Search Results: Authors starting with E from Books of Wonder

DODGE, M.E. Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. A Story of Life in Holland. Illustrated by F.O.C. Darley and Thomas Nast. NY: James O'Kane, 1866. 12mo, [iv] 347pp. + [4] advts. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers; four b&w plates. Spine ends and edges worn, 3/8" tear to cloth of front hinge, cloth covers a bit bubbled, spine lightly rubbed, cloth slightly soiled, some light internal hand-soiling to a few pages, else an attractive, tight copy.
First edition, with title in red and black, and publisher's insignia in gilt on both covers. BAL 4753. This wonderful classic about a pair of homemade skates that could help a young boy save his family from poverty has been continuously in print since this first edition was published over 150 years ago. Dodge's second and most popular work, this was the basis for several films and television adaptations, the most famous being the 1958 movie staring Tab Hunter and directed by Sidney Lumet.

EDMONDS, Walter D[umaux]. The Matchlock Gun. Illustrated by Paul Lantz. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1941. 8vo, xiv 50pp. Beige buckram cloth stamped in brown. Pictorial endpapers; 6 double-page color spreads, 6 full-page and numerous textual b&w illustrations. Light rubbing to lower spine end and corners, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edge wear, slight chipping to spine ends and corners, lightly sunned).
First edition. 1942 Newbery Medal Winner! Set in 1756 during the French and Indian War in New York, the story follows 10 year old Edward and his mother as they attempt to protect their home with an ancient Spanish matchlock gun while his father is away in the fighting. A bright copy of this scarce Newbery Medal winner, being in a jacket that still bears the original price of $2.00 and does not have a medal affixed to the cover.

EDWARDS, Leo. Trigger Berg and the Treasure Tree. Illustrated by Bert Salg. NY: Grosset & Dunlap [1930]. 12mo, viii 188pp + [10] advts. Red cloth stamped in black and gold. 4 b&w plates. Faint crease along spine with two pinholes, upper corner of four leaves creased and four leave missing upper corners, previous owner's initials in ink on front free endpaper, pages lightly aged, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some soiling and scratches, two tiny holes in spine panel, light edge wear).
First edition. The first book in Leo Edwards' Trigger Berg series. Famous for his boys book series, including
Jerry Todd, Poppy Ott, and Andy Blake, this book is the first installment in the four-book Trigger Berg series. Filled with adventure, humor and mischief, Edwards' novels captured the imagination of a generation of young boys.

EDWARDS, Leo. Jerry Todd and the Rose-Colored Cat. Illustrated by B[ert] N[elson] Salg. NY: Grosset & Dunlap [1928]. 12mo, viii 244pp + [4] advts. Red cloth stamped in black and gold. 4 b&w plates. A clean, bright copy with spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, in original color pictorial dust jacket (small chip at spine ends, but no loss to printed material "2" written on spine panel, which is lightly sunned, rear panel a tad soiled).
Early printing. The second volume in the Jerry Todd series. "The mystery part of this adventure really started the day we got Mrs. Kepple's letter saying she was shipping us her famous rose-colored cat, Lady Victoria." And from there Jerry and his friends are off!

EDWARDS, Leo. Jerry Todd and the Flying Flapdoodle. Illustrated by Bert Salg. NY: Grosset & Dunlap [1934]. 12mo, viii 244pp + [4] advts. Red boards stamped in black; top edge black. Map endpapers; 4 b&w half-tone plates. Minute bumping to lower front corner, 3/8" gouge at top of rear board, slight wear to top edge of some pages, else a surprisingly clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (spine slightly sunned, a few small tears and tiny chips along top edge, very slight soiling).First edition. The 10th book in the Jerry Todd series. Hilarity ensues when Jerry Todd's friend Red Meyers shows up in a brand new glider, which the gang dub "The Flying Flapdoodle".

EDWARDS, Leo. Jerry Todd Caveman. Illustrated by Bert Salg. NY: Grosset & Dunlap [1932]. 12mo, xxvi 258pp + [4] advts. Red boards stamped in black and orange. 4 b&w plates. Tiny pin hole in spine, slight aging to pages, else a remarkably clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (spine and rear panel slightly soiled, spine lightly sunned, half-inch worn spot with two tiny holes just above illustration on spine panel). First edition. The 9th book in the Jerry Todd series. An uproarious adventure set in 8,699 B.C. (supposedly!) in which Jerry Todd and his Juvenile Jupiter Detective gang set up their own Stone Age kingdom.

KELLY, Erin Entrada. Hello, Universe. [NY]: Greenwillow [2017]. 8vo, [vi] 314pp. Navy boards with spine stamped in red and front decoratively stamped in blind. Red endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly.
First edition. 2018 Newbery Medal Winner! Told from four intertwining points of view — two boys and two girls — the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero).

ESTES, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. NY: Harcourt Brace and Company [1944]. 8vo, [vi] 81pp. Red cloth stamped in black. 3 double-page and 2 full-page full color illustrations, as well as many other smaller b&w, two-color, and three-color illustrations throughout. Lower spine end a tad rubbed, endpapers lightly aged, else a remarkably fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some edgewear).
First edition. 1945 Newbery Honor Book! This touching classicis a beautifully written tribute to the importance of kindness, acceptance, and standing up for what's right. The fourth collaboration between these two award-winning talents (Slobodkin having won the Caldecott Medal that year for Many Moons) following the first three books in The Moffats series – two of which had also been Newbery Honor Books the preceding two years! Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but… Read More