Search Results: Childrens, Fiction, Folk from Madden Books

Good- HC, no DJ. Red-brown cloth over boards blind stamped on both covers with ruled frame enclosing bulls eye pattern surround, tendril spandrels with publishers device in central quatrefoil; gilt floral and pictorial design on spine; gilt titles. Covers rubbed with fraying at spine ends; fore corners rubbed, boards exposed; large discolored area from damp-stain on front cover; damp stain apparent on front end papers and less so on pages in beginning of text block; front fly sheet cut out; rear free end paper cut out; light foxing; tightly bound. 12 pp of adverts at rear consisting of title pages from 12 books. Some full page engravings; each chapter with initial drop cap and pictorial tail piece vignettes; unidentified illustrator. Little Rudy is the Andersen story elsewhere called 'The Ice Maiden'. Other stories and their elsewhere translated titles are: The Butterfly, Psyche, The Snail and the Rosebush (Rose Tree), Twelve by the Mail (The Mail Coach Passengers), A Rose from the Grave of… Read More

Good HC, no DJ. Ex-library. Blue-green cloth over boards, black pictorial designs and titles. Lightly scuffed/soiled covers and spine; library number at lower spine; 'grade 7-8' in black ink at front cover top fore corner; some rubbing wear at spine ends and fore corners; tightly bound; library matter on end papers; clean interior but for few light smudges; 3 interior leaves creased at top fore corners from previous folding. 8vo, 248 pp; drop-cap initials and many illustrations by Philip Cheney.

Good softcover. Staple-bound with thin card covers. Covers age darkened and lightly soiled; front cover has some staining along edges and a 1/2 inch closed tear at tail edge; 1 inch closed tear at cover joint and title page tail end; owner name on front cover; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 16mo, 32 pp.