Search Results: Titles starting with P from D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.

Staples, MN: Adventures Publications, 1981. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated "Second Printing 1982." 224 pp. Inscription "Best Wishes to Willie" and signed E. Palmer Rockswold. Dark brown heavy cover with gilt print on spine and front cover. Book with limited scattered foxing on foredges. Dust jacket with edge and flap chipping. Light foxing on panels and light horizontal crease on back. Although this book is about a Norwegian immigrant, it is representative of the struggles, hopes, and hard work of many immigrants as they pursue their dreams in a country of their choosing. The time period is about 1880-1920.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st American Edition, 1983. No printing information. 137 pp. Original price intact. Unclipped dust jacket corners. White textured cover with maroon print on spine. Book is tight, appears unread. Clean with only small spine head indent lines and a horizontal tail shelf rest line. Dust cover has spine tail creasing. Synopsis: Based on the true story of the plague that came to Eyam, England, in 1665, it tells of the interactions of the villagers after they make a pact to protect others by not leaving the village.

New York: Workman Publisning, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No other printing information other than date of 1991 and number line 10-1. Assumed first printing. 93 pp. Glossy paper jacket with cats and cut-out for a cat. Book with glossy paper and cat images on covers. Original price intact on jacket flap. Slight paper fold near spine head, otherwise fine. Book with table of contents and index - a very detailed index for references. Heavy glossy stock pages. "Generously quoting poetry, nursery rhymes, Godey's Lady Book... each precious page evokes in image and word an age that personified the cat as the epitome of domestic virtue." publisher A great gift for a cat lover.

New York: A. L. Burt. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published between 1929-49. Reprint. Endpapers sketches by Will James dated 1929. Waldorf-Astoria with an hyphen - hyphen eliminated in 1949. Book was presentation to ____________ on his eleventh birthday with bookplate indicating the child was at the Waldorf-Astoria. Information on W-A bookplate on first endpaper. Brown buckram covers with black front cover and spine print. Brown topstain. Frontis of three frontiersmen in a canoe. Will James' endpapers and pastedowns of a stagecoach attack by indians. A clean book with no writing aside from bookplate writing. Bumped tips and a corner. Spine ends with soft bends with slight-light wear. Bottom cover edge indent. Soft bumping on some top corner pages - from cover bumping - approximately 140 pages gradually decreasing in degree. A small pull on paper from bookplate. Tanning to endpapers and pastedowns. Toned pages.

Minneapolis, Mn: Waldman House Press, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Warren Hanson . Ages 4-8. unpaginated. Laminated cover. 1st Edition, 1st printing (stated). Signed by author and illustrator. Autograph author sticker on jacket. Protected by new lined Mylar cover. Clean no writing. Some edge indents and corner tip crease. Dust jacket has finger indents and light rubbing. Synopsis: After sharing a wonderful summer with his multi-colored bear, Peef, the boy goes back to school.. Having the popular kids like him is important to the boy. Trading his friendship with his bear for a friend who mistreats his bear breaks the bear's heart. Peef teaches the boy that one should be true to who he is.

New York: Scholastic Inc. , 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Marcus Pfister. 1st Scholastic soft cover printing, full no. line and full year with 2001 as the earliest. Clean, no writing. Faint scratching on back of wrap that is noticeable if the book is tilted to the light. Penguin Pete Pete meets the girl of his dreams, wed, and soon have a baby penguin to join them. A yellow beaked penguin meets a blue beaked penguin and produce a green beaked penguin. Who woulda thought? Large print and large colorful illustrations. Ages 3-6.

Garden City, New York USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gordon Grant. Junior Deluxe Editions. No print line. Gray covers with light blue cloth binding and black spine print. No writing. Blue topstain. Rough cut pages. Illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. 220 pp. Approximately 8" tall. Sunning to spine. Light wear and bending to spine ends. No dust jacket.

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maurice Sendak - dust jacket. Stated First Edition, with complete no. line (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1). Jacket and frontspiece illustration by Maurice Sendak, 2000. Brown cloth covers with gilt print. Brown topstain. Dust jacket with pictorial illustration of boy and elephant. Back of d.j. with small pictorial illustration of elephant. 8.75" tall. Clean, no writing, or remainder mark. Book is tight and gently read or unread (?). Soft spine tail bends (shelf rest). Quality dust jacket. Dust jacket with flap price cut and 0900 at bottom of flap. First children's book for the author who has authored 30 plus books. "Summary: Still grieving over the death of his mother, eleven year Ben finds solace in a special relationship he forms with an elephant in a visiting circus." Publisher

Parents Magazine Press, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Kendrick, Dennis. 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full number line, starting with 1). No dust jacket. Library binding. Not ex-library. Book is clean with no writing or remainder/overstock mark. One corner tip with rubbing and an adjacent edge coating nick. Summary: A family of dogs cannot decide upon their final amusement park ride. Finally, they select what they think will be a gentle water ride. The ride is more scary than they anticipated and not so gentle. Upon exiting the ride, others ask, "How was it?" What was their answer? Many colorful illustrations and simple text.

Hallmark. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bob Brackman. No indication of date or publication location; however, the price on the flap is $3.50; therefore it is assumed to be the earliest publication from Hallmark. 8 pop-ups in nice working condition, no tears. Book has blue paper with rectangle of Peter Pan illustration inside of illustration. Black spine print. Larger print for reading. The book has heavier rubbing to spine ends and tips with lighter rubbing to edges. Children's names inside circle area provided by publisher. Dust jacket has chipping and several tears - 2 large chips. Chipping is to spine areas and folds.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Dorothy Grider. 1st Edition, assumed 1st printing. Not listed as an Elf book. Number 625-15. Fifteen cents original price. Two copyrights both state 1948 but book indicates June 1949. No other printing listed. NOTE CAR ON BACK COVER. Cover panels with little wear other than rubbing. Light cellophane lift/pull (no tearing) near spine gutters. Corner tips and spine ends' areas have coating chip wear. One corner tip is worn to the boards. Endpapers and pastedowns are illustrated. Pages have no tears or writing. Small crease area on page top of next to last leaf. Well preserved for a Rand McNally child's book.

New York: Derrydale Books, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Beatrix Potter. Derrydale Books 1980 Edition, 1st Edition, "l" printing. Pictorial cover. No jacket. Original illus. by B. Potter. Introduction by Cary Wilkins. This book is clean with no writing. Spine sunning, top corners and spine head bumping, and small area of coating scuffed. Synopsis: Includes tales of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, The Pie and the Patty Pan, and Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Two or three original illustrations are included on each page. End papers also are illustrated.

New York: Derrydale Books, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Beatrix Potter. Derrydale Books 1980 Edition, 1st Edition, 1st printing ("a" printing ). Pictorial cover. No jacket. Original illus. by B. Potter. Introduction by Cary Wilkins. This book is clean with no writing. It has spine end and corner bumping and a few corner page creases. Synopsis: Includes tales of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggy-winkle, The Pie and the Patty Pan, and Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Two or three original illustrations are included on each page. End papers also are illustrated.

London, England: Penguin Books, Limited/Frederick Warne & Co., 1993. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Boxed set of seven books. The original and authorized edition. Book size: 12mo (6.75 - 7.75"). Each book contains 60 pages. Illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Blue illustrated box, Good + with average wear. Books in Fine condition, one book has corner creases on 3 leaves, one book with small spine nick. All are tight and appear new. Books: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tailor of Gloucecester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books For Young Readers, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Peter Spier. Copyright 1992. A Dell Picture Yearling Book, June 1995. 2nd printing. Signed by author on title page. 10.25" x 10" approximately. 46 unpaginated pages. Wrap panels are bright and attractive. Wrap spine nicks, light spine wear, and corner wrap crease with slight-light top corner page bends. Faint scratching. Synopsis: Spier's illustrations depict what circuses were like in the past. The key features from the beginning to the end of the show are illustrated in detail. This book can help provide background reading information and enjoyment for students who have never been to a large circus.

Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd., 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Published in Italian in 1995. 1st American edition, 1996.Blue cloth covers with gilt spine print. Over 45 drawings and 250 color photographs. Captivating photos of planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies and more.143 pages. Slight to light sporadic edge wear. See photos.

np: Banner Press, 1979. Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled soft cover. No printing date. Only date listed is Purnell & Sons Limited, copyright 1979. Original price $.49. 20 pages. Cardboard pictorial cover. Clean, aside from erasure marks on the top of the title page in white margin. Pages are vivid and fresh-appearing with no writing. Attractive covers. Owner label with owner's name and address. Spine creasing but no apparent spine weakness. Light edge wear, spine ends wear, and corner tip and corner edge wear. Synopsis Although just a stapled book, this book has high appeal for children. The print is large, and the illustrations depict the scenes remarkably well. This can be a read-a-loud for beginning readers or an independent reader book for children reading at grade 3-2 and above.

New York: Banner Press, 1979. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Condition: Good +. Stapled soft cover. No printing date. Only date listed is Purnell & Sons Limited, copyright 1979. Original price $.49. 20 pages. Cardboard pictorial cover. Clean. Pages are vivid and fresh-appearing with no writing. Attractive covers. Spine creasing but no apparent spine weakness. Light edge wear, spine ends' wear, and one corner with creasing. Front cover sticker ghost. Small light stain on back cover with diameter of approx. .25". Remainder mark. Although just a stapled book, this book has high appeal for children. The print is large, and the illustrations depict the scenes remarkably well. This can be a read-a-loud for beginning readers or an independent reader book for children reading at grade 3-2 and above.

New York and London: Frederick & Warne Co., LTD, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. K. Nixon. A Read Aloud for Pre-K to grade 2. Beginner reader level grade 3. Copyright 1957, no other publication or printing information. Presumed 1st edition. Missing dust jacket. Unpaginated. Printed in London. Gold matte over boards with gold pictorial of Pindi Poo on a rug. Heavy stock paper. Tight. Black and white and color illustrations. Cover panels are in very good condition with only faint marks and a light shadow near dog's head. No writing. Not ex-library. Spine ends' wear with two creases and an indent. Spine slant. Three corner tips bowed with slight wear. Pages with slight to light top corner tip bends. Front endpaper with corner crease and a few pages with light corner bend marks. Some finger indentations from use. One page with tiny to small marks.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scholastic Book Services, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Attilio Mussino. 1 Edition, 1st printing (No. line 12-1). No ISBN. A retold version of Pinocchio by C. Collodi. Original illustrations by Attilio Mussino. A clean book with no remainder mark. No tears. Not ex-library. No writing other than owner's name at inside top of front wrap. Light edge wear with cover scuffing. Foxing on back cover.