Search Results: Children's from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Harcourt, Brace & Company: Browndeer Press, 1996. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. As New. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated (about 32pp). Illustrated by Michael Steirnagle. (Gr. 2-4) for reading aloud. Hardback with DJ. Kimmel sets an old Russian tale in his native Oregon at the turn of the century. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

London, UK Oxford University Press, 1929. Paperback First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Good in Wraps: shows indications of significant use: moderate wear to extremities; chip at upper rear corner; moderate rubbing to sheen of wrapper covers; moderate soiling and spotting to covers; price in pen at upper front endpaper; pages have tanned just slightly with age. Despite numerous defects, as noted, an intact vintage copy. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 16mo. 64pp. Paperback: Staple-bound Wraps.

Beijing, China Foreign Languages Press, 1984. Hardcover First Edition [1984], so stated. First Edition [1984], so stated. Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: slight spine lean; light wear to corner tips. Binding perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Squarish 8vo. Illustrated by Wang Jusheng. Decorated paper over boards. Hardback: Pictorial Paper on Boards.

New York, NY The Viking Press, 1951. Hardcover First Edition [1951], so stated. First Edition [1951], so stated. Very Good- in Good+ DJ: The Book shows the lower front corner moderately bumped; light wear to the extremities; slight spine lean. The binding remains secure; the text is clean. There is a not-unattractive former bookseller's stamp affixed to the lower corner of the rear pastedown endpaper; else, free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, or inscriptions. The Dustwrapper shows a one-inch by half-inch chip at head of the backstrip; moderate to heavy wear to the extremities, with slight chip loss at corner tips; mild rubbing and faint soiling; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. Shows wear, but remains a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches). 160 pages. Illustrated by Kate Seredy. Tan boards with brown designs and titles. Decorated endpapers. Tinted top edge. Weight: 14.8 ounces. Hardback with DJ.… Read More

New York, NY Harcourt, Brace & Company: Gulliver Books, 1995. Hardcover First Edition [1995]; First Printing indicated. First Edition [1995], so stated; First Printing indicated by a complete alphabetical sequence. Fine in Fine DJ: The Book is flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The DJ is also flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.3 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches). Unpaginated (about 32 pages). Illustrated by Louise August. Language: English. Weight: 15.5 ounces. Ages 4-8. Hardback: Pictorial Laminate Boards with matching DJ.

New York, NY Henry Holt & Company, 1994. Hardcover First Edition [1994]; Third Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on Bookplate at front paste-down end paper. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: Book shows only barely discernible spine lean and a hint of shelfwear along the bottom edge; binding remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ unclipped; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 81pp. Gr. 2-4. (Redfeather Books). First Edition [1994]; Third Printing. Hardback with DJ. A starving dog is the catalyst that propels Tate, 10, toward adulthood. Plot and characterization effortlessly evolve through her narration, which is as honest and direct as the character herself. Her simple language is filled with images of rural New England. She describes her struggle to keep the stray, which begins as soon as the exhausted animal appears on her porch. Even though her mother is terrified of dogs, Tate quickly wraps her life around… Read More

San Francisco, CA Determined Productions, Inc. , 1990. Hardcover Very Good: Shows mild rubbing to the sheen of the boards; faint soiling; binding square and secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but close to it. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. Hardcover: Board Book. Pink boards depict a little girl drawn in Anglund's inimitable style, sitting at a table with a plate of food.

Indianapolis, IN Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. Hardcover First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Book shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint rubbing and soiling; very slight bow to boards; pages tanned just slightly; mild shelfwear along bottom edge of cloth-covered boards; binding remains secure; text clean. DJ shows minor rubbing and soiling; scuff at mid front face; moderate wear to extremites, where chips are just beginning to form; mylar-protected. Despite minor indications of prior use, a very presentable copy. 8vo. 186pp. Illustrated by Gerald McCann. Hardback with DJ. Tam the Untamed tells the story of a girl growing up on a remote station in Australia, with her three dogs and horse for friends.Well, those are just the most affectionate of her menagerie, guaranteed to delight children. My eight-year-old granddaughter loves it as much as I did at her age. You'll find joy, comfort, fear, loneliness, and tragedy in this book, all wrapped in… Read More