The Story Of Ferdinand (Inscribed By Monroe Leaf With A Drawing) by Leaf, Munro - 1938

London [1919]: James Hewetson & Son, 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde, Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy", A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed (To "Kathleen") By The Author, And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy, Spine Aged/Tanned, Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips, Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce.

New York: Street & Smith, 1903. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 7 " Tall. Illustrated Cover. 285 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers With Five Cadets Discovering A Treasure Chest By Lamplight. Early Or First Printing, This Title #222, List At Front Shows Titles Through #224. There Is Also A Hardcover Issue, Date Of Publication Unknown, Also Copyright 1903. Covers Worn With Chips At Edges, Spine Covered With Clear Tape, Chipping At Edges Of Spine, No Names Or Marks. Worldcat Shows Only One Institutional Holding Of This Street & Smith Title, And That Is Only On Microfilm. All Of The Pseudonymous Upton Sinclair Children's Books Published By Street And Smith Are Scarce Because Of Their Fragility, This One, The Fifth And Last, Particularly So.

London: Longman's Green & Co, 1885. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book. 6 1/2" Tall. 101 Pp., With Two Preliminary Blanks, Adverts. Page, Half-Title, Three Final Blanks. Attractively Bound In Well Preserved 3/4 Dark Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Title And Author, Over Beautifully Marbled Paper Boards, Matching Hand Marbled Endpapers. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Printing, First Issue, One Of 1000 Copies, With No Mention Of "Two Series" In List Of Books By Stevenson. No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage, Pages Clean And Just A Little Aged [With One Very Small Foxing Spot]. Gift Quality. Ex Collection Of Dorothy Gish But Not Marked As Such.

Pittsburgh / Louvain: Luke Loomis, 1828. Early Edition . Marbled Paper Wrappers. Good. 7 Woodcuts + Page of 7 Woodcuts at End. 1828, Published By Luke Loomis, One Of A Very Large Number Of Printings From Various Early Nineteenth Century Printers; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1828 Printing, But Does Show 10 Holdings Of A Similar But Longer Title, Undated, From This Printer/Publisher. Bound In Marbled Paper Over Flexible Card, Nineteenth Century; Book Begins With Title Page And Tiny Stub Of Preceding Page Or Cover. Text With 7 Woodcuts: One On Page Facing Title Page, With Text Beginning "See The Good And Dutiful Dog"; Five Alphabet Woodcut Pages, William Rogers Burning At The Stake; Seven Small Woodcuts On Last Page. A Well-Used Example, Worn, Browned, Foxed, Traces Of Water Staining. Nineteenth Century Ownership Signature Of "John D. Tyson, Baltimore, Md., '47".

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. Xx, 282 Pp. Blue Cloth With Black Lettering, Illustrated Endpapers, Name Of Doubleday Doran At Base Of Spine Of Book And Dj, Doubleday Doran On Title Page, "Jr." Logo On Copyright Page With Copyright Date 1936 And "First Edition" Statement, Price $2.00 At Top Of Front Flap And Code 1169-36 At Bottom Of Front Flap Of Dj. Book Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks. Dj With Color Illustration On Front Panel (Same As The Frontispiece), Light Wear, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel, 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Both With Associated Shallow Creasing Extending From The Tears.

London [1919]: James Hewetson & Son, 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde, Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy", A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed (To "Kathleen") By The Author, And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy, Spine Aged/Tanned, Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips, Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce.

New York: Street & Smith, 1903. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 7 " Tall. Illustrated Cover. 285 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers With Five Cadets Discovering A Treasure Chest By Lamplight. Early Or First Printing, This Title #222, List At Front Shows Titles Through #224. There Is Also A Hardcover Issue, Date Of Publication Unknown, Also Copyright 1903. Covers Worn With Chips At Edges, Spine Covered With Clear Tape, Chipping At Edges Of Spine, No Names Or Marks. Worldcat Shows Only One Institutional Holding Of This Street & Smith Title, And That Is Only On Microfilm. All Of The Pseudonymous Upton Sinclair Children's Books Published By Street And Smith Are Scarce Because Of Their Fragility, This One, The Fifth And Last, Particularly So.

London: Longman's Green & Co, 1885. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book. 6 1/2" Tall. 101 Pp., With Two Preliminary Blanks, Adverts. Page, Half-Title, Three Final Blanks. Attractively Bound In Well Preserved 3/4 Dark Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Title And Author, Over Beautifully Marbled Paper Boards, Matching Hand Marbled Endpapers. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Printing, First Issue, One Of 1000 Copies, With No Mention Of "Two Series" In List Of Books By Stevenson. No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage, Pages Clean And Just A Little Aged [With One Very Small Foxing Spot]. Gift Quality. Ex Collection Of Dorothy Gish But Not Marked As Such.

Pittsburgh / Louvain: Luke Loomis, 1828. Early Edition . Marbled Paper Wrappers. Good. 7 Woodcuts + Page of 7 Woodcuts at End. 1828, Published By Luke Loomis, One Of A Very Large Number Of Printings From Various Early Nineteenth Century Printers; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1828 Printing, But Does Show 10 Holdings Of A Similar But Longer Title, Undated, From This Printer/Publisher. Bound In Marbled Paper Over Flexible Card, Nineteenth Century; Book Begins With Title Page And Tiny Stub Of Preceding Page Or Cover. Text With 7 Woodcuts: One On Page Facing Title Page, With Text Beginning "See The Good And Dutiful Dog"; Five Alphabet Woodcut Pages, William Rogers Burning At The Stake; Seven Small Woodcuts On Last Page. A Well-Used Example, Worn, Browned, Foxed, Traces Of Water Staining. Nineteenth Century Ownership Signature Of "John D. Tyson, Baltimore, Md., '47".

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + DJ. Xx, 282 Pp. Blue Cloth With Black Lettering, Illustrated Endpapers, Name Of Doubleday Doran At Base Of Spine Of Book And Dj, Doubleday Doran On Title Page, "Jr." Logo On Copyright Page With Copyright Date 1936 And "First Edition" Statement, Price $2.00 At Top Of Front Flap And Code 1169-36 At Bottom Of Front Flap Of Dj. Book Is Near Fine, Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks. Dj With Color Illustration On Front Panel (Same As The Frontispiece), Light Wear, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel, 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Both With Associated Shallow Creasing Extending From The Tears.