Pantaloons: Adventures of a Baby Elephant by Johnson, Osa - 1941

NY: Random House. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The cover shows light edgewear. The binding is sound. Brief gift inscription on the back of the title page.

NY: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lightly scratched, owner bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, owner name and erasure mark on . front free endpaper, a few finger marks.. 1941. Hardcover. Soft, pastel illustrations by Arthur August Jansson. Cloth spine with illustrated paper-covered boards. A true story about a baby elephant from adventurer Osa Johnson. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 56 pages .

Random House, 1941. Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Johnson, Arthur August. Very large book, child's format with a color-illustration of an elephant mother carrying its youngster between her trunk and tusks in deep water on front, gray cloth spine, b/w photo of Africa explorer-hunter Osa Johnson on back, illustrations throughout in muted colors, some full-page on adjacent pages. Badly worn at rounded tips, very slight wear to bottom edges, tiny tear at spine bottom left edge, inside front cover and adjacent end paper three wide but small tears at each staple. Fair.

Jansson, Arthur August. (Jansson, Arthur August)illus. PANTALOONS - ADVENTURES OF A BABY ELEPHANT by Osa Johnson. Random House, NY, 1941. 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, 56pp., lithographed illustrations in color and black-and-white. Edgewear, else a Very Good copy.

New York: Random House. Good+. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in illustrated boards. Green cloth spine on illustrated boards, clean, general shelf rubbing, exposed cardboard to corners, some fraying to spine ends. No dust jacket. First edition (not stated) . Book is clean and fresh; rear board with scribble, and rear hinge loose. Illustrated endpapers are bright, as are interior illustrations. Pages are clean. Overall, a decent copy of this true story for children. Stored in protective wrapper. Else - Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

New York: Random House, 1941. First edition, 1941. Delightful story about a baby elephant discovering his own world, based on the author's experiences with a real elephant. Illustrated in both color and in black and white, with photographs of the real Pantaloon on the inner dustjacket flap. Pictorial laminated boards with gray cloth spine, illustrated endpapers, 56 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some edgewear and a couple of sharp bumps to the rear cover, one at the lower corner and one at the upper edge. Good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with occasional light finger soil, small 1941 gift inscription on front pastedown, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has quite a bit of edgewear, mainly tiny chips and tears, with a longer tear along the front spine edge with just a little paper loss, mainly at the spine head. Nice copy overall.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Random House, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Random House, 1941. Quarto. Gray cloth over pictorial boards with illustrated endpapers. Signed and inscribed by author Osa Johnson opposite title page. Inscription reads, Best African Wishes - Osa Johnson (not inscribed to anyone in particular). Book is very good. Some edgewear/small nicks to board edges. Bottom corner of flyleaf is torn/worn and has a piece of tape over the paper that has been sketched over to match the endpapers illustrations. Small tears and staples visible on front hinge, but binding is still sound and all pages intact. No dust jacket. A lovely scarce signed copy of this classic nature title for children. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 56 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship… Read More

Random House,, 1941. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover.

New York: Random House Copyright is 1941. Tight, un-read, as new copy in like dust jacket that shows a 1/32 inch chip at head of spine, and very slight wear at corners. Jacket is otherwise pristine and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. A signed sheet of paper reading "Best wishes / Osa Johnson" has been laid in with this book, though was not acquired or originally distributed with this book. The signature sheet is also in fine condition. Ironically, both the book and the signed sheet of paper come from the estate of Osa's second husband Clarke Getts, though through completely different channels. . Signed by Author. First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good+. Illus. by Arthur August Jansson. 4to.