Book Trails (Eight Volume Set) by Various Authors - 1928

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1958. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. True 1st edition , preceding the US edition. A very nice copy of a scarce title. Endpapers display light foxing and there is a scattering of foxing /rust to the upper page compressed page edges. Small smudge on front board.The pages generally are very white and crisp. Jacket is not price clipped and has no loss barring a tiny amount of corner erosion and wear at the head of the spine. Jacket displays light foxing which is visible on the reverse of the jacket and the back panel, 2 short tears of 1cm or less on back panel, Light rubbing to edges. An excellent copy of a very scarce title..

A. L. Burt NY, 1929. HBDJ, HBDJ, 1929, 1st Edition, VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, PreText Lists Thru This Title, DJ light Rub, Wear Scuff, CREASES on Front, DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extremities,Small Chips Spine Ends & Along Edge of DJ Spine, Front DJ Small chips affects Author Last Name, Back DJ AD Mercer Boys thru in Summer Camp, Small Chips BackSide DJ Corner., THICK Orange Red & Black, Brown Illustrated Cloth Cover Duplicates DJ Illustration Light Wear Rub, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear FOX, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2," 227 pages plus pages of publisher's ADS Ends Rex Kingdom Storm Island, This is the last title on the inside front list and next to last on the front jacket flap. The lists in back of the book do not include this series. Condition is VERY GOOD- in an about GOOD- jacket. Not ex-library. Hardcover book LIGHT Spine Staining is crisp, square, solid, and tight, with no marks in the text, creases, bumps, tears, or signs of stress to the hinges or binding. The top edge is darkened, the fore and… Read More

NY Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. HBDJ, 1914. 1st edition, 1st Printing, Lists Thru This Title Front Inner Flap DJ & PreText. VG- Hardback with GOOD- Dust Jacket. AS-IS, prior owner name on front Dustjacket in Ink. 1st ed.. Cover SLIGHTLY worn, stained on Edge Back Cvr. jacket is chipped Extremites & Mended Tears Yet Mostly Intact with Illustrations Intact aswell as Titles. Hinges cracked Slightly. Binding is hardcover, Spine Ends DJ Small Chips Scuff Tears Yets Titles & Publ Intact yet slightly Faded, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear FOX, 212 pgs + ADS End with Rover Boys in Alaska, Front Fine-grained olive green cloth with, Red & Black Cover whose background is the most exciting of scenes; a rhinocerous attacking a tiger, a bear standing on its hind legs, a ship sinking and a building on fire being fought by the local fire brigade Duplicated DJ illustration , 5"x7.5", .There were 11 Volumes in the Series, a Companion to the Motion Picture Chums series. Boys series. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Dodd,Mead & Co. NY , 1942. HardBack NODJ, 1942, 1st edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Blue Cloth cover light rub, wear has clear Mylar Protector Taped to Endpapers, Spine Cvr Sun Fade, 342 Pgs, Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear .Illustrated with Genuine Hollywood Photos in B/W of Julie Burnette makes her interview Test, Orry-Kelly pointing out Mistakes in on starlets Wardrobe & pair His Sketches, Reading for Dramatic Coach Sophie Rosenstein at Warner Brothers studio, Carmen Johnson as photographed by her Sister, Cecil Anne, A Sound Stage between Shots, Lights of Hollywood from The Hills ETC , Rather a scarce title by a writer known more for her picture books and association with P F Volland. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. /No Jacket.

New York: Random House (1960). Pictorial boards with cloth spine, minor corner wear; pictorial dust jacket with light wear, sunned spine, small loss at top of spine. Hauff's most famous fairy tale with 2-color artwork by Sendak throughout. Scarce Sendak title. Hanrahan A38. ALA Notable Book.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. Square 8vo..

Duell,sloan & Pearce, NY, 1946. HBDJ, 1946 on copyright, 1st edition, EARLY ISSUE, with eight pages of photographs ,NF/GOOD-, AS-IS, Plain Green Cloth Cover Nice & Bright with title on front ,Color DJ shows minor rub & Wear back DJ has slight Soil,DJ tiny chips & few pieces missing on spine affects word Nibbles & at base of spine & back book piece missing approx 2 or so Inches, Inner DJ Flap priceclipped but $2 & Printed Library Edition , ,with eight pages of photographs, Frontispiece, back blank free flyleaf mended tear. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Taylor.

A. L. Burt NY, 1929. HBDJ, HBDJ, 1929, 1st Edition, VG-/GOOD-, AS-IS, PreText Lists Thru This Title, DJ light Rub, Wear Scuff, CREASES on Front, DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extremities,Small Chips Spine Ends & Along Edge of DJ Spine, Front DJ Small chips affects Author Last Name, Back DJ AD Mercer Boys thru in Summer Camp, Small Chips BackSide DJ Corner., THICK Orange Red & Black, Brown Illustrated Cloth Cover Duplicates DJ Illustration Light Wear Rub, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear FOX, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2," 227 pages plus pages of publisher's ADS Ends Rex Kingdom Storm Island, This is the last title on the inside front list and next to last on the front jacket flap. The lists in back of the book do not include this series. Condition is VERY GOOD- in an about GOOD- jacket. Not ex-library. Hardcover book LIGHT Spine Staining is crisp, square, solid, and tight, with no marks in the text, creases, bumps, tears, or signs of stress to the hinges or binding. The top edge is darkened, the fore and… Read More

NY Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. HBDJ, 1914. 1st edition, 1st Printing, Lists Thru This Title Front Inner Flap DJ & PreText. VG- Hardback with GOOD- Dust Jacket. AS-IS, prior owner name on front Dustjacket in Ink. 1st ed.. Cover SLIGHTLY worn, stained on Edge Back Cvr. jacket is chipped Extremites & Mended Tears Yet Mostly Intact with Illustrations Intact aswell as Titles. Hinges cracked Slightly. Binding is hardcover, Spine Ends DJ Small Chips Scuff Tears Yets Titles & Publ Intact yet slightly Faded, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear FOX, 212 pgs + ADS End with Rover Boys in Alaska, Front Fine-grained olive green cloth with, Red & Black Cover whose background is the most exciting of scenes; a rhinocerous attacking a tiger, a bear standing on its hind legs, a ship sinking and a building on fire being fought by the local fire brigade Duplicated DJ illustration , 5"x7.5", .There were 11 Volumes in the Series, a Companion to the Motion Picture Chums series. Boys series. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Dodd,Mead & Co. NY , 1942. HardBack NODJ, 1942, 1st edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Blue Cloth cover light rub, wear has clear Mylar Protector Taped to Endpapers, Spine Cvr Sun Fade, 342 Pgs, Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear .Illustrated with Genuine Hollywood Photos in B/W of Julie Burnette makes her interview Test, Orry-Kelly pointing out Mistakes in on starlets Wardrobe & pair His Sketches, Reading for Dramatic Coach Sophie Rosenstein at Warner Brothers studio, Carmen Johnson as photographed by her Sister, Cecil Anne, A Sound Stage between Shots, Lights of Hollywood from The Hills ETC , Rather a scarce title by a writer known more for her picture books and association with P F Volland. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. /No Jacket.

New York: Atheneum, 1964 Red cloth, some spotting to edges of text block, not intruding on interior pages, pictorial dustjacket with corner wear and a dime sized piece missing from base of spine, Book Week sticker affixed to front panel. The story of, Manolo Olivar, a young boy whose father is the bullfighting champion of Spain. Manolo wonders if he can follow in his father's footsteps. One of the more elusive Newbery Medal winners.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Alvin Smith. 8vo.