Search Results: Authors starting with A from Deja Vu Books

Racine, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company - A Bonnie Book (James and Jonathan, Inc.), 1952. Hardcover with barbershop pole spine, some general wear and soiling to covers. Interior clean and tight. Moving head and legs inside front cover - one leg has been re-secured. Very cute. Name and date first page.. Illus. by illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Kenosha Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company - A Bonnie Book (James and Jonathan, Inc.), 1955. Pictorial binding with decorated taped spine is square and tight, rubbed edges, some water damage to spine stained endpapers but interior is clean and tight - yellowed pages and some foxing. Covers soiled. Show young girl with green eyeglasses and blue bows in her hair. Back of book lists other Bonnie books - spine worn with paper lifting and about two inches missing from back cover. Overall a nice reading copy of scarce title. Little girl who lives in the city and cannot have any pets gets to spend the summer on her aunt's farm.. Illus. by illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket.

London: Gall and Inglis Red hardcover cloth binding with gilt decorations lightly rubbed, clean and tight with some foxing. Appears ffep removed. 201 pages plus ads in back. No date listed. Author died in 1893. Binding appears late 1800s.. Illus. by frontispiece only. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

E.P.Dutton, 1979. VG w/VG dj. Jacket illus by John Wallner. Louis' father's cat, Calico, outsmarts a hawk and thus begins a story about the process of maturing and the changes it brings.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

J.B Lippincott Company, 1982. Yellow hardcover boards binding with blue cloth spine clean, square and tight. DJ front flap corner clipped but not price-clipped. Clean and tight interior. 182 pages. Story of a 13 year old boy who escapes jail by agreeing to spend some time on his Uncle's sheep ranch in California. He has lots of freedom and independence - till he meets a dog named Duchess.. Illus. by Primavera, Elise (jacket only). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1938. Green hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Minor shelfwear top and bottom of spine, sun-faded spine. 333 pages. Foxing to endpapers else clean and tight interior.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

John C. Winston Company, 1948. Black textured hardcover binding with red and gold title/decoration is square and tight, very minor soiling. 212 yellowoing pages, clean interior. Hinges good. A collection of true but bizarre short tales of crime and criminals.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Green hardcover cloth decorated binding has rubbing along edges, rubbed corners, tiny fray top and bottom of spine. Hinges are weak, cracked inside covers, binding integrity good. 330 pages plus ads. Science for the Young - The Fundamental Principles of Modern Philosophy Explained and Illustrated in Conversations and Experiments and in Narratives of Travel and Adventure by Young Persons in Pursuit of Knowledge. Interior has some stains and smudges, general wear.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1966. Pictorial hardcover binfding has some light pencil marks and scratches, but overall clean, square and tight. Interior clean and bright. Price-clipped dj has some closed tears and chips, a few pencil marks and light wear. Fun picture book by a London doctor and illustrated by the author's sister about a Penguin at the South Pole who needs an angel or fairy godtmother. He has an invitation to a birthday party in far-off London but no way to get ther - besides, he has a bad pain in his side.. Illus. by Abrahams, Hilary. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good+.

New York: G. Howard Watt, 1934. Brown hardcover cloth binding with gilt titles and silhouette of Wire Fox Terrier head on front is clean square and tight. Just minor shelfwear. Bookshop sticker inside back cover, else interior clean and tight. Good hinges. 191 pages with index. All about the breed and how to care for it including grooming and breeding. Originally published 1927.. Illus. by Rine, Josephine Z (illustrations) and Tauskey, R.W. (photographs). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Forbes, Robertson, Ltd, 1951. Olive green hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Previous owner's name/address and date ffep. Interior clean and tight. 207 pages. DJ chipped, tears, wrinkles, and rubbed - some tape repairs. Protected from further damage in mylar jacket. Young Jim Defford must oversea his father's business when his father goes off to New York. He soon becomes involved in both family problems and business ones, too. And he also becomes quite attracted to the daughter of one of his father's most loyal employees.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good-.

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1960. Pictorial hardcover cloth binding square and tight, front pocket intact, usual stamps and marks. DJ flaps glued down. Unpaginated. Interior clean and tight. An imaginative picture book of make-believe. Author's young son and his friends provided the idea for the story about a little boy named Mike, a girl named Julie, Patter-the-Cat and a big big box!. Illus. by Adam, Barbara. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4th. Hardcover. Good/Good.

William R. Scott, Inc, 1943. Pictorial hardcover binding is clean square and tight with just a bit of rubbing bottom edge of front cover. Clean, bright, and tight interior with no writing, tears or marks. DJ not price-clipped, overall clean - chip bottom RH corner of back of jacket about 2" high x 1" wide. Else displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Without preaching, this picture book shows younger children that different ways of doiong things can also be good ways.. Illus. by Tobey, Barney. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-.

Simon and Schuster, 1970. White hardcover binding with color illustation of the Addams Family colorfully decked out in 1970's attire. Clean, square and tight. Price-clipped dustjacket has large closed tear across front of jacket, several other closed tears and chips. Lightly soiled but displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Name neatly in ink ffep which is a full-color full page drawing of a man on a ski-lift chair looking back at the planet earth. 192 pages of Addams' wickedly perceptive cartoons including many of the Addams family themselves.. Illus. by Addams, Charles (Chas). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. Blue hardcover cloth binding with badly rubbed picture pastedowns on front and back cover. This book is MISSING PLATE ON PAGE 32, the other five securely intact. Pages yellowed and foxing, but interior secure, hinges good. Illustrated endpapers. 93 pages.. Illus. by Kay, Gertrude A.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

World Publishing - Tower Edition, 1943. Blue hardcover binding square and tight with light soiling. Name and 1944 date on ffep. Foxing. Hinges good. Dustjacket missing piece approx 3" x 2' bottom RH corner. Chip top of spine. Wrinkles, chips and closed tears along edges. Back of jacket lists other Tower Books. 264 pages. Adler's work in psychology is essentially the study of the separate personalitites that go into the make-up of human beings, which is referred to as Individual Psychology.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st This Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Poor.

Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1928. Leather-like binding is flexible, split in spine, bound with three pegs - over 140 pages numbered with almost that many for parts lists and pull-out diagrams of the engines. Condition is definitely used but all intact.. Illus. by illustrated with photos and sketches. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps. Good/No Jacket.

W.B. Conkey Company - Young People's Cloth Library Light blue hardcover cloth binding with red, yellow and green illustration of heron eating a frog clean square and tight. Only a bit age-faded and light shelfwear. Minor crack at title page, binding secure. Yellowing pages. 75 illustrations includes color frontispiece, rest b/w sketches. 188 pages plus ads in back. Book measures 5" x 6.3/4". Illus. by Illustrarted. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

International Ladies' Garment Workers Union - AFl-CIO, 1973. Small paperback has some light wear to covers, previous owner stamp on title page and inside back page. Else clean bright and tight interior. 128 pages.. Illus. by sketches. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1941. Blue hardcover cloth binding rubbed along edges, bumped corners, slightly cocked spine. 1942 gift inscription ffep, a few address stamps. 166 pages. General wear, some foxing, hinges good. A couple of crayon marks and soiling in margins of text which does not affect the text. Four full-color plates, four half-page two-color illustrations and numerous b/w sketches make this a charming book of fairies and little creatures.. Illus. by Mittelmann, Gertrude. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.