD/GOOD-, AS-IS, Interior Nice Tight FOXING, Wear, Few Stains, Aging, FEW dogeard pgs, 12 mo, Small illustation of boy with camera on Cover spine light Rub, wear Tiny Holes & Some Fade Bottom, Green & Red Illustrated Cover lotof Scuff marks , wear , Cloth Cover background are the most exciting of scenes; a rhinocerous attacking a tiger, a bear standing on its hind legs, a ship sinking and a building on fire being fought by the local fire brigade, 5"x7.5", Green & Red, Black Illustrated Cover of Boy with Movie Camera much Scuff & Rub, Back Cover Stains Wear & Spine Small Chips Wear, Interior , FoX, Wear , Stains some margins, O/W Nice Condition, 218 pgs + ADS, List thru Tom Swift & His Electric Locomotive, It is in GOOD- condition, some dings that come with age and use. . First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Dutton, 1946 Illustrated boards, light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with sunned spine and light wear. A collection and explanation of hymns with soft and delicate artwork by Torrey. Caldecott Honor.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Marjorie Torrey. 4to.

Albert Whitman Company, Chicago, 1923 HBDJ, 1923, VG+/GOOD, AS-IS, Pictorial green cloth binding w/ paper art plate on front board Duplicates DJ Illustration, Slightly rubbed at spine ends, 128 pgs , Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5 1/2x7. 128 pages, w/many illust. . DJ bright and clean- but a few chips Tears. DJ Protected Clear Mylar, DJ small triangular Chips on front Back DJ top edge NOT affecting Illustration or Titles, TINY CHIPS TEARS EXTREMITIES DJ, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear Fox, DJ Protected Clear Mylar, ,Good period piece, Twins Penny-Party & Polly-Play are 2 Lively Children that have planned all these parties with aid of Uncle Party & Grandmother Play. Twins live in Old Fashioned House, Includes Toy Shop Story, The Cookie Man, Shy Susan’s Birthday Cake, Christmas Party, Post Office Party Etc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

HBDJ, 1971. First Edition., VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD, AS-IS,  Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.  Octavo  . Green boards w/blue cloth backstrip, 176 pages. Light wear to spine ends, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corners/spine ends. Most copies of this title seem to have been delivered into the ungentle hands of librarians, and are usually hammered half-way to Hell and back, but this one has been fortunate enough to escape those unkind attentions. A nice, acceptable copy.,  and shortly afterward they become involved with solving the mystery of a rare jade figurine stolen from a museum housing treasures from ancient Mayan tombs. Toby Burns never expected to meet a very Special Girl on the top of Maya Pyramid in Jungles of Guatemala. Nor did Pam Bacon have any thought of meeting a Special Boy. She was crouched on a Top Step near Temple of Giant Jaguar WHEN TOBY FOUND HER, frozen with Fear at prospect of getting Down from that great Height. With his… Read More

HBDJ,  1954. GOOD+/VG+., AS-IS, , 11th printing pictorial hardcover CVR DUPLICATES DJ ILLUSTRATION IS GOOD+,  with VG+ Dustjacket WITH LIGHT WEAR & TINY CHIPS TEARS EDGES.. Library sticker on front endpaper. Discard stamp along top and bottom edge. Small stamp at bottom of title page. Clean and tight.. Pictorial Cover.   Ex-LibraryUsual wear ,stamps,   Etc,Searching for a letter that has mysteriously disappeared from his neighbor's house, eleven-year-old Ken Tracy discovers a hidden staircase, a secret room, and the intruder who uses them. Two children try to track down a lost letter which will bring their friend Mrs. Wayne and her brother back together after the war. A very plausible ever

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1909 Bound in green cloth with color pictorial paper pastedown, cover soil, wear to extremities and pastedown, inner hinges shaky, foxing to prelims, a few pages dog-eared, one plate marred by a small bit of paper from opposing page. Humorous verse by Kilvert, a sampling here: "Wally Wimple went a-kiting/ In the simple sport delighting/ Kite as big again as Walter/ Never once did Walter falter/ Till a sudden gust of weather/ Lifted Wally off the heather/ Though to keep his feet a-fighting/ Wally Wimple went a-kiting." Every 2 stanzas are pictured in full color on opposing pages with whimsical drawings from water colors. 18 color plates, plus color title page and color copyright page, all text and illustrations printed on heavy stock. A fabulous production, quite rare.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by B. Cory Kilvert. 4to.

Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1947 (1947). Illustrated boards with light shelf wear, small abrasion on endpaper, in matching dust jacket with minor wear, child's sticker over jacket price. A selection of familiar fairy tales, arranged for bedtime reading and illustrated in b&w and full color by Violet LaMont. Scarce.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Violet LaMont. 4to.

New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1930 Blue cloth with pictorial pastedown, light soil to endpapers else Near Fine; dust jacket with small losses, mend to spine, a few closed tears. Little Jimmy's first plane ride. Illustrated with 28 2-color plates. Inger Veise was a WPA poster artist. Rare.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. 12mo.

New York: Century Co., 1892 Grey cloth pictorially stamped in red, blue and gilt, spine darkened, rubbed, fraying at corners and spine ends, a few marginal finger marks internally An amusing fantasy about a little girl who goes on an unexpected journey and meets odd characters and experiences strange happenings, somewhat reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Illustrated in b&w by Reginald Birch. A Peter Parley to Penrod title, (see page 96). LOC classifies the book as rare.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Macmillan Company, New York,, 1934 HARDBACK NODustjacket 1934. Stated: Published March, 1934 which signifies First Edition. , First Printing.,NF+/NF, AS-IS, NO JACKET, Green cloth ILLUSTRATED COVER OF BUNNY TITLED IN BLACK The cover is in NF+ condition. The spine cover is tight and the binding is good. The pages are good but have yellowed slightly. There are 5 color illustrations. There are many black and white illustrations. Book is approx. 7.25 x 8 inches and has 72 pages. ,Thoroughly illustrated with delightful images in color and B&W. (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted, 1906-1975) daughter of Franklin D Roosevelt. BLANK ENDPAPERS, , written by Anna first printing---Roosevelt Dall while in residence at the White House in 1934 with her two children, while she was in the process of divorcing her husband-----charming plates, a few in panoramic style, by Marjorie Flack, award-winning illustrator, The story of a mischievous bunny who takes part in the White House egg hunt, gets invited inside for a… Read More