Search Results: Children's Literature from Mount Hope Books

The Saalfield Pub. Co.. 1943. Very Good; Softcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 14 page, full-color linen ABC/Numbers book, illustrated by Ethel Hays. Very bright and clean, fully intact. One corner creased.; light wear on spine. Previous owner's name written in ink at top of front cover; small abrasion where sticker was removed near bottom edge of cover. Interior pages very clean, unblemished. .

Random House. 1953. Eighth Printing. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages, bound in light green cloth; color pictorial endpapers by Kredel; red top-stain. ABOUT FINE book, clean, tight; pages crisp & clean. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front endpaper -- no name or writing. In VERY GOOD jacket, bright & clean with three shallow tears. Original price 195/195 intact on flap. ; Allabout Books No. 3 Series; Packaged with care. .

Macmillan. 1993. First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Bright, crisp, tight book. No names or markings. In like jacket, Near Fine, with inconspicuous scratch near top edge. Original price intact on flap. First printing indicated by presence of "1" in print number line. .

Harcourt Brace & Company. 1991. later printing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; SIGNED by illustrator Barry Moser on title page. Near Fine book, clean, tighlty bound book with mild wear at base of spine. Pristine interior. About Fine jacket; bright, crisp, clean. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Illustrator .

Follett Publishing Company. 1968. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; First printing stated. NOT a library discard. 30 page. blue paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Bill Barss. Bright clean cover; tight binding. Light to moderate wear to extremities. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. In bright jacket with rubbing on folds; inch and a half closed tear at top of back panel. Original price of $1.00 intact on jacket flap. ; Follett Beginning Science Books Series .

Istituto Graphico De Agostini. 2002. Very Good+; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Originally published in English as Snappy Little Snowtime. [20] pages, fully illustrated, with 10 crisp pop-ups and storyline in Italian. Very crisp, clean, bright cover, sharp corners; modest wear spine ends & tiny nick at base of spine. Pristine interior. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. .

Viking Press. 1957. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 64 pages in green cloth. Bold illustrations by Tony Palazzo. Modest wear on top & bottom edges of cover. Tight binding. Interior clean, unmarked. A couple of pages folded at bottom corner. Jacket has shallow chipping at spine ends, corner tips; one short tear on top edge. Protected in clear archival sleeve. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. .

Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 1999. Third Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; SIGNED & inscribed on copyright page by author/illustrator Robert Sabuda: "For Jordan -- Best wishes." Pristine book, appears unread. In crisp jacket with faint shelf rubbing on back panel. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Author .

Dutton Children's Books. 1995. First US Edition; First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; Fine book in Fine dust jacket. .

Platt & Munk. 1945. early printing. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket; Hardcover; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; Bound in red cloth with pictorial paste-down on front cover. Orange endpapers. Reinforced binding (NOT a library discard). 21 beautiful full-page color depictions of famous planes by Irvin L. Holcombe. Clean cover, sharp corners, tight binding. A couple small stains or ink spots on back cover; light fraying at base of spine. Child's pencil scrawl neatly erased from front endpaper. Interior very crisp, clean, unmarked. All illustrations bright, intact. In jacket ith ragged edges, tears, large chips at ends of spine. Original price intact on flap. .

Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1934. First Edition Stated. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 80 pages, bound in cloth-backed cover with pictorial paste-on; pictorial endpapers. First Edition. Color frontis, 10 additional full-page illustrations, 8 in color. Cover pictorial clean, bright, intact. Fraying at ends of spine; more-so at crown; edges moderately worn & chipped; corners worn to card. Vertical scrape on rear board. Interior clean, unmarked; edges of pages lightly toned. Missing jacket. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Cupples & Leon Company. 1944. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Cupples & Leon Format II: mid to late 1940's, thinner blue or red cover, plain frontis, weave pattern on endpapers, poor quality paper, dust jacket with different symbol on spine for each mystery. Copyright date 1944, probable first, as book lists to self, eleven titles listed. Later Format II dust jacket with unique symbol on spine; 14 titles listed. Clean blue cover, firmly bound, sharp corners; showing light wear to spine ends, edges. Pages very clean, moderately browned .No names or markings. Tiny bookstore label from The Little Acorn Bookshop, Pawtucket, RI, at bottom of fep. Purple pictorial jacket, price 100-160 on flap; two shallow chips; wear at ends of spine; several short tears along top edge; moderate soil/smudging on back panel. Buy War Bonds promotional on back. Nicely preserved for this fragile uncoated paper jacket. We also… Read More

Roaring Brook Press. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Crisp, clean, tight book; free of names or markings. In About Fine jacket, also bright and crisp. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Great Plains Press. 2008. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; SIGNED by illustrator Barry Moser on title page. Crisp, clean book in Brty Good jacket (light scratches on back panel). Else fine. Tale of Jack London and 'Jack' the dog in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Illustrator .

Dial Books for Young Readers. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Includes BONUS BOOK; see below. Crisp, tight book; free of names or markings. In similarly crisp jacket. Caldecott Medal illustrator Emily Arnold McCully. BONUS BOOK : Mitzi and Frederick the Great, also illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully; hardcover; 1984 Dutton First edition. Near Fine book in Near Fine jacket. .

Garden City Books. 1957. Sixth Printing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Illustration in red, white and black by Virginia Parsons. About Fine book, very clean, tight, only a hint of wear. Interior pristine. In bright, clean jacket with two tears near end of flap fold (neatly mended on verso); light rubbing on edges. Stories by Margaret Wise Brown, Marguerite de Angeli, Inez Hogan, Phyllis McGinley, Marjorie Flack, Hildegard Woodward, and more. .

The Book House for Children. 1954. later printing. Very Good+; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; One of the My Travelship volumes, 191 pages, bound in blue cloth with pictorial paste-down on front cover; gilt lettering. Beautiful illustrations by Maud & Miska Petersham. Bright cover, tightly bound; moderate wear to head of spine.Brilliant end papers; pages very clean, bright. A lovely copy of this children's classic. ; Packaged with care. .

Laura Geringer Books/ HarperCollins. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; SIGNED by illustrator Wendell Minor on title page. Includes BONUS BOOK. Crisp, tight book in About Fine dust jacket (faint scratch at top of front panel). BONUS BOOK: Fire Storm, also by the Jean Craighead George/Wendell Minor team; signed by Minor, Fine book in Very Good jacket. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Vanguard Press. 1953. First Edition. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; [36] pages in yellow cloth-backed pictorial cover. Bright, clean cover; light edge wear. Solid binding, sharp corners. Pages clean, bright, unmarked; endpapers slightly darkened. Price-clipped jacket; tears & chipping on edges, long tear on edge of spine. .

Doubleday. 1958. Fourth Printing. Fine in Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Beautiful boldly illustrated book; early printing with $3.50 price on jacket flap. About Fine book, a reinforced "Doubleday Prebound Edition"; 55 pages, pictorial cover. 23 color illustrations, many black & white. Not a first printing, but if you are a D' Aulaire collector, this 4th printing with immaculate pages may suit your fancy. In bright clean dust jacket with edge wear and shallow chips & tears; one longer tear (1" +) mended with tape on underside. .