Philomena by Kate Seredy - 1957

The Viking Press , 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Third printing of first ed., October 1959, but 1955 is on t.p.; ex-lib. with usual stamps and labels, envelope on back paste down; 93 p., clean and otherwise unmarked on strong paper only faintly age-toned; colorful pictorial end pages; many b&w ill within; binding firm; in absence of d.j. the yellow board with red stamped drawing is smudged, bumped at corners and rubbed at crown and foot of spine.

Bethlehem Books, 2008. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Very good. This book may lost its dust jacket. Unmark, clean book, very good shape

New York: Viking, 1955. 95pp. Illustrated endpapers & title page. Grey cloth, some edgewear to top & bottom of covers. Covers very slightly soiled. Text & illustrations are bright & clean.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 X 6. Ex-Lib.

NY: Viking, 1955 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. Very Good-, no dj. FIRST EDITION. 95 pages, cloth. Story of a young girl alone in Prague, Hungary. Beautifully illustrated in black & white. Corners show wear and cover cloth is soiled..

George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Kate Seredy. Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with sepia toned full-page, quarter page, half page, vignettes and the occasional double page illustrations by Kate Seredy. Basically, there is at least one illustration to every two pages. Bright yellow coloured boards with dark red coloured illustration to the front panel and dark red coloured titles to the backstrip. The text has been printed in a sepia coloured ink, along with the reproductions of the illustrations. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Kate Seredy, white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the backstrip. Philomena's Babushka told her, on her deathbed, to go to Prague and ask for her aunt. But, when Philomena arrived in Prague . She couldn't find her aunt's home, but through a series of adventures (and with the help of Babushka) she finally finds her aunt.… Read More

1955 1st Edition: The Viking Press. Very Good. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, with paste up from orig. dustjacket, transparent tape remains at top and bottom, general shelf wear and rubbing. Reinforced library binding. Book is firm in binding, 95 pages with exquisite sepia toned illustrations. Endpapers with The University of Califonia logo print, usual, removed, library markings, no spine library marking. Else - Free of any markings. ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages .

1955, Viking Press, NY; 1st Edition, Exlib. Beige cloth boards, VG bruised spine ends and edge, Text, NF. Black, red and yellow endpapers.Tightly bound.

New York: Viking, 1955. Beige decorative boards the front shows a family scene in pink complete wuth cat and dog loos as though they are going for a picnick ( I like Picknicks).The titles are in pink to the spine.The boards show very light shelf wear and the previous careful owners signature has been neatly highlighted with a black marker which has bled through just a little. Printed on quality stock the illustrations are superb. A very good copy.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No. Illus. by By the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking Press, 1955. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very good. Seredy, Kate. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full cream cloth stamped in red with illustration to front board. Illustrated by the author in gray-scale, with 3-color decorated endpapers. The adventures of a young country girl seeking household service in Prague. Very good in rubbed, lightly chipped but unclipped dj, owner's name stamp on back of front free endpaper.