Mei Li

New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1938 Orange cloth with gilt titling and Chinese characters on front cover, sunned area at top of spine and along tope edge, internally bright and clean; color pictorial dust jacket is missing a 1.5" piece at top of spine, and at front fold, smaller edge chips. The story of a little Chinese girl… Read more about this item

1938. HANDFORTH, Thomas. MEI LI. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. First edition. Illustrated from drawings. Not paginated. 4to., red cloth printed in gilt in Chinese characters to upper board and in English to spine. A fine copy in a somewhat worn dust jacket with a few nicks, small tears and a 1.5 inch chip at the bottom… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1938. First edition. First edition. (First printing with stated "First edition" on copyright page.) Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with short closed tears and a small scrape to front panel, spine panel sunned, small chip to rear panel. The second Caldecott winner.… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 9 x 12. VERY GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. Unpaginated. Text and B/W illustrations are clean and unmarked. Yellow and black board with black chinese characters on the front. Corners and spine are bumped, some light rubbing. Binding and hinges are firm.… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing of this early Caldecott winner, the story of a little Chinese girl who is determined to show that she belongs at the New Year Fair - in notably sharp condition. Published in the midst of growing US sympathies for the… Read more about this item

New York: Junior Books; Doubleday Doran & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first printing, bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial end papers in Fine condition. Illustrated, Very Good dust-jacket, with a couple of chips and tears along the edges. SIGNED on second end paper by… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Early Printing. WITH ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL (TIPPED IN). Very Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on half title; ETCHING SIGNED BY HANDFORTH IN PENCIL TIPPED IN… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket orange with pictorial imagery, though spine and extremities of boards have faded to yellow. Spine with black titling. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; price uncut: "$2.00." Chips missing to head… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co., no date. early reprint. Hardcover. very good/very good. Quarto. 12" x 9". written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth. Dust jacket has some small tears and chipping at edges.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1938. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. 9 x 12.25 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of artworks. Fair in original orange cloth boards that have stains and smudges on the front and back, and some isolated spots within. Signed by Handforth on the half title page, just underneath a… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Company, 1938 Later printing. Book is clean and tight with minor DJ has loss to bottom. $2.75 price intact. Protected in mylar.

Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition, no mention of other printings on copyright page. Caldecott Medal Winner. Book near fine, minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket very good, minor wear, tanning to spine.

Hardcover. Good. Almost very good hardcover in no dustjacket. Almost Very good orange cloth, no djacket. NOT the Stated first ed., Doubleday, Doran & Co (1938) early printing, with blindstamped pictorial Chinese characters on front cover and ink stamp on back board announcing "An approved selection of Parents' Magazine's Book Club For Beginning Readers." Crayon marks on four… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Co, Garden City, NY, 1938. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. A few tears on the pages. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. Text body is free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting, but pages are yellowed. Spine caps are fraying. Dust Jacket has large closed tears and associated wear. Cover… Read more about this item

Garden City:: Doubleday, Doran & Company,. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover. Winner of the 1939 Caldecott Medal. Illustrated by the author. An early printing. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Areas of uneven sun fading to cloth covered boards, else very good in orange cloth with gilt lettering. No dust… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio. Unpaginated. Green cloth with gold Chinese characters on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Red and yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page black and white illustrations, including… Read more about this item

Doubleday Doran & Co., 1938. Hard. Very Good. Stated First Edition. Oversized (folio) hardback bound in decorated orange cloth which is lightly soiled.Ê Gift note dated Christmas 1938 on the half title page and second modern gift note on front end paper verso, else unmarked. No jacket. Caldecott winner.

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Cloth. "First Edition" stated. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine. The spine ends are bumped, lettering on spine rubbed, some old glue residue stains to front and rear hinges. The dust jacket has chips to the … Read more about this item

Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Caldecott Medal book. Wonderful black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket has original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap. Moderate chipping at the corners and spine ends. A small… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Chinese New Year, Juvenile Fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.