Search Results: Childrens - Award Winners from Deja Vu Books

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1969. Pictorial hardcover boards binding clean, square and tight. DJ has minimal shelfwear, chip on back of dj, price-clipped. Gold seal on cover as winner of the Sequoyah Children's Book Award. B/W illus throughout, color endpapers. 173 pages + epilogue. Fact-based fiction about the coal black Thoroughbred foal with ties to Oklahoma and the Osage Indians who won the Kentucky Derby.. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good.

E.P. Dutton, 1964. Pictorial hardcover binding square and tight with usual library stamps and markings. Story of a carrier pigeon. Newbery Award Winner.. Illus. by Artzybasheff, Boris. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday & Company Junior Books, 1949. Gray hardcoer binding with turquoise spine is clean, square and tight. Interior clean with some foxing. DJ not price-clipped. Some minor wrinkles and shelfwear. Very lightly soiled. Displays nicely in clean Brodart. 209 pages. 1950 Newbery Honor Book.. Illus. by Cooney, Barbara. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Rand McNally, 1948. Red hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight : bright red with gold decoration on front. Illustrated endpapers - previous owner's bookplate on first blank page. Dustjacket has shelfwear. Rubbed along edges, a few small chips. Displays nicely in clean Brodart jacket. Price-clipped dj. Cover DOES NOT HAVE gold Newbery Medal winner seal. Copyright page states edition of 1948 and has letter A indicating first printing. 172+ pages. Fact/fiction story of the stallion Sham, also known as the legendary Godolphin Arabian. This book published in 1948, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1949.. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

New York: Rand McNally, 1949. Red hardcover cloth binding wear at corners rubbing along edges and a bit of threads showing top of spine. Illustrated endpapers - previous owner's name erased from ffep. Binding square and tight, interior clean, just slightly yellowing pages. Dustjacket in several pieces but assembled in clean Brodart jacket. Large chip missing top LH corner of front cover. Other chips and rubbing both front and back of DJ. Cover has gold Newbery Medal winner seal. price of $2.75 on front flap. Small bookstore sticker half-title page. Copyright page states edition of 1949, has letter C indicating third printing. 172+ pages. Fact/fiction story of the stallion Sham, also known as the legendary Godolphin Arabian. This book, originally pubished in 1948, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1949. Illus. by Dennis, Wesley. Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Hardcover. Good/Fair.

Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has Newbery Medal sticker on front, very clean, just enough wear to be Near Fine. 184 pages. Stated First Edition with 6th printing indicated by number line. Winner of the 1990 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for fiction and the 1991 Newbery Medal. Scarce signed edition. Inscribed on ffep = For James, Jerry Spinelli.. Illus. by Palmer, Carol - jacket photograph. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Viking Press and Junior Literary Guild, 1952. Gray hardcover cloth binding with blue text and decoration. Clean square and tight. Interior clean, tight, and bright. 64 pages. DJ missing large chip front cover that takes out author's first name Robert. Split along spine bottom 4". Rubbing along spine edges, closed tear back cover - protected from further damage with clean Brodart jacket. A bit of staining on front of dj. Overall a very nice copy of early printing of Caldecott Honor book. Does NOT have Caldecot seal.. Illus. by McCloskey, Robert. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

Viking Press, 1950. Blue hardcover cloth binding is square and tight, a bit of dampness damage to front edge. 1951 gift note front endpaper, some foxing but overall clean and tight interior. DJ is tattered, front flap detached (not price-clipped). Displays okay in clean Brodart jacket. 247 pages. 1939 Newbery Honor book is a sequel to Seredy's The Good Master. Beautifully illustrated.. Illus. by Seredy, Kate. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/Fair.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Orange hardcover cloth binding, front cover a bit warped, some stains and light soiling. Bumped corners. Name in green pencil ffep, some soiling and foxing. Binding secure. This is 2nd printing of the Scribners Popular Edition published in August 1927. Will James classic story of a cowpony originally published in 1926 and a Newbery Medal winner. 308. Illus. by James, Will. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Chicago and New York: Follett Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover pictorial cloth binding - same as dj. Back pocket removed, only a few small stamps. DJ clean and crisp, a tiny bit of shelwear - no library markings on jacket. Price clipped. 1967 Newbery winner. 192 pages. A clean ex-library copy.. Illus. by Bolognese, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux 3rd 1970 (1968) VG w/good dj. Gift inscription on ffep. Chips on dj, else good. Pictures by Margot, Zemach. Jewish tales for children - "they have the sweep, the direct voice-to-ear simplicity, the easy familiarity which make all folks literature universal". 1969 Newbery Honor. Hardcover.