At Midsummer Time. partial DUSTJACKET ONLY
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.
Boston, etc. Ginn and Company from the Ginn Enrichment Series (unpriced 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, Dustjacket only.
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, 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.