Miniature book, 2.375x3.25 is bound in red cloth with elaborate gold decoration on the front and spine. The cloth is rubbed at the corners, cloth is stained with black on the front and spine, interior is nice and clean. No publication date. View More...
No dust jacket. The blue cloth boards are decorated with two women reading, decoration is in green and darker blue. Corners are rubbed and bumped, edges rubbed, spine shows heavier wear, gold text is fading from time. Endpapers have some very light soiling. 1900 printing of 1895 copyright. View More...
Dust jacket has edge wear and tears, soiling, head and tail of spine both have loss, head about 1", spine darkened, torn and repaired most of spine. Red cloth boards are clean and bright, bumped top corners, light edge rubbing. Foxing first few pages, tear in rear gutter. View More...
Dust jacket is soiled, wear at corners, spine darkened with tears at head/tail VG-. The brown cloth boards with red and brown decoration are rubbed lightly at the corners, spine shows light wear, a little patchiness rear bottom edge. Pen gift inscription dated 1930 front endpaper, some foxing first few pages and paper edges. Grosset 1924, probably first edition. View More...
Dust jacket is very worn with heavy edge wear, tears and chips, darkening and soiling, lots of tape on the rear, G-. Red cloth boards have light wear, spine darkened somewhat, corners rubbed and bumped. Gift inscription front endpaper dated 1930. Reprint. View More...
No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with black, yellow and red decoration are rubbed at the corners, sunned at the top edge, spine is darkened with age, worn to threads at head/tail. Hinge is weak at front and rear inside covers. "This book belongs to" page has a pen name, bookplate on front endpaper, interior paper is somewhat tanned with age. Interior has color illustrations. I am not an Oz dealer, research lead me to an approximate 1923 date for this book. View More...
Spine is sunned, price unclipped, all else fine on this dust jacket. Pictorial boards are in fine condition as is the book's interior. Wonderful 1989 reprint of this Oz classic. View More...
No dust jacket. The book is signed by the author on the half title page. The pictorial boards are worn on the edges, the corners are all rounded with wear, there is light soiling on the cover, the blue cloth spine is lightly worn at the base and crown. The interior is clean. View More...
Dust jacket has tears at the corners, black spots on lower right third of DJ and paper edge, light general wear, price unclipped. Grey cloth boards are spotted and a tad warped, lightly rubbed corners and head/tail of spine. 1960 reprint of this classic. View More...
No dust jacket. The pictorial boards are quite worn at the edges and surfaces, both corners are worn rounded, scrapes and stains on front and rear, cloth spine is worn but solid. Front endpaper appears to have been removed, corners of interior are bent, finger prints throughout. The concept of the book is that the child glues in all of the elements of each page from a scored sheet in front of each page, this has been done here. Rear hinge breaking. 1905 first edition. Oversize, 11x15". View More...
A very inventive book, this children's book gives the opportunity to complete each story themselves. No dust jacket, red boards are worn on the edges with some light soiling, yellow cloth spine is soiled and worn at head/tail. Pen name on front endpaper and copyright page, bookstore sticker front endpaper, pen original poem on blank page at front, first story is partly added onto by the child. Illustrations for each story have been hand-colored. View More...
No dust jacket. Brown beveled edge cloth boards are decorate with a pair of gold children. The corners are worn, some darkening and rippling of fabric, spine is darkened and worn. Front and rear hinges both weak, one chromolithograph is loose in the book, pen inscription front endpaper. Every page has a b&w illustration, there are a number of color chromolithographs. No publication date, early 20th century. View More...
Dust jacket is chipped and torn along the edges, corners chipped, chip at top of spine goes messily to the rear, abrasions and tears to rear, good-. Red cloth boards have five white spots top edge, light corner rubbing, spine a little darkened. Light foxing in spots on the interior, including title page, which has the worst foxing. View More...
Dust jacket is in poor condition, tears, loss, spine not present and repairs on rear, unclipped price. Red cloth boards are rubbed at the extremities, some sunning on spine. Endpapers are tanned. June 1941, revised edition. View More...
Green cloth boards are rubbed at the edges with bare corners, red, black and gold decoration remains bright with some patchiness. Spine is darkened, worn to threads at head/tail, decoration has darkened, still readable. Pencil name and torn off bookplate on inside cover. Illustration page has chips. Press of J.J. Little & Co. 1886 on title page. 2nd state. View More...
Four full page and one double-page color chromolithographs grace this wonderful paperback, undated, app 1871. The front cover is worn and soiled, spine has old brown cloth tape to reinforce string binding. Interior has soiling and edge tears. rear cover has a few pencil notes and is soiled. View More...
No dust jacket. The grey cloth boards are soiled, pen marks, worn at the corners and edges. Spine darkened and tearing at head/tail. Pictorial front endpaper missing, pencil name front endpaper, then there is another pair of pictorial endpapers, pencil on them, rough edges, pen inscription across from title page which has some light pencil doodles, paper edges are rough, book ends at page 166, missing pages, rear hinge broken. poor condition, as is. View More...
This oversized paperback book is worn all around, the corners are bent, there are some scratches, the stapled binding is worn but holding nicely. The cover, while quite worn is not that dirty. The lower right corner has significant finger marks from thumbing the book, pages intact, some spots, no tears. Six interior color illustrations, six b&w. View More...
No dust jacket. The blue cloth boards are worn at the edges, threadbare at the corners, surface is faded and soiled with time and use, uneven sunning rear. Spine text nearly worn off, spine sunned and worn at head/tail. Bookplate and pencil name inside front cover, light liquid stain upper inside corner through whole book. First edition September 1933. View More...
Dust jacket has light edge wear/tears, two very faint sticker ghosts on the front near right edge, 1" tear at left edge on spine, spine is sunned and shows wear at head/tail, flap has been clipped, but there is a price on lower corner. Pink cloth boards (says library edition) have very slight rubbing at the extremities. There is a black marker remainder mark on the bottom edge of this book, it touches both paper and boards. First edition. View More...
