At Midsummer Time. DUSTJACKET ONLY, dw only, Dust Jacket only, NO BOOK
Alfred A. Knopf. [1940]. Dustjacket only.
Scroll down to view! About 40 years ago we found a box of jackets stored in the upstairs of the old Fire Hall by a children's librarian at our former college Lab School. The box surfaced earlier this month and to our surprise there were over a hundred mid-century jackets.. About half are from the late 1930s; most are in very nice condition, unclipped, in the $1.00 to $2.50 range.
1. Jackets were folded for storage, so I noted when the crease was in the center spine. Not too bad, but visible, see Coatsworth's Five Bushel Farm.
2. Dates within brackets [1939] indicate copywrite date or first ed. date NOT printing. These jackets are clearly early, and we can make a good guess using other titles mentioned/omitted and price, but it is not possible to ascertain a first edition on most jackets.
Alfred A. Knopf. [1940]. Dustjacket only.
Scribner's, clipped trade and library price, [1954]. back flap has Once a Mouse so post 1961, pre ISBN. Medal present. Dustjacket only.
Dodd, Mead and Company [1938]; 50ยข ,3 earlier Bryan books 36 - 37 on rear flap. Dustjacket only.
Little, Brown, [1938] $2.00 on flap, Review of Tales from the Storyteller's House [1937] on back flap and 4 Natural History Books [1920's] on back. probable 1st or early but there were no subsequent 30s story collections. Dustjacket only.
New York: Julian Messner 8 West 40th St [1939] ; Chester by Charles Bracker $2.50, reviewed on back flap, also 1939. Dustjacket only.
Mesner, [1953], 2.75 on flap, Jedediah Smith [1951] on back flap. Camel Express and Young Jed Smith [1954] not mentioned. Dustjacket only.
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, This is an Appleton Century Book, 2.00 on flap Captain Danny and Football without a Coach mentioned on flaps and Walter Camp's Great Football and Athletic Stories on the back, divided into Prep School and Yale, "1.75 ea except as otherwise indicated". This collection runs.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [co 1956]. clipped, stated fifth printing, original illustration. Mystery titles on back. Dustjacket only.
Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1958] (3.50 on flap). only adult books cited. Dustjacket only.
New York: The Viking Press, 625 Madison Avenue 10022, upper flap clipped, $3.37 price on flap, author/illustrator bios on rear flap. No medal but probably a 1960's printing. Dustjacket only.
Macmillan, [1936], 2.75 on flap; Most recent book mentioned, first or year of publication, Alice-all-by-herself 1937 not mentioned. Dustjacket only.
Macmillan, [1939] glossy paper, $2.00 on flap, "Companion Series" on rear flap lists only Away Goes Sally., not [The Fair American 1940] so a 1st. Dustjacket only.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1939] Washington Square, $1.00 on flap, 4 books on rear flap. Dustjacket only.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 300 4th Avenue, [1939] ; $2.00 on flap, review of Peter Was a Pirate [1939] on rear flap. Her 1941 book not mentioned. Dustjacket only.
Oxford. Oxford Books for Boys and Girls, [1938]. 2.00 on flap, blank back flap, reviews on back for Once on Christmas Lenski ill, Pumpkin Moonshine, The Umbrella that Got Wet. All 1938 books. Dustjacket only.
Junior Literary Guild, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, no publisher credited, no price, plain white back [from J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York, 1938]. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Alfred Whitman [1939] 90ยข, long list of New Juior Press Publications on back flap. Dustjacket only.
Scribners, [Charles Scribner's Sons 1939] [most recent book listed, 1936-38 books on back flap] $1.75 on flap. Dustjacket only.
Scribners [1954] $2.95 on front flap (clipped with publisher reprice stamp) other titles illustrated by Sewell on rear flap to Bears [1952]. No medal. Dustjacket only.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 383 Madison Avenue, [1948]. 6 other books for girls to 1946 listed on back, Dustjacket only.
Doubleday, [Garden City Doubleday & Compay 1947]. Changed name from Doubleday Doran 1945; mentions 4 previous books to Bright April [1946] Does not mention Door in the Wall [1949]. Dustjacket only.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 257 Fourth Avenue. [1936] "New low priced edition", newly illustrated. $2.00 on flap; earlier Poems for Children reveiw on rear flap. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Junior Press Books, Albert Whitman Co. Publishers, [1934]. 15"Net $0.65" ; 7 other "Picture Editions" listed on back flap. Dustjacket only.
Champaign, Ill; Garrard Publishing Company, [1954] Dolch Basic Vocabulary Books, book list on backflap, 2.19 on flap. Dustjacket only.
Champaign, Ill; Garrard Publishing Company, [1958] Dolch Basic Vocabulary Books, book list on backflap, 2.19 on flap. Dustjacket only.