Bright Beginnings
Timberline Press, Inc., 1990. Soasey, Beverly. 8Vo Oblong Softcover. 34pp. Text is unmarked with b/w and color illustrations. Off-white covers are glossy with light sunning to spine. Stapled binding is tight and square.
Literature for children and new readers
Timberline Press, Inc., 1990. Soasey, Beverly. 8Vo Oblong Softcover. 34pp. Text is unmarked with b/w and color illustrations. Off-white covers are glossy with light sunning to spine. Stapled binding is tight and square.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2013. Signed. 4To Oblong Hardcover. Signed by Andrews on title page. Colorfully illustrated pages are otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. Illustrated boards are vibrant and pointed with minimal wear.
New York: Hurst & Company. 8Vo Hardcover. Text is unmarked on warm-toned delicate pages with b/w illustrations. Green boards are worn and chipped in numerous spots; corners are bumped. Boards show signs of edging with stains sporadically on front. Spine is lightly frayed on edges. Binding is tight and square.....
Gerald G. Swan Ltd, 1953. 8Vo Hardcover. 109pp. Text is unmarked on warmly toned pages. Illustrated cover is worn with heavy edging and bumped corners. Spine is chipped exposing bound pages and is flaking. Book is heavily sunned around edges. Front end page is signed and inscribed by previous owner.....
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1883. 12Mo Hardcover. 208pp. Text is unmarked on delicate and stained pages with b/w illustrations. Cloth bound boards are scuffed and stained from years of wear with rubbed edges and bumped corners. Spine is worn with frayed edges. Hinges are loose but binding is.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. 12Mo Hardcover. 216pp. Text is unmarked on warmly-toned delicate pages. Cloth boards are worn and rubbed with stains and bumped corners. Spine is rubbed and frayed along edges. Hinges are weak. Binding is secure and square. Top of text block has foxing. Previous owner.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 12Mo Hardcover. 216pp. Text is unmarked on warmly-toned delicate pages. Cloth boards are worn and rubbed with stains and bumped corners. Spine g rubbed and frayed along edges. Hinges are weak. Binding is secure and square. Top of text block has foxing. Previous owner.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. 12Mo Hardcover. 216pp. Text is unmarked on warmly-toned delicate pages. Cloth boards are worn and rubbed with stains and bumped corners. Spine is rubbed and frayed along edges. Front hinge is split. Top of text block has foxing. Previous owner stamped inside and left.....
Starland Music, 1982. 1st. 12Mo Softcover. Look at the pictures, listen to the music, learn from the book. Colorful pages are unmarked. Wraps are bright with minor shelf wear, duct tape on back and light ringwear on rear. Stapled binding is tight. 33 1/3 RPM vinyl is cracked and not.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. 8Vo Hardcover. 96pp. Text is unmarked on bright pages with colorful illustrations. Grid cloth boards are clean with lightly bumped corners. Binding is tight and square. Mylar wrapped dust jacket is worn and torn around the top and bottom edges; unclipped.
Young Readers Press, 1971. 1st. 8Vo Softcover. 95pp. Text is clean on unmarked pages. Unbroken spine, textblock square with bumped corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edgewear and creasing, names written on front and back inside covers and end papers, one dogear, pageblush throughout.
A.L. Burt, 1928. 12Mo, Hardcover. 250pp. Mustard boards, faded black and orange embossed lettering and graphics on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Textblock is square with worn corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear but fully intact. Abrasions and edgewear on boards and outer spine, hinges are.....
Bjartur, 2008. 8Vo Obl. Hardcover. Pictorial boards, white lettering on spine. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Minimal overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, abrasion on foot of spine.
Peachtree Publishers, 1978. Drath, Bill. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. With gift inscription on front endpaper, signed by both Ann Ashford and Bill Drath on front fly. Full color illustrated pages crisp and clean. Faint foxing to endpapers. Brown cloth covered boards titled in gilt lightly worn around corners and with.....
Peachtree Publishers. Ltd., 1978. Drath, Bill. Signed 1st. 4To Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author and illlustrator on front endpage. Text is unmarked with vibrant, full-color illustrations. Bound in dark brown cloth boards with crisply pointed corners and shiny gold gilt lettering. Binding is tight and square. Pale yellow jacket.....
China: Disney Press, 2017. Hardback. 8vo. 40 pages. Four board books contained within a cardboard box. Still factory sealed.
The Partnership Foundation, 1957. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 49pp. Endpages light foxed with previous owner's name and gift inscription. White pages unmarked with colorful illustrations. Bound in yellow pictorial boards with light edgewear, a few knicks to spine ends and faint foxing. Jacket chipped and torn over spine, price remains unclipped.....
George G. Harrap & Co., 1961. 4To Hardcover. 47pp. Text is unmarked on warmly toned pages with colored illustrations and mild foxing throughout. Bound in blue paper boards with pointed corners and minor soiling. Binding is tight, hinges are secured. Spine is sunned. Previous owner's name written inside.
Whitman / Western, 1970. 16Mo Hardcover. 28pp. Pictorial boards. Text and artwork is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerwear, some rubbing on spine.
Heritage House Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Rare children's hardcover published in Jacksonville. Illustrated covers are moderately dirtied and a bit edge worn. Hinges are weakened but unbroken. Pages unmarked. Please reference photos.
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1928. Holling, Lucille. 8Vo Hardcover. 96pp. Text is unmarked on glossy pages with bright illustrations. Blue cloth boards are worn and full of stains and fraying along edges. Binding is loose but square. Front and back hinges are split. Front pages have pen and pencil.....
The Platt & Munk Co., 1945. Grider, Dorothy. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. No pagination. Binding is square and secured. Bound in red cloth with black imprinted text and bunny illustration on the front board and black titling along the spine. Pictorial end papers are bright with minimal foxing. Leaves are doubled.....
Platt & Munk, 1931. Grider, Dorothy. 8Vo Hardcover. Text is unmarked on colorful illustrated pages. Blue grid cloth covers are worn with rubbing, edging, and bumped corners. Binding is tight and square. Front and back boards have red discarded stamp and minor scuffs and stains. Front and back end page.....
Cupples & Leon Co., 1921. 8Vo Hardcover. 208pp. Olive boards, black/brown lettering and graphic on spine and front board. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, foxing on inner boards, pageblush. Considerable jacketwear, jacket edgewear, chipping, clipped.....
Kaye & Ward, 1969. Ward, Bryan. 64mo. Oblong Hardcover. Small hardcover presents well with minimally worn and vibrantly illustrated boards. Front hinge loosened. 89p. Text unmarked with bright illustration from Bryan Ward. End papers and inner square are heavily foxed.