Search Results: Authors starting with S from Sparkle Books

USA: HarperCollins, 1991 1991 1st printing. DJ is unclipped, book is well-used exlibrary. Well loved classic by wellknown and talented author and illustrator features rollicking verse describing tables of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 1 diners including hyenas, penguins and many more animals coming for dinner, so lots of learning and great pictures!

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932 This Is A Very Good Plus Plus Copy Of An Undated Grosset & Dunlap Cameo Classics Edition, Copyright 1932. It Is In A Clear Dust Jacket Which Is Very Good, But About One Half Inch Too Short. Not Known If This Was An Original. Both Are Housed In A Good Black Cardboard Slipcase Which Has A Navy And Cream Paste-On And Substantial Rubbing To The Corners. The Book Has No Writing Or Marks, Intact Corners And Black Upper Edge Tint. The Paper Is Cream Coloured, Which I Think Is Original As It Matches The Slipcase Paste-On. There Is Some Yellowing Going On But It Is Not Likely Very Much. There Is Some Very Slight Foxing, Especially To The Rear End Paper. Illustrated With Numerous B/W Drawings By Gilbert Whose Drawing Capability Was Clearly Considerable. Binding Is Tight, Although The Outside Edge Shows Uneven Signatures. The Book Contains The Libretti For Pinafore, Penzance And Mikado As Well As The Bab Ballads.

Toronto: Thomas Allen, 1925 Good ++ Copy Of This Thomas Allen Issue, Copyright 1925 With No Print Date. There Is A Gift Inscription On Ffep Dated 1941. Text Is At Least Good, With Said Inscription, Light Toning To Endpapers And A Small Scratch To Front Board. Boards Are Black With Red Printing. There Is A Dust Jacket, For What It's Worth, Which Is Missing Lower Half Of Spine And Has Creases And Tears Which Have Been Repaired With Cello Tape. Spine Cover And Rear Panel Have Very Nearly Parted Company.

Frankfurt: Moritz Diesterweg, 1968 Appears To Be An Elementary Level Music Schoolbook, Very Attractively Illustrated, Dd 1968. Illustrator Is Marie-Luise Pricken. Contains Songs With Colour Coded Musical Notation. Gift Inscription 1970 In Beautiful Handwriting From Tante Amalie With Mention Of The Recipient's Xylophone On Ffep, Recipient's Name has also been added to the My name is/lo heisse ich in the first song With Notes For A Tune In The Allocated Place. Marred By A Faint Cup ring On Cover, Otherwise Solid And Colourful.

South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1984 South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1984 This Is An Australian Theatre Textbook And The Preface Indicates That The Plays Were Selected Because They Work In A High School Setting. It Has Great Illustrations And Even Has A Script From The Goon Show. Could This Work In A Contemporary Environment? Would Like To Think So! Solid But Toned And Has One Crumpled Corner, Bookstore Stamp, And Institutional Stamp.

France: FLAMMARION, 1975 1975 Trade Size Flammarion Edition, Very Good, No Writing Or Marks Or Reading Creases. There Is A Wrinkle In The Coating On Front Cover, Presume Production Flaw. From The Back Cover, "Ce Roman Poursuit A Notre Epoque L'analyse Du Romanesque Bourgeois Que Fut Madame Bovary Pour Le Xixieme Siecle.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Galerna, 1991 This Is An Ex Library Book Which Contains Scars And Additives From Its Public Service, Including An L Shaped Tear One Inch By Two Inches On Back Cover By Spine. It Is, However, Quite Scarce And Therefore I Have Listed It To Maintain Its Availability. It Appears To Be A Collection Of Short Stories.

Chicago: Forfattarens Eget Forlag, 1907 Attractive Travel Book, "With Pen And Camera" Profusely Illustrated With Black And White Photographs Describing A Trip To Palestine At The Turn Of The 20Th Century. Language Is Swedish, Publisher In Chicago. Red Boards With Black Titles And Line Drawing Of A Castle. No Jacket If Issued. Former Owner Signature In Pencil And Another Owner's Rubber Stamp On Ffep. Some Wear To Corners And Spine Top And Tail. The Interior Is Generally Very Clean And Sturdy Save The Odd Fingerprint. There Is A Tear To The Final Page Near The Binding Which Does Not Affect The Text.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970 How is it that we and our parents permitted Disney to dumb down this wonderful book for us? John Galsworthy was an advance reviewer, reading the galley proofs in March 1928 and he described it thusly: "Clear and illuminating, and in places very moving, it is a little masterpiece." This is a fairly grubby school library book from Indus, Alberta. 191 pages, illustrated by Caldecott awarded Barbara Cooney (1917-2000) (for her Chaucer illustrations in 1958), and again for Ox Cart Man. This book is complete but the back page/inner endpaper has been torn out. There are also the usual library accoutrements. Green boards are faded and tapestained. Price clipped dj in protective cover. There are a number of grubby little fingerprints, but who are we to begrudge?

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Fernwood Books Ltd, 2007 Very Good Condition, Text On Canadian Social Issues. Some Good Stuff In Here! 4Th Edition, 2007 Printing. No Writing Or Marks. Light Wear Pbk.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1986 Very good 1986 first edition copy of Robert San Souci's retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, illustrated by Daniel San Souci. The good DJ is clipped and also has a one inch upper front tear and a two inch by one inch missing piece frrom lower front. Very good book as fos on title page with wear to corners and top and tail of spine. There is a bit of soiling, but generally interior is crisp and clean and binding is still good.

U.S.A.: Voyager, 1978 1978 Harcourt Voyager Paperback In Very Good Minus Condition Due To Bookplate And A Stain To Upper Front Corner Which Persists Throughout. Clean And Crisp Otherwise. Harriet Pincus, The Illustrator, Contracted Polio At The Age Of Sixteen. This Was Her First Illustration Assignment. According To Marjorie Ingall, "Pincus¿ Illustrations, Frankly, Are Hideous¿ But Also Alluring! One Critic Compared Her Work To That Of Cartoonist R. Crumb, And Noted The ¿Whimsical Grump¿ In The Characters¿ Faces. I Think Her Pictures Are Sendakian, But Way Less Cute."

New York: Warner Juvenile Books, 1988 Stated first printing, full number line, Warner 1988, My Saw from the My First Tools collection. Die cut heavy boards. No writing but outer boards show some creasing. Created by Lyn Sadow, author, collector, bookseller and bookbinder until her death in 2016. Illustrated by Jody Wheeler (Nate the Great)l.

U.S.: Lancelot, 1969 Amusing book which came with a Burl Ives 45 rpm record (not included) in 1969. Appears to be a first. Light wear to corners and spine top and bottom, interior has old price obliterated with felt pen, no other markings. "Dogs are friends to owls, and cats are friends to nobody." Sargent is becoming harder to find and more and more collectible.

London: Faber, 1965 1971 Reprint Of 1965 Faber Edition. Very Solid But Damaged Reading Copy Has Staining, Rubbing, Edgewear And Light Water Damage, Fos On Ffep. The Background To Pat Barker's World War I Trilogy From Spender Himsel

Spain: NORMA EDITORIAL, S.A., 2005 This Is The First Spanish Printing Of This Graphic Novel In April 2005. No Writing Or Marks, Clean Crisp Pages. A Little Light Wear To Card Covers. The Story Takes Place In Tehran In 1958. It Was The Basis For A Film And Both The Film And The Comic Won Awards. The Writer/Artist Is Marjane Satrapi, An Iranian-Born French Graphic Novelist

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Greystone Books, 2003 Better than new: Fine/Near Fine Collectible Mint SIGNED copy, First Edition, First Printing, Full Number Line! History of Magic 80 pages. Near Fine Dust jacket is unclipped, has "Signed Copy" sticker, some price tag residue.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009 Collectible Limited Edition Novel Detailing The Struggles Of A Twenty First Century J. Alfred Prufrock By The Late Sam Savage. Near Fine Charcoal Faux Suede Boards With Silver Lettering On This Indiespensible Edition By Coffee House Press, Number 238 Of 800 Copies, Signed By The Author On A Tipped In First Free Page. No Other Writing Or Marks. Stated First Edition, First Printing With Full Number Line. Appears Unread.

U.S.A.: Viking Juvenile, 1967 7Th Printing (1967) Of The 1953 Viking Original. This Is A Library Binding With Foil Sticker And No Mention Of Weekly Reader. It Is Ex-Library And Has A Number Of Corresponding Flaws: Stamps, Tape Stains, Rear Endpaper Card Pocket Remnants. Boards Are Very Good With Little Rubbing And Binding Is Good. Comes With Poor Old Ragged Dustjacket Which Is More Or Less Complete But In Four Pieces!

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1989 This Is A Lovely Book By Japanese-American Artist Allen Say, A Caldecott Honor Medalist Who Began His Artistic Apprenticeship With A Cartoonist At The Age Of Twelve. His Text And Paintings Beautifully Capture The Closeness Between Son And Father In The Presence Of Nature. The Ten Inch Oblong Book Is In Near-Fine Condition. The Dust Jacket Has A Long Closed Tear From The Top Of The Hinge-Side Front Panel, But Is In A Mylar Cover.