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MISCELLANY ONE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Franklin Watts, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of short stories and poems for children by then living authors, primarily British, including Rosemary Sutcliff, Juliana Ewing, Gillian Avery, Hans Baumann (several selections), Frederick Grice, Andrew Salkey (2 stories), and others. Illustrated with 8 color plates and line drawings by various artists, including Brian Wildsmith, Charles Keeping, Victor G. Ambrus, Jean Canter, William Papas and more. 202 pp Dust jacket art by Brian Wildsmith.
Condition: Fine in coral cloth boards in a near fine dustjacket (price of 7.95 present)
Book ID: 90732More details Price: $30.00 -
TASHA TUDOR'S BEDTIME BOOK.
Edition: Later printing of the original edition.
New York: Platt & Munk, (1984, c 1977). Hardcover - One or two page retellings of classic fairy tales and poems, both well-known and uncommon - from Goldilocks and the Three Bears to Shingebiss, Billy Goats Gruff, the Star Dipper, the Sugar Plum Tree, and much more - designed to be read to children, and beautifully illustrated with Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-448472171.
Condition: Good+ in illustrated boards (a bit of wear to corners, name inside front cover), no dust jacket as issued. .
Book ID: 88253More details Price: $18.00 -
WIMBLE FOLK AND RIMBLE SEED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Exposition Press, (1951) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of whimsical poems written for imaginative children by this Montana author and teacher. 48 pp.
Condition: Fine in red cloth with black lettering in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84363More details Price: $16.50 -
POPULAR RECITATIONS: Comprising Dramatic, Pathetic, Humorous, Witty and Character Speeches Compiled from the Best American And Foreign Authors.
Edition: First edition, a trade paperback.
Chicago: Regan Publishing Corporation, 1925. First edition - Includes the poem Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer; The Face on the Barroom Floor, Asleep at the Switch, A Drunkard's Dream, The Blue and the Gray, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Sheridan's Ride and more - a total of 79 "old favorites." A title in the Regan Hand-Book Series. 95 pp plus 1 pp ad for Hoyle's Books of Games.
Condition: Good in gray-green printed wrappers with black lettering and red decorations on front cover (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 79954More details Price: $15.00 -
HOME COURSE IN RELIGION: New Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. First edition - A collection of reflective poems inspired by his Catholic boyhood in California's Central Valley. 77 pp. ISBN: 0-87701-857x.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean.
Book ID: 65651More details Price: $10.00 -
DOWN THE TRAIL WITH THE BUFFALO HERDS: Western Miscellanea.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co. (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems by the author (who was born in Wyoming, the daughter of parents who came West by wagon train, and lived in Montana when this was published) and by others in her family - most on Western themes - 228 pp. ISBN: :0-8059-1708X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 54370More details Price: $25.00
