Search Results: Children's from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Random House, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige cloth, brown & red titles & decorations, top edge dyed red, decorative endpapers, [v], 184, [2] pp, index, two-page list of books in the Landmark and World Landmark series. This book is Landmark No. 61. Boards bowed, spine slightly cocked, gift inscription on recto of ffep. Life of the sixteenth U. S. President for readers about junior high school age. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 5th ptg. . VG/No dj. Illus. by Lee Ames. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press, Inc., 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red leather-textured boards, gilt titles & ornaments, pale blue endpapers, 191 pp, 11 illustrations. DJ has a 1.5 cm tear to top edge of rear panel, slight shelf wear; in Brodart archival cover. Biography of a radio pioneer for young adult readers. Shipping weight 1 lbs.. . Fine/VG+. Illus. by Robert Boehmer. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Derrydale Books, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly green laminated pictorial boards with white titles, [32] pp, color illustrations on the rectos. Slight shelf wear. First printing of this 1987 edition, but the story and illustrations date to 1952. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Reprint. . Near Fine/No dj. Illus. by F. Stocks May. 18½ X 18 cm.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale green cloth, maroon titles on front board & spine, carpet-motif decoration surrounds title on front board, ix, 162 pp, ill. title page, 46 other illustrations, dec. chapter headings. Spine ends rumpled and front corners bumped, staining in front joint appears to be binder's glue as there is no odor. DJ looks a bit dingy from browning & dust, edge wear, a few tears up to 1 cm, one corner of front flap clipped but price present; in Brodart archival cover. Allee has lost one apprenticeship after another because of his habit of drawing and painting, but eventually his "useless" preoccupation is recognized as a rare and valuable talent. Shipping weight 2 oz.. First Edition. . VG/VG. Illus. by Flora Nash DeMuth. 22 X 16 cm.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, we would guess 1960s.. Full red cloth, gilt & black titles on spine, blue endpapers, x, 298 pp. Bit of rubbing to extremities, top edge lightly soiled, small surface chips to recto of ffep. Single-volume reprint of both stories reproduces the original illustrations. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . VG/No dj. Illus. by John Tenniel. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Julian Messner, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Full mostly black pictorial cloth, cloth-reinforced hinges, 191, [1] pp, bibliography, index. Bottom edge bumped, front cover has a narrow heavily rubbed area near tail of spine, remainder mark and a small coffee or similar stain to bottom edge. Messner Certified Edition (pictorial cloth with cloth hinges), issued simultaneously with the trade binding. Biography for young readers of the influential founder of the Liberator and of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Shipping weight 1 lb... First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York, Toronto, Oxford, Sydney, Singapore: Atheneum (Macmillan), 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth spine, mustard yellow boards & endpapers, gilt titles, [ix], 181 pp, bibliography, index. Top corners bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In this book, Judith Herbst, a former junior high school teacher, "probes these mysteries of the animal kingdom with a scientific eye and amazing flair." More from the DJ: "Did you know that many animals are better earthquake detectors than some human-made devices? Sparrows may not know an isobar from a candy bar, but they can sense oncoming rain, snow, and even fog. Delve into the secrets behind hibernation, regeneration, and migration. Investigate what killed off the dinosaurs. Find out what's behind the bizarre showers of frogs and fish from cloudless skies." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Leatherette spine, sage green cloth boards with gilt & brown titles & decorations, [ix], 262 pp, 7 color illustrations. Attractively produced reprint of a classic novel with new illustrations and an afterword by James Hynes. Four-page leaflet about Montgomery is laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/No dj. Illus. by Mick Ellison. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No printing date for this copy, but copyright date is 1930. Teal cloth, mauve titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed mauve, pictorial endpapers, 290 pp, 4 plates including frontispiece, a few line drawings used as chapter tailpieces. Signs of a brief encounter with water, most seriously along top edge of rear board where the teal dye has been leached out of the cloth, otherwise very good, extremities rubbed, edges lightly spotted. Mystery story aimed at high-school aged girls. Shipping 2 lbs.. Reprint. . G-/No dj. Illus. by Beth Krebs Morris. 19½ X 13 cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth, red paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, xxi, 167 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, 19 figures, glossary, index. Red coating is chipping off boards at corners, top edge rather dusty, else very good, extremities rubbed. Contents: a primer of atomic energy; the nuclear reactor; living with the atom; nuclear fission as a source of electric power; nuclear-powered transportation; radioisotopes--introduction; radioisotopes as tracers; radioisotopes as sources of radiography; radioisotopes as sources of irradiation; the United States in the atomic age; the United States and international cooperation; appendix: "Atomic Power for Peace," an address by President Eisenhower before the United Nations General Assembly, December 8, 1953. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Good/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Holiday House, 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Beige boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, pictorial endpapers, ix, 126 pp, bibliography, index. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, otherwise very good. DJ has library stickers on spine, otherwise fine in mylar sleeve applied by library. Biography intended for readers of middle-school age. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . 26 X 20 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard cloth, red titles & decorations on front board & spine, 252 pp, 13 b&w illustrations. Faintly musty odor. DJ chipped, rubbed, rear panel soiled; in Brodart archival cover. Victoria, Jenny, and James Mallory are orphans, children of a Shakespearean actor being raised by an anti-theatrical aunt. According to the DJ, "Beginner's Luck is the story of how [they] break away from their dismal, untheatrical situation, and, by pluck and the good fortune of meeting another and very different sort of aunt, find jobs in a pantomime troupe." Oriel Malet is perhaps best known for her semi-fictional biography of the early 19th-century child poet, Marjory Fleming, and as editor of Letters from Menabilly, her correspondence with Daphne du Maurier. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/G+. Illus. by Fritz Wegner. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Vantage Press, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full maroon cloth, foil titles on spine, 44 pp, 10 b & w illustrations. Slight shelf wear. DJ somewhat soiled & has a small chip & tear to top edge of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "Ethel Hawkanson has combined descriptions of her girlhood home in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, and a nearby farm, as the setting for this tale" about "a crow named Jack...who was found, injured and scared, by young Billy" who nursed him back to health. Jack developed into quite a barnyard mimic, including eventually of human speech. The illustrations are uncredited. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Very Good. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Illustrated Junior Library edition. Blue-green and tan cloth with pictorial vingette tipped onto front board, color pictorial endpapers, 301 pp, many line drawings, 8 ff plates, in black slipcase with illustrated title sheet tipped onto front. Top and bottom edges of boards and head and tail of spine are slightly rubbed from being inserted into slipcase, but interior shows almost no wear. Slipcase is clean, but deteriorating around edges. This edition is printed on good quality paper that shows no browning. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG/In Slipcase. Illus. by Fritz Eichenberg. 23½ X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards, copper titles on spine, ded. endpapers, [xi], 182, [6] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. A boy escapes his sick bed through fantasy, aided by paper airplanes. Contains 11 paper-folding projects by Rhod Lauffer. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. Illus. by Paul Mirocha. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Dial Books, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on title page. Quarter blue cloth, blue-green paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, [30] pp (first & last leaves act as paste-downs). Slightly sunned near top edge, gift inscription on preliminary, author/illustrator's signed inscription on title page. DJ not missing any important bits, but edges are rather beat-up, torn, chipped, creased; in Brodart archival cover. Susan Jeffers has adapted the words of Chief Seattle to use as her text, and also provides the illustrations. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/VG-. Illus. by Susan Jeffers. 31 X 24 cm.

Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial boards, 112 pp. Slight wear to corners & spine ends. DJ has sticker scar on front panel, head of spine and top corners worn with small tears; in Brodart archival cover.. Calamity Kate signs on with Warmer Sisters to star in the silent film "The Dangers of Daphne," but the dangers turn out to be all too real, as someone on the set tries to murder her. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG. Illus. by Charlotte Firmin. 22½ X 16 cm.

New York: The Viking Press, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige & brown pictorial cloth, top edge dyed aquamarine, 191 pp, illustrations in text throughout. DJ top edge somewhat tattered, surface chip to front panel; in Brodart archival cover. McCloskey, our favorite mid-century children's book illustrator, insisted on high production quality for his books. Viking maintained that quality even in this 8th printing, 13 years after the original publication date. "In Centerburg," according to the DJ, "along with the routine of day-to-day living, the most preposterous things keep happening. But nothing fazes Homer Price! Ragweeds taller than fire ladders, music that sets a whole town dancing--he solves these problems calmly and efficiently." And then there are the tall tales told by Homer's Grandpa Hercules. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 8th ptg. . Fine/VG. Illus. by the Author. 23½ X 17½ cm.

New York: The Platt and Munk Co., Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards with decorations & titles in black, pictorial endpapers, cloth hinges, 84, [2] pp, 5 color illustrations, 60 b & w drawings, glossary. School prize inscription dated 1957, minimal wear to tail of spine, else fine. Price-clipped DJ has slight edge wear, a few tears up to 3.5 cm to spine & rear panel (not too noticeable in Brodart archival cover). Shipping weight 1 lb.. Reprint. . Near Fine/VG. Illus. by Eulalie. 19½ X 15½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter grey cloth, pale grey paper-covered boards, red foil titles on spine & device on front board, decorative endpapers, 143 pp, 8 ff color photo plates, numerous b & w photos in text, bibliography. One bump on bottom edge of each board, remainder mark (part of a rubber-stamped 'H') on top edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The author was born in China and lived there until she was 13 when her parents returned to the United States. In order to keep alive her memories of her childhood, she wrote Homesick: My Own Story, which was a 1983 Newbery Honor Book and received many other awards. China Homecoming is an account of her trip to China in 1982, when she spent three weeks in Hankou (Hankow), her childhood home. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Michael Fritz. 22½ X 14½ cm.