Monster Birds / A Navajo Folktale.
Flagstaff: Northland Publishing, 1993, first printing Hardcover in jacket, boards 9.3 in tall x 10.8" wide, not paginated. Picture book hardback. A Navajo folktale. Signed by the artist on the title page.
Flagstaff: Northland Publishing, 1993, first printing Hardcover in jacket, boards 9.3 in tall x 10.8" wide, not paginated. Picture book hardback. A Navajo folktale. Signed by the artist on the title page.
Flagstaff: Salina Bookself, 2001, first printing. Hardcover in jacket, boards 9.3 in high x 10.5. Pickture Book hardback. About three boys in an art class; Baje shows their paintings, and the scene out the window, etc. Bi-lingual, Navajo and English on facing pages. Boldly signed by the author/illustrator on the.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962 stated 1st; light green cloth boards, 8vo, jacket has drawing of Miss Bianca and sleeping Patience, pale pink title panels, "a sequel to The Rescuers" on the back, drawings in text and full page, 8vo; ; 152 pp. Juvenile hardback. The second in this.....
New York: Harper & Row 1972 stated 1st; pictorial HarperCrest binding with portrait of Bridie by Colleen Browning on front, SBN number on lavender bottom, in jacket identical to boards; ornaments by Kohar Alexanian; 8vo; 242pp. Juvenile hardback. Bridie McShane grew up in a family of five in Scotland just.....
Aaron, Ohio; Saalfield Pub. Co. #2129, no date, pink paper covers with a large illlustration of a Barn Swallow on the cover and a Yellow Warbler and Cowbird on thistles on the back, 10.25 x 12.6"; 14 interior pages, on good paper. Toploader large. Six lovely large naturalistic paintings of.....
Newark NJ and New York: Charles E. Graham & Co. Ever Wear Kanvas Books #0435 Everwear Series, Logo of Mother Goose painting C. E. G. on an easel on the back; red and white checkered strip on edges, blue. Toploader Large. On the cover a wonderful Victorian Mr. Punch in.....
London: Dennis Dobson, 1980, 1st ("first published"); blue boards, in pink jacket with illustration of purple waves and blue sailboat heading toward a ship by Douglas Philips; 8vo; 159 pp, Juvenile hardback. A strange guest in the hotel, a body in the harbour and other disturbing events involve Colin and.....
New York: Henry Holt and Company, c. 1909, "published November 1909", probably first thus published; dark olive cloth with silhouette's of little costumed children dancing across the top and Puck below, gilt titles; no illustrations, 8vo; 223 plus 8 page annotated publisher's catalogue. Reference drama hardback. Ten varied plays, formerly.....
NY: Young Scott, (1967); pictorial cloth binding. Juvenile hardback. "Rosabel's secret is Granny Meg, an herb-brewing, loving crone who's a fugitive from the poorhouse in a deserted hut close to where Rosabel herds cows from sunup to sundown all summer long. " Kirkus 1967.
Delacorte, 1972/1971 2nd pr; 10x7 oblong. Picture Book hardback. "Appleton Hoo receives by mistake a shipment of baboons intended for the Happleton Zoo"
New York: Frederick Warne, 1977, 1st US printing; red boards, white jacket with enormous bug, front and back, 8vo; 134 pp. Juvenile hardback. .A peaceful community is invaded by terrifying, ravenous giant bugs.
Harper & Row, 1973, 1st printing. Picture Book Hardback, ex-lib. "An exuberant African-American child and her family share a very special relationship in an effective story about adoption. . . . [The text is] simple, amusing, and disarmingly sweet and natural."
Viking, 1976, 1st printing, 80 pp. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. Set in rural Georgia, the story of an old man and his chicken Wild Wings struggling to maintain their independence in the face of old age.
Austin: Steck-Vaughan, 1949, 1st printing? Juvenile hardback. Rodrigo and Rosalita, from a poor family in Mexico, work hard and dream about their father's great artistic ability and the more comfortable life that will bring. A little textbook.
Macmillan, 1968/1967, 1st printing Am. 168 p. Juvenile hardback. Grandad finds the papers of his ancestor, Ebeneezer, a genius of an Engineer. After Grandad dies, Paul, his heir, and his friend Andy sneak the papers to a local historian to foil his uncle's attempts at finding a fortune.. Review slip.....
Abelard-Schuman, 1966, 1st printing Am. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. The author's first and excellent collection of French tales.
Harcourt Brace World, 1961, 1st printing; 64 pp. Juvenile hardback. Although Roderick the crow would rather be a meadowlark, he thoughtfully takes over responsibility when he is needed.
Random, 1970. Picture Book Hardback, ex-lib. Fenny travels far north but the dangers are too great and he returns to his waterhole in the desert and his wise friend the lion.
NY: Putnam, 1987 1st Am. ed [1986 german]; dark green covers with big sister pressing the light switch, and mom reading to the children by candlelight on the back, in jacket identical to boards, 6.75x8" Picture Book Hardback. About the fun, slightly scary, that two little girls have during a......
NY: Walck, 1959 1st printing. Picture Book Hardback, ex-lib. "Nicholas and Peter must save a train from crashing after the fireman and the engine driver are made sick by a poisoned cup of tea." With a nice little black and white terrier.
NY: Oxford, 1942, 1st printing; 247 pp. Juvenile hardback. Being the true story of the wreck of the clipper ship Wild Wave of Boston. Endpaper maps of South Pacific and Pitcairn Island.
Atheneum, 1984, 3rd. Juvenile hardback. Mark's father has died, the family has moved, and he spends his time playing arcade games to block it all out. Then he meets Mr. Willard who offers him a job fixing up an old train set.
Lippincott, 1941, 1st printing. Pictorial paper boards with plain black cloth spine, 7x9; c 64 pp. Picture Book hardback. Play with homemade parachutes goes awry when the boys' puppy gets blown far away. Appealing pictures.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, , 1984/1981, stated 1st printing US, translated , printed in Mexico; 9x11.3, 47 pp. Picture Book hardback. "Frightening Stories" The Wise Woman of Cordoba, The Voice of the Dead, The Chontal Giant, and the title story. A nice copy of this Mexican series with astounding.....
Macmillan, 1968, 1st printing. Picture Book hardback. Words and phrases in English, French, Spanish, or Russian that you could use with visiting friends if you lived in Chicago, Marseilles, Barcelona, or Leningrad. (St. Petersburg).