Search Results: Titles starting with J from Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller

Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co, 1929. Wraps. Near fine. Harrison CADY. [CHILDREN]. 24mo square (5 3/16" x 4 ½"); [24]pp; color pictorial wrapper, 2 staple binding; illustrations every page, 12 in color, the rest printed in blue; light rubbing to edges; near fine. This edition, in a wrapper and smaller size, is not located in any OCLC libraries. Not found in Baumgarten. A town full of anthropomorphic animals join in the fun of a "coasting carnival!" Lively and imaginative story, with the wonderfully expressive illustrations Cady is known for. Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was an illustrator and cartoonist perhaps best known for his cartoon strip Peter Rabbit and his illustrations for Thornton W. Burgess' books.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1867. Later printing. Cloth. Very good. Later printing. 12mo; 229 [1]pp, [14pp] publisher's ads at rear; mustard colored cloth over board, brown pictorial to front with portrait onlay, gilt stamped spine; gift inscription to ffep dated 1897; wood-engraved frontispiece and facing half-title with tissue guard; light finger soiling to rear board, sunning of spine and light scuffing to edges; very good. Cover title identifies it as part of the Pilgrim Series for Boys, title page as part of the Rosa Abbott Stories. Rear publisher's ads for Lee and Shepard's Dollar Juveniles and Seventy-Five Cent Juveniles, Oliver Optic's books, Mayflower Series for Girls, Choice Books of Adventure, Patriotic Series for Boys and Girls, and a list of 25 Pilgrim Series for Boys, four by Rosa Abbott.

Made in U.S.A. [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]: [The Beistle Company], 1950. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. [EPHEMERA] [HOLIDAY: HALLOWEEN]. 9" x 6 ½"; color printed stiff die-cut shaped paper pumpkin head with hat and scarf marked "Made in U.S.A.;" unpunched hole for hanging, printed in yellow, black and orange; small crease to wheat and one scarf corner; very good plus. Schneider 113. Unmarked Halloween decoration made by the prolific American party decoration company, The Beistle Company, during the Luhrs ownership. The Beistle Company was founded by Martin Luther Beistle in 1900 and started manufacturing paper Halloween party goods in the 1920s. Henry E. Luhrs, Beistle's son-in-law, took over the company in 1935 after Beistle's death.

Made in U.S.A. [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]: [The Beistle Company], 1950. Ephemera no binding. Near fine. [EPHEMERA] [HOLIDAY: HALLOWEEN]. 9" x 6 ½"; color printed stiff die-cut shaped paper pumpkin head with hat and scarf marked "Made in U.S.A.;" unpunched hole for hanging, printed in yellow, black and orange; near fine. Unmarked Halloween decoration made by the prolific American party decoration company, The Beistle Company, during the Luhrs ownership. The Beistle Company was founded by Martin Luther Beistle in 1900 and started manufacturing paper Halloween party goods in the 1920s. Henry E. Luhrs, Beistle's son-in-law, took over the company in 1935 after Beistle's death.

London: Gay & Hancock, 12 & 13 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1913. Three-quarter leather bound. Very good. Charles FOLKARD. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATION]. Charles FOLKARD, illustrations. Folio; [16]pp + [12] color plates tipped onto thick gray stock; three-quarters bound in orange calf with marbled boards, 5 raised bands and gilt-stamped spine; half-title and title-page printed in black and orange; relief illustrations in text; color plates with titled tissue-guards; to edge gilt, untrimmed bottom and fore-edge; light shelf-wear to board edges, shelf-soiling of untrimmed edges, first tipped plate has corner creasing from catching on tissue-guard when closing, scattered foxing on printed pages; very good. The Jackdaw of Rheims is one of the myths in the collection of the Ingoldsby Legends penned by Clergyman Richard Harris Barham. Told in rhyming verse, the bird steals the turquoise ring of the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims while he is dining with fellow clergy. When he misses the ring, the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Cloth. Very good/very good. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT. [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT, illustrator. First edition, Second state. SBN 394-81282-4 on rear dust jacket panel, "The Book Press" imprint on colophon page. 4to; 118, [2]pp; red cloth over board, blind-stamped wreath around a portrait of a boy on front, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; lime green endpapers, gift inscription on ffep marked out in black marker; illustrations in black and red, including frontispiece; 4 color plates; horizontal crease partially across the front board; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to edges; very good in vg dj.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1867. Half Bound Leather. Very good. 8vo; lx, 635pp; half-bound in brown leather and pebbled brown cloth; 5 banded spine, gilt stamped title and ornaments to spine; red sprinkled edges; clipping affixed to two fly-leaves; dedication page to His Royal Highness Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; scuffing to spine with fading of gilt, endpapers have glue burn, light age-toning of paper; very good. A two-page editor's preface, a nine-page memoir of Dr. Jamieson, and 40 pages on the Origin of the Scottish Language precede the standard dictionary format of word and meaning. Starting with the letter A and AE and ending with YULE-STEEK, the dictionary explores the language.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. Staplebound wraps. Very good. 8vo; 32pp; color illustrated stiff wrapper with Jane Withers' portrait to cover; 3 staple binding tight; black and white photographic illustrations with text; light shelf scuffing, chip to top front wrapper, scratch to back wrapper and creases at spine with color loss; very good minus. Biography of the Hollywood child star, Jane Withers.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. Later printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Bert SALG. Later printing, c.1936. 12mo; xx [ii], 246pp, [4]; bright red buckram stamped in black with title, author, and vignette of a fish wearing a top hat to the front board; map endpapers in red ink; illustrated frontispiece and 3 additional plates in b&w; three small white spots to rear board, light glue burn to eps; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to spine head and tail, scuff to rear dj with a few small holes; near fine in very good dj. One of the Jerry Todd Series books by humorist Leo Edwards. Edwards also authored the Poppy Ott Series. The forward to the book includes a section called, "Our Chatter-Box", it includes a letter from the author and then a selection of letters, poems, etc. that were sent to the author by his young reader fans.

Wilton, CT: Tiger Tales, 2011. Padded vinyl over board. As new. Veronica VASYLENKO. [HOLIDAY]. Second edition. 8vo square; [18]pp; color pictorial padded vinyl over board; color pictorial every page with rhyming text; thick board pages; as new, fine. ISBN-13: 978-1-58925-869-3. A book illustrating the chorus of the traditional winter song, Jingle Bells. Anthropomorphic mice ride a colorful and decorated sleigh through the wintry countryside to visit mousey grandparents. A lovely way to teach young children the chorus.

Philadelphia: Weber Print, 1915. Wraps. Near fine. Ryan WALKER (?). [POLITICS] [U.S. SOCIALIST PARTY.] Cover title: Jo-Ben's Uncle Sam. Come on Fellow Citizens, We've Another Job On Hand, Price 10 cts. 12mo (7 3/8" x 4 ½"); 31, [1]pp; relief printed pictorial wrapper in red and navy, a poem on rear wrapper; 2 staple binding; light vertical crease; near fine. None located in OCLC. Scarce. Joseph B. Allen of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is listed as a member of the 1915 National Committee of the Socialist Party of America. (The American Socialist, Vol. 1, No. 36, March 20, 1915.) The booklet presents the argument for socialism as a dialogue between a Citizen and Uncle Sam. In an orderly manner, Uncle Sam argues for socialism and against capitalism. One concern raised by Citizen is socialism interference in religious practice. Uncle Sam reassures Citizen and used "the Brigham Young-Smoot idea of marriage" practiced in Mormonism as an example. A poem by Charles Williams is printed on the rear wrapper, and… Read More

New York: The Junior Literary Guild Corporation and The John C. Winston Company, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Marguerite DE ANGELI. First edition. 8vo; 150pp + [2]; royal blue textured cloth over board, black vignette of cat on front, title in black on spine; yellow pictorial endpapers with cats; gift inscription in neat ink to title page; color vignette to title page; illustrations in both color and b&w; light age toning of paper, top edge light spot; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, light age-toning of dj paper, some light staining; near fine in very good plus dj. Story of a young girl who wants a kitten.

Hoopeston, Illinois: The lllinois Canning Co, 1930. Staplebound. Very good. 12mo; 64pp; glazed illustrated wrapper with Joan of Arc on a white horse on front; red background; color illustrated back wrapper with woman and cartouche announcing "Pride of Illinois"; 2 staple binding; light soiling to wrappers; very good. Scarce, one copy located in WorldCat in Australia.

New York: John Martin, and Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Cloth. Very good. Herman DRUCKLIEB. 8vo; [4][108]; quarter bound red cloth with illustrated paper over board; illustrated blue endpapers; profusely illustrated throughout text; scuffing to corners and edges of cover with paper loss; a few small stains; very good minus. Playful illustrations with stories, rhymes and poems as one would expect from John Martin.

New York, N.Y.: Stoll and Edwards Co., Inc, 1928. Boards. Very good. Harrison CADY. Harrison CADY, illustrator. Small 4to; [16]pp; color pictorial boards, two bunnies with baskets and vegetables on front, green cloth shelf-back; color fp, color vignette on title page; illustrations throughout in b&w and color; 2pp publisher's ads for other Johnny Funny-Bunny stories; light warping of boards, scuffing of edges and corners; very good. OCLC locates only one copy at the University of Florida. Scarce. The story of the Funny-Bunny family's ill-fated picnic that was interrupted by a woodpecker, mole, woodchuck, frogs, turtles, bugs, and finally rain! The author and illustrator, Walter Harrison Cady (1877-1970), was an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip in the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate papers.

New York: Girl Scouts, 1944. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Printed from new plates March 1944. 8vo; xviii, 220 + [2]; gilt-stamped green cloth over board; b&w reproduced photographic images; light age-toning of paper, light shelf-wear; unclipped color dust jacket without price, b&w portrait of Juliette Low to front, chipping to edges with loss, light creasing; near fine in very good dj. History of the notable life of Juliette Low and the organization she founded.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Maurice SENDAK. First edition. Vol I: 12mo; 168pp; gilt-stamped ornament on brown cloth over board, gilt-stamped spine; dark brown endpapers; b&w illustrated frontispiece plus 12 additional plates; unclipped tri-colored dust jacket with price on front flap, "Two volumes, boxed $12.95", light shelfwear; fine in near fine dj. Vol. II: 12mo; 169-332pp; gilt-stamped ornament on brown cloth over board, gilt-stamped spine; dark brown endpapers; b&w illustrated frontispiece plus 13 additional plates; fine in fine dj. Orange slipcase with illustrated paper onlay, scuffing to edges and corners, soiling to back and top, black mark to front, structure sound; very good minus. Hanrahan A82. Includes these Grimm stories with Sendak's fanciful illustrations: The Three Feathers; Hans My Hedgehog; The Story of One Who Set Out to Study Fear; Brother and Sister; Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle; The Twelve Huntsmen; Fitcher's Feathered Bird; The… Read More