Wagons over the Mountains DUSTJACKET ONLY, dw only, Dust Jacket only, NO BOOK
Chicago: Children's Press, [1961] $2.50 for Frontiers of America books listed on back flap. 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.
Chicago: Children's Press, [1961] $2.50 for Frontiers of America books listed on back flap. Dustjacket only.
Coward McCann [1952] (2.75 on jacket) , on back flap Crown Fire 1951, Sawdust [1950] mara Daughter of the Nile [1953} not mentioned so probably 1st or year of publication. Dustjacket only.
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company [1947]. $2.75 on jacket; an early but later printing because back flap has review of "Holding the Fort with D. B." Dustjacket only.
Junior Literary Guild 9 Rockefeller Plaza, no publisher credited, [originally NY: Random House 1939] no price, plain white back. Dustjacket only.
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1958] No. 8381 A, $2.19 library price on bottom of front flap , top corner blank (Harpercrest Binding) Little Bear No 8382 A I Can Read Book mentioned on back flap, blank back book panel. Appears early. Dustjacket only.
E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, [1939]. $1.50 on flap, The Pig That Danced a Jig on rear flap. Dustjacket only.
Harper & Brothers, [1939] 1.50 on front flap, Babette [1937] review back flap. $1.50 price. Dustjacket only.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, Winston Building [1937]. Later Winston Printing, ($2.50 on flap) Books listed to Spike of Swift River [1942].but not [Revenge 54]. Shipped in archival protector. Dustjacket only.
Grosset & Dunlap, [1935] (Price $0.50); 10 titles for young children listed on flaps all 1934 or 35, probably 1st or year of publication. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Albert Whitman Company, Junior Press Books, [1937]. $2 on flap, 22 books listed on back flap 1.50 to 2.00. Dustjacket only.
The John C Winston Co, [1933]. on front flap The Story Books of Things We Use, on back flap, Earth's Treasures [1935], Price 60¢ ea. Dustjacket only.
McGraw-Hill Book Company Whittlesey House, [1957] Special Library Edition, penciled price of $2.63 and price cut out of Library label. Dustjacket only.
Doubleday, [1963} 2.95 on flap, list of 14 good Historical Fiction on back published from 1959 to 1962, King's Men [1962] review on back flap. Does not list Flame over Tara so likely a first. Dustjacket only.
New York: The Viking Press, 18 East 48th St, [1948]. $2.50 on flap, short review of Yinka-tu the yak [1938] on on back flap. Gentling of Jonathan, 1950 not mentioned] thus early, no Medal. Dustjacket only.
Houghton Mifflin Co. much later printing from rear flap title list and price, $8.95. Dustjacket only.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 300 Fourth Avenue, [1940].front flap missing, review of Welles' Park that Spring Forgot 1940 on back flap. Dustjacket only.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 300 Fourth Avenue, [1940] front flap missing, review of Welles' Park that Spring Forgot 1940 on back flap. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Alfred Whitman & Company, Golden boooks for Children, [1927]. Happy Manikin and social twins combined. (Net 1.00 on flap, 24 Junior Press New Publications listed on back flap, most $1 to $2. Published during the 20s and 30s so hard to date. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Alfred Whitman & Company Net 50¢ on flap, (not 60¢) Junior Press New Publications listed on back flap, most priced from 1.00 to 2.00. Editions were in 1922, 1923 2nd and 1939, so I am guessing 1923. Dustjacket only.
William Morrow and Company,[1949] Morrow Sports Series listed on back $2.50 on flap. Dustjacket only.
Publisher not noted on jacket [Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. co. 1939] back flap lists 1936-38 "Picture Books for Youngest Readers" "Price net 1.00 on flap), probable 1st. Dustjacket only.
Dodd, Mead and Company, [1939] 2.00 on flap, author bios on rear flap, sketch of author artist team on back with earlier books listed. Identical to the jacket on the 1st edition. Dustjacket only.
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, [1949]. clipped flap, 9 books by Tousey listed on back flap. Dustjacket only.
New York: William Morrow and Co, 425 Fourth Ave, [1954] $2.75 on jacket. 5 earlier books mentioned on jacket back. Dustjacket only.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 257 Fourth Avenue, [1937] $2.50 on flap, praise for book on rear flap.Author's bios on back. Dustjacket only.