Childrens - Story Collections from Deja Vu Books

Berkely CA: The Gillick Press, 1942. Yellow hardcover boards binding with brown spine is square and tight, lightly soiled covers, Illustrated endpapers, hinges good, interior clean and tight. Gift note dated 1942 inside front cover - faded blue ink. 71 pages.. Illus. by Clute, Beulah Mitchell. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Albert Whitman "Just Right Books", 1927. Brown hardcover cloth binding with picture pastedown has wear at corners, pastedown is rubbed and soiled, small stain. Illustrated endpapers - rubbed spot ffep, large portion of illustration rubbed away inside back cover. Name on half-title page else clean and tight interior. Many beautiful color illustrations, some full page, along with some b/w sketches… Read more about this item

Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1969. Pictorial hardcover binding is clean, square and tight. Previous owner bookplate fep, a few minor soil marks, but overall clean and bright with a clean and crisp dustjacket - not price-clipped with original $2.95 price on flap. Oliver Herford, a 19th century wit, wrote the the original poems both amusing and informative. Margaret Fishback,… Read more about this item

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Salmon colored hardcover cloth binding with blue decoration of children reading this book. Binding and interior clean, square and tight. DJ has shelfwear, some chips and cosed tear - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 116 pages with index. Chants, Poetry and Rhyme, Stories, Finger Plays, Riddles, Songs, Tongue Twisters… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. Lightly soiled blue hardcover cloth b inding with impression of rabbit on front, bumped corners, inteiror clean and tight with some rubbing on endpapers. 176 pages lightly soiled and foxed. A few tiny closed tears. Stories for young readers with questions at end of each story.. Illus. by Petersham, Maud and Miska. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1966. Decorated yellow hardcover binding square and tight - foxing along spine. Interior clean bright and tight 256 pages. DJ is torn along spine and in fold of front flap. Foxing, staining on jacket. Stories from Uncle Remus, Up El River, Tales of the Punjab, and many more.. Illus. by Glanzman, Louis S.. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. Orange hardcover cloth binding square and tight, bumped corners, soiled. 31 pages of poetry, slightly yellowed pages. Title page was torn in half and has been taped. Rest of interior clean and tight. 21 poems for children with very nice illustrations throughout.. Illus. by DeMuth, Flora Nash. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight, some rubbing along bottom edge. Name written on ffep. 116 pages. Price-clipped dj has some closed tears and shelfwear. Stories told a thousand years ago in America by Indians and Eskimos. Writte for ages 6-12, this is a series of short stories and legends.. Illus. by Floethe,… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1955. Green hardcover cloth binding has minor wear at corners, clean square and tight. Name on fep and back endpaper, else interior clean and bright. DJ is price clipped, else crisp with only a couple of minor closed tears. 194 pages with index of first lines of poems. Foreword by May Hill Arbuthnot. Richards is… Read more about this item

Johnson Publishing Company, 1939. Shelfwear to this staple-bound paperback, 32 pages. Interior clean and tight. Two easy-to-read and one rhyme for young children to read with charming blue-tone illustrations.. Illus. by Tazelaar, Elizabeth. Small 8vo. Soft cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Yellow hardcover cloth binding clean, square and tight. Some tiny pin-prick holes through first few pages, blacked out name on ffep. 240 pages. DJ has shelfwear and light rubbing. A book of stories and poems for ages 4-8. Authors include Walter de la Mare, James Reeves, A.A. Milne, Joseph Jacobs, Eleanor Farjeon, Rudyard Kipling, Alexi… Read more about this item

Broadman Press, 1967. Stamp on copyright page only mark. Full of challenging situations and strivings against impossible odds these are stories of courage and triumph. Bob Richards, 1952 Olympic pole vaulting champion; Legson Kayira walked barefoot 2500 mil es across Africa en route to a US education; 16-yr old Ivan Shapazian saves the grape crops of all growers in the… Read more about this item

London, Edinburgh, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons Inc., 1920. Gray/green hardcover pictorial binding shaky but firmly intact. Hinge crack at title page showing threds. Light soiling to covers. Yellowing pages, another hinge crack at pages 16/17. 1921 gift inscription ffep. A few marks and general wear. Reading copy only.. Illus. by Illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1953. Beige cloth binding soiled, some fray top and bottom of covers. Spine cocked. Hinge crack pages 32/33. Binding secure. 79 pages of charmingly illus rhymes about kittens, and foals, and puppies, and hippos - and many other animals and things.. Illus. by Gay, Zhenya. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1959. Gray boards binding clean and tight. Yellowing interior pages. DJ has minor shelfwear. 152 pages.. Illus. by Arno, Enrico. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1946. Gray cloth binding has staining - inside back cover water damage. Overall clean interior. DJ has shelfwear, closed tears, small chips. For ages 6-10, a delightful group of stories full of humor and early 19th century charm. Un-horsey book by a known writer of horse non-fiction.. Illus. by Grilley, Virginia. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1968. Pictorial hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Red tape and spine sticker, library sticker on front cover. Light soiling. Front pocket and date slip intact, a few stamps. As little Jennfer grows up, she begins having some troubles with her vision that causes her to squint then become cross-eyed. The other children begin to tease… Read more about this item

E.M. Hale reprint (Rand McNally 1909/1937) Good condition. No dj. Ex-lib. Brown cloth binding is tight, wear on edges, usual library marks, back pocket intact. Illus by Hope Dunlap in color and b/w.. Hardcover. Good.

Albermarle Street, London: John Murray, 1954. Pictorial hardcover binding has some soiling, rubbing along edges, bumped corners. Mostly clean and tight interior - some smudges. Inked out spot on copyright page. Beginning of hinge crack inside back cover. 62 pages of nonsensical verse and delightful illustrations. Edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer.. Illus. by Lear, Edward. Small… Read more about this item

New York: Bokland Juvenile - Carlton Press, 1980. Blue cloth binding clean and tight. DJ has some light wear. Trilogy of delightfully illus poems for children: Snowflake - amusing sequel to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story; Blue Bear and Pink Mouse - charming story about two animals whose mother sends them outside to play in the snow; Three Little Boys… Read more about this item