CLARKVILLE'S BATTERY Or "Baseball versus Gangsters".
Cupples & Leon: NY (1937). Illus, 8 x 5", boards, 203pp, ink inscription, covers a bit soiled & rubbed. More
Cupples & Leon: NY (1937). Illus, 8 x 5", boards, 203pp, ink inscription, covers a bit soiled & rubbed. More
Beginner Books: Random House, NY, 1966. Illustr by Richard Erdoes, 9.25 x 6.75, pict glossy boards, 63 pp, covers mildly rubbed, extremities lightly worn, hinges loose else a nice, clean copy in edge worn, toned and rubbed dust jacket with two tears from top of rear panel. FIRST ED (195/195..... More
Frederick A. Stokes: NY, (1943). Hardcover. Illus. by author, 10.25 x 7.5", pict cloth, 55pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities bumped and a bit worn, pp toned, creased corners, pp 6-27 stained and previously stuck together, old inked-out price sticker on front fly else a good copy in a rubbed..... More
The Viking Press: NY, 1938. Illustr by Robert Lawson, 10.25 x 7, cloth backed pict boards, unpag, covers very very very worn, spine cover gone, extremities badly bumped, inner hinges cracked, contents worn and toned and soiled. The book is a mess, but it is a FIRST ED, SIGNED BY..... More
Frederick A. Stokes: NY, 1942. Drawings by author, 12.5 x 9.5, cloth, 28 pp, minor smudge to covers and endpapers else a nice copy in soiled slightly chipped/torn/creased dw. Fourth printing. More
Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1949. 10.5 x 7.5, hardcover, 64 pp, well illustr, index, mild wear and bumping to corners, FRONT FOLD OUT ILLUSTRS REMOVED, r.e.p. present, mild foxing to an intact jacket, gift sticker obscuring jacket price. FIRST ED. More
Henry Altemus: Philadelphia, 1920. "With 30 illustrations in color from original drawings by J.L.G." 5.5 x 4, red cloth backed pict boards with pict cover label, 64 pp, covers heavily worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, but still a decent copy. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF ELOISE RAMSEY..... More
Oxford University Press: London, (1934). Hardcover. Illus., 7.25 x 7", pict boards, unpaginated, a very well worn copy with wrinkled pages, finger soiled, worn extremities, no spine cover, etc., but with most of its well worn dustjacket that is tape repaired at the spine and whose front flap is detached..... More
Stokes: NY, 1930. Illus., 6 x 5", green cloth, pict paper label on front cover, pict endpapers, 91pp. Covers have sunning and waterstaining, rear inner hinge and text block cracked, light waterstaining on margins, pages lightly wrinkled else good. Nicely illustrated by Lenski. SCARCE title. FIRST EDITION. More
Henry Z. Walk Inc: NY, 1970. Illustr, oblong 5 x 5.75, pict cloth, 48 pp, covers with some extremity wear, hinges loose else a nice, clean copy in rubbed, extremity worn, price clipped dust jacket with tear at bottom of front hinge. Still, scarce in dust jacket! More
Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown and Co.: Boston. 1966. Illustr by author, oblong 9 x 9.25, cloth, unpag, covers a bit edge worn, couple corners bumped else a nice, clean copy in lightly worn and toned dust jacket (with one corner clipped). FIRST ED. More
J. Prentiss: Keene, NH, 1835. Hardcover. Frontis illus., 6.5 x 4", leather backed boards, 214pp (of?), heavily worn copy, front inner hinge cracked, rear inner hinge broken, missing blanks (&?) at rear, ink names inside covers, spots, tears, finger soiling; but still an interesting little book. "Sequel to Easy Lessons."..... More
Disney Press: NY, (2005). Hardcover. Color illus. by David Christiana, 9.25 x 7", boards, 189pp, very good condition in dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE ARTIST. More
Henry Altemus: Philadelphia. 1902. Illustr by C.A. Strehlau, 7.25 x 5, pict gray cloth, 220 pp + ads, covers worn and soiled, hinges loose, old Christmas presentation inscription (not by author), contents a little worn and toned but still a decent copy of this scarce title. More
(Mercury Press: Spring Valley, NY), (1984). Paperback. Illus. by Varvara Auer, oblong 11 x 14", plastic comb-bound pict stiff wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, some soiling to rear cover, extremities lightly worn, ink name of former owner covered with old price label on title page else a fairly nice..... More
Thomas Y. Crowell Co: NY, 1954. Illustr by William Hamilton, 8 x 5.5, orange cloth, 148 pp, covers a bit worn and soiled, hinges loose, ink name and address on ffep, pp toned a bit else a nice copy in worn & edge torn dust jacket. FIRST ED. More
Harper Collins Publishers: NY, 1995. Illustr by Thomas Locker, 10.25 x 8.25, blue cloth backed white boards, unpag, covers lightly edge-worn else a nice, clean copy in a lightly used dust jacket. FIRST ED, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR CANDACE CHRISTIANSEN AND THE ARTIST THOMAS LOCKER, WHO HAS..... More
Harper: NY, 1920. Illustr by Charles Livingston Bull, 9.5 x 7, cloth, 307 pp, bookplate, one corner lightly bumped else nice copy in slightly edge-chipped dw with minor tape repair. More
Macmillan: NY, 1949. 8.5 x 5.5, cloth, 158 pp, jacket and end papers illustrated by George and Doris Hauman, small chips and short closed tears to moderately stained/foxed, price clipped jacket, fine in good jacket. FIRST PRINTING. More
Little, Brown & Co: Boston, 1940. 8 x 5, red cloth, 305 pp, covers a bit worn, extremities bumped, hinges loose else a decent copy in edge-worn and torn, toned (but scarce) dust jacket. FIRST ED. More
Christian Book and Art Pub. Co.: Constance n.d. Illus, 7.5x5", cloth backed pict boards, 96pp, covers a bit rubbed and slightly dented. More
The Saalfield Publ. Co.: Akron, OH, 1904. Illus. by author, 9.25 x 7.5", pict grey cloth (car with four passengers and large butterfly wings), 114pp, cover rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracking else a decent copy. SCARCE. More
The Saalfield Publ. Co.: Akron, OH, 1904. Illus. by author, 9.25 x 7.5", pict green covers (illus. of a young child in a roadster), 114pp, cover rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink inscription (1909) from a former owner, and a few spots on front fly else a decent..... More
David McKay: Philadelphia (1904). Frontis, 7.5 x 4.5", pict. stamped cloth, 221pp, ink inscription, slight spotting to bottom edge of front cover else an attractive copy in heavily soiled, worn & torn but complete and scarce dw. More
Small, Maynard and Co: Boston, 1922. Illustr by Les Stout, 8 x 6, decorated tan cloth, 134 pp, covers heavily soiled and worn, hinges loose, extremities bumped and fraying, contents toned and soiled. This edition not in NUC! (only the later 1936 edition.). More