TOM GETTMOR.
L. B. C.: Col. O. 1920. Illus, 7.5 x 5", cloth backed pict. Boards, 184pp, fair copy only, disbound, ink inscriptions, heavily worn. Nice Detroit bookseller ticket. More
L. B. C.: Col. O. 1920. Illus, 7.5 x 5", cloth backed pict. Boards, 184pp, fair copy only, disbound, ink inscriptions, heavily worn. Nice Detroit bookseller ticket. More
np (Santa Rosa, CA), 1980. Paperback. One page, 11 x 8.5", photocopied with red ink and red inkstamp, stapled at top, minor wear, small tears and creasing at top, SIGNED AND DATED (April 10, 1980) AT THE BOTTOM BY CHARLES M. SCHULZ. With large envelope filled with biographical and bibliographical..... More
Educational Progress Corp.: Palo Alto, CA, 1970. Hardcover. Color pop-ups, 10.5 x 20", pict boards, six full page pop-ups (with two movable tabs), extremities bumped and worn, covers a little worn and soiled, pull tabs creased and worn, but everything seems to be there and in great working order. SCARCE..... More
Educational Progress Corp.: Palo Alto, CA, 1970. Hardcover. Color pop-ups, 10.5 x 20", pict boards, seven full page pop-ups (six with movable tabs), extremities bumped and worn, covers a little worn and soiled, pull tabs creased and worn, old tape and glue adhesions to back cover but everything seems to..... More
Philadelphia (1932). Illus, 8x5.5", pink cloth, 124pp, extremities faded and bumped, bookplate, inner front hinge cracked else good in well worn, chipped and toned dw. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1934. More
NY 1923. Color illus by C. Bosseron Chambers, 9.5x7", cloth w/pict label, 422pp, ink inscription, covers spotted, outer front hinge speckled, top edge soiled and spotted in slightly tape repaired scarce dw that is moderately soiled, small spot on foredge. FIRST EDITION. More
Henry Altemus Co: Philadelphia, 1921. Illustr, 5.5 x 4, cloth backed boards with color pict label on front cover, 57 pp, covers with extremity wear (esp spine ends), hinges loose, contents worn and finger soiled with old Christmas stocking sticker on front fly, in worn, torn, chipped and soiled but..... More
Samuel Walker: London (1945). Drawings by Sister Mary Barbara, 7 x 5", wraps, 73pp, lower spine chipped, lower right corner bumped. 2nd impression. More
Harry N. Abrams: np (NY), nd (1980). Paperback. Full color poster with image from Rolling Stone magazine (children hanging Christmas ornaments on a "wild thing"), 26 x 21", some edge wear and light creasing but still in good condition; rolled. INSCRIBED "To Michael..." AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/AUTHOR MAURICE SENDAK..... More
Harper & Row: np (NY), 1970. Illustr by author, 11.25 x 8.75, white cloth with circular color pict label on front cover, unpag, hinges a little loose but still a beautiful copy in edge-worn, spine sunned, price clipped dust jacket. FIRST ED (Hanrahan: no statement of printing, dw with "1070"..... More
Vanguard Press: NY, (1937). Hardcover. Illus. by Dr. Seuss, 11 x 8.25", pict cloth-like boards, unpaginated, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and chipped, spine yellowed, some soiling through first few pp, some light finger soiling else a decent, readable copy. "Book Club Edition" More
Beginner Books: Random House: NY, 1965. Illustr by Dr. Seuss, 11.25 x 8, glossy pict boards, 133 pp, covers rubbed with some abrasions and delamination at spine, hinges loose, but still a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION. (no "a" at end of "Canad"). More
Random House (NY 1957). Illus by the author, 9x6.5", dec glossy illus boards, 61pp, extremities worn and fraying, small stain at bottom edge of back cover, ink inscription else v.g. in worn, edge torn and stained dw. Early issue, with "195/195" on flap. More
Random House: NY, (1956). Illus. by Dr. Seuss, 11.25 x 8.25", glossy pict. boards, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed, extremities worn, hinges loose, annoying stain to foredge and margins of first 1/3 of book, tiny abrasion at bottom left corner of rear fly, book sticker from Hudson's in Detroit, in rubbed..... More
The American Humane Society: Boston. nd (c 1904). Illust (incl diagrams on how to shoot horses and dogs humanely), 7 x 4.5, blue-green printed wraps, 245pp + additional pp, covers toned with some edge wear, extremities worn, paper label with ink numbers inside front cover, pp thumbed but still a...... More
The Macmillan Co: NY, 1940. Illustr, 8.25 x 6, cloth with illustr paper cover label, unpag, covers rubbed and soiled, hinges loose, eps toned, contents a little toned and worn else a decent copy of this scarce title. FIRST ED (October 1940). More
Hart Publ Co: NY 1952. Illus by Doris Stolberg, 8.5 x 7", spiral bound stiff pict boards, unpaged, fold out legs and head present, one grommte replaced with clip, some soiling, extremities beginning to fray, slight storage odor. Turn the page, the little girl changes costume. More
Harper & Row: NY, 1969. Illustr by author, 9.25 x 8.25, pict boards, 48 pp, covers a tiny bit rubbed, hinges loose, pp spotted, slight damp smell, in rubbed and soiled dust jacket. More
Whitman Publ. Co: Racine, WI, 1938. Illustr, 3.5 x 2.5, 32 pp, covers moderately worn and darkened, contents darkened but still a usable item. Scarce. A "Better Little Book." More
The Macmillan Co: NY, 1929. Illustr, 7 x 5.75, decorated red cloth, 185 pp, cover edges worn and darkened, ex-lib with just a bookplate and an inkstamp on title to show for it, contents spotted and thumbed, hinges loose else a decent copy in the very scarce but unfortunately heavily..... More
(Colorado Springs, CO?), nd. Color illus. by Annelie Shryoch, 7 x 5", pict stapled wraps, (36)pp, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE little book. Dedicated to the creators' grandchildren, whose names and images pop-up in the rhymes and illus. SCARCE. More
Lothrop Publishing: Boston, 1903. 7 x 5, hardcover, 180 pp, yellow cloth backed tan papered boards, red and black cover illustr of wman hanging clothes on line, moderate wear at corners, hinges sound still an attractive copy. By the author of the Five Little Peppers series. FIRST ED. More
Herbert Stuffer Verlag: Berlin, 1927. Hardcover. Color illus.; three "lift the flaps" and one moveable (figures in window of house rotate), 9.5 x 8", cloth backed pict boards, covers worn, darkened and with some staining, former owner's ink inscription inside front cover (1928), textblock becoming loose; pages spotted and well..... More
Herbert Stuffer Verlag: Berlin, 1929. Hardcover. Color illus.; three moveable scenes (a house where things in window change, a rabbit and a hedgehog run around a pond, and a pupper show where the curtain moves and puppets change), 9.5 x 8", cloth backed pict boards, covers quite worn and soiled..... More
L.C. Page and Co: Boston. 1897. Illustr by Amy M. Sacker, 7.25 x 5.25, decorated cloth, 159 pp, covers quite worn and soiled, front inner hinge cracked, old newsp clipping affixed to rear ep (with toning opposite), pp thumbed and toned. A rather poor copy, but a poor copy of..... More