The Story Of Ferdinand (Inscribed By Monroe Leaf With A Drawing) by Leaf, Munro - 1938

London [1919]: James Hewetson & Son, 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde, Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy", A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed (To "Kathleen") By The Author, And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy, Spine Aged/Tanned, Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips, Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce.

New York: Street & Smith, 1903. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 7 " Tall. Illustrated Cover. 285 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers With Five Cadets Discovering A Treasure Chest By Lamplight. Early Or First Printing, This Title #222, List At Front Shows Titles Through #224. There Is Also A Hardcover Issue, Date Of Publication Unknown, Also Copyright 1903. Covers Worn With Chips At Edges, Spine Covered With Clear Tape, Chipping At Edges Of Spine, No Names Or Marks. Worldcat Shows Only One Institutional Holding Of This Street & Smith Title, And That Is Only On Microfilm. All Of The Pseudonymous Upton Sinclair Children's Books Published By Street And Smith Are Scarce Because Of Their Fragility, This One, The Fifth And Last, Particularly So.

London: Longman's Green & Co, 1885. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book. 6 1/2" Tall. 101 Pp., With Two Preliminary Blanks, Adverts. Page, Half-Title, Three Final Blanks. Attractively Bound In Well Preserved 3/4 Dark Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Title And Author, Over Beautifully Marbled Paper Boards, Matching Hand Marbled Endpapers. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Printing, First Issue, One Of 1000 Copies, With No Mention Of "Two Series" In List Of Books By Stevenson. No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage, Pages Clean And Just A Little Aged [With One Very Small Foxing Spot]. Gift Quality. Ex Collection Of Dorothy Gish But Not Marked As Such.

Pittsburgh / Louvain: Luke Loomis, 1828. Early Edition . Marbled Paper Wrappers. Good. 7 Woodcuts + Page of 7 Woodcuts at End. 1828, Published By Luke Loomis, One Of A Very Large Number Of Printings From Various Early Nineteenth Century Printers; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1828 Printing, But Does Show 10 Holdings Of A Similar But Longer Title, Undated, From This Printer/Publisher. Bound In Marbled Paper Over Flexible Card, Nineteenth Century; Book Begins With Title Page And Tiny Stub Of Preceding Page Or Cover. Text With 7 Woodcuts: One On Page Facing Title Page, With Text Beginning "See The Good And Dutiful Dog"; Five Alphabet Woodcut Pages, William Rogers Burning At The Stake; Seven Small Woodcuts On Last Page. A Well-Used Example, Worn, Browned, Foxed, Traces Of Water Staining. Nineteenth Century Ownership Signature Of "John D. Tyson, Baltimore, Md., '47".

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. Xx, 282 Pp. Blue Cloth With Black Lettering, Illustrated Endpapers, Name Of Doubleday Doran At Base Of Spine Of Book And Dj, Doubleday Doran On Title Page, "Jr." Logo On Copyright Page With Copyright Date 1936 And "First Edition" Statement, Price $2.00 At Top Of Front Flap And Code 1169-36 At Bottom Of Front Flap Of Dj. Book Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks. Dj With Color Illustration On Front Panel (Same As The Frontispiece), Light Wear, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel, 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Both With Associated Shallow Creasing Extending From The Tears.

London: Skeffington & Son, 1890. First Edition . Half Morocco Over Cloth. Near Fine. 7 1/4" Tall. Frontispiece. 101 Pp + 1 P. Publisher's Catalog On Verso Of Last Page. Half Brown Morocco With Morocco Tips, Over Pink Cloth, Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Silk Marker Bound In. Slight Loss At Ends Of Joints, Professional Refreshed Morocco Now Near Fine, Contents Fine, No Names Or Marks. A Quite Scarce Children's Book, Only 7 Copies Identified In Institutional Holdings Noted In Worldcat.

London [1919]: James Hewetson & Son, 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde, Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy", A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed (To "Kathleen") By The Author, And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy, Spine Aged/Tanned, Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips, Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce.

London [1894, 1895]: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Editions 1st Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. Viii, 212; (Ii), 238 + 2 Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Decorated In Gilt; All Edges Gilt; Slate Grey Endpapers. Both Volumes With Late 19Th Century Engraved Bookplates Of George Lindsay Bury [Of Moreton Central Sugar Mill, Starfield Observatory, Etc.]. The Jungle Book, 1894, First Printing, In Good To Very Good Condition, Gilt Complete But With Some Wear To Illustrations On Spine And Cover, Small Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened; Hinges Beginning To Crack; Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Tissue Guard Intact. The Second Jungle Book, 1895, First Printing, Very Slight Wear,All Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Very Good + To Near Fine Condition, 1" Crack At Center Of Rear Hinge, Slight Rubbing At Corners.

Bristol / London 1839 1840 1841: J. Wright's Steam Press / Wright and Albright / Wiliam Tyler, 1841. Early Editions . Quarter Morocco. Good. 4" Tall. Plate. Group Of 14 Stories And Articles From The "Cheap Repository", Most Published By Wright Or By Wright And Albright, A Few By Other Publishers And Some Without Title Pages. Many Or Most Titles Appear To Be First Printings Of The Texts, All Scarce With No Copies In Worldcat For Many Titles And Only 1 To 3 Copies Of The Others Noted In Institutional Holdings. Binding Worn, Some Title Pages Lacking, Texts Complete, Binding Worn And Frayed But Intact.

London (1933): Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1933. First Edition 1st Printing. Paper Boards. Fine Book/Near Fine Dustjacket. 70 Pp. Orange Boards Printed In Green. Very Scarce. One Of The Burns Oates' Nature And Science Series For Children. [Short Records In Her Personal Papers That "1933... Burns, Gates Bombed And Also Their Printing Works At Plymouth. Lost Half The Edition".) Inscribed By The Author To A Close Relative And Dated In The Year Of Issue. Printed Quote On Cover From Lord Baden-Powell: "Any Youngsters Who Are Sensible And Not Little Gumps Will Read This Book With Real Enjoyment." Very Scarce; Three Copies In Ocl/ Worldcat, And I Have Not Seen A Record Of Any Sale Of The Book. Fine Condition, No Wear Or Fading. In Near Fine Dj, Priced 2/, A Little Dusty, Tiny Chip At Top Of Front Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Almost No Wear.