Beloved Belindy by Johnny Gruelle

M.A. Donohoe & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Fair/None. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Owner's name on decorated front flyleaf Board edges worn; bumped corners. Some ink stains on one page near the center else clean and unmarked, No editions or printings indicated.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1926. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth over color pictorial boards (boards rubbed; several pages lightly creased; ink name). Beloved Belindy is the "mammy" of Raggedy Ann and Andy, and all the other dolls in the nursery. The illustrations of Belindy will appear derogatory to today's child. Useful for the study and illustration of historic racial archetypes in children's literature.

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., (1926). reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, unpaginated, color illustrations by Gruelle. Cardboard covers with edge and corner wear, but clean and bright, black cloth spine. Originally published in 1926 by Volland. This edition undated but probably late 1930s. Inscription on frontispiece opposite title page. Otherwise unmarked. Record # 372222

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., (1926). reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Johnny Gruelle. Hardcover, in a worn and chipped dust jacket, unpaginated, color illustrations by Gruelle. Cardboard covers with edge and corner wear, but clean and bright, black cloth spine. Originally published in 1926 by Volland. This edition undated but probably late 1930s. Inscription on frontispiece opposite title page. Otherwise unmarked. Record # 383587

New York, Joliet, and Boston: P. F. Volland Company, 1926. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Color illus. paper covered boards, color illus. endpapers. 23rd edition. Surface paper loss affects approx. 25% of spine panel and a slight bit along bottom front edge, otherwise minor rubbing at corners and a few points along edges. Clean interior, illus. in color. Lacks the original box which accompanied upon publication. Decently preserved..

Bobbs Merrill:, 1953. 94 pages, illustrated in color by the author. First published in 1926, this book is the 1953 printing. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, light wear to covers, else a nice clean and tight copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present.. Illus. by Johnny Gruelle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis , IN: Bobbs-Merill, 1953. black pictorial c. w/moderate edge rubbing and wear; 94 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Author Illus. 8 Vo.

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New York: The Johnny Gruelle Company, 1940. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good. Illustrated paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in color and b&w. Book has edgewear mostly to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has rubbing, edgewear that includes a few small chips and tears.

Bobbs Merrill, 1960. Beloved Belindy written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, published by Bobbs Merrill 1960. Hardback book shows some rubbing of edges-overall clean and in good to very good condition. Dust jacket has some tears, is missing paper here & there including about 1/2 of paper on spine, and is in a Brodart protector. NOT AN EX-LIB! . Hard Cover. Good to very Good/Fair. Illus. by Gruelle, Johnny.