Search Results: Childrens - Story Collections from Deja Vu Books

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 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 7th. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

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 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1910. Red hardcover decorated cloth binding clean, square and tight. Gilt title. Light rubbing at corners. Very slight hinge crack inside back cover. Interior clean and bright. Illus endpapers. 8 full-color plates. Stories Children Love Series. Stories included are Moufflou, A Provence Rose, Lampblack, The Ambitious Rose Tree, The Child of Urbino, Melegris Gallopavo, and Findelkind.. Illus. by Kirk, Maria L.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

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, a well-known poet, adds new rhymes equally witty and joyful. Hilary Knight's illustrations are wonderful as always.. Illus. by Knight, Hilary. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/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 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Yellow boards hardcover binding square and tight - yellowing, brittle pages. 173 pages. DJ has lots of edgewear, closed tears, small chips along edges. 12 stories about circus, the people and animals.. Illus. by Ames, Lee. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE). Hardcover. Good+/Good-.

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 valley; and many more. 144 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

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. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Platt & Munk 1935 Goodcondition. No dj. Red cloth binding has some general wear and soiling on outside of covers. Title page picture, and a couple others inside, have been neatly, and very lightly, colored with colored pencils. Edge tear on title page. Book overallc lean and tight with great b/w and color pictures by Roger Vernam. Book contains stories and poems about children from different Indian tribes. Hardcover.

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.

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 her, but then her parents take her to the eye doctor and they discover she needs glasses. A nice story to help children deal with getting eyeglasses at a young age.. Illus. by Lamson, Harold K.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

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.

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 throughout story. Collection of short stories by the author which had been contributed to various magazines for children and now collected in one book. 125 pages.. Illus. by Hetherington, Mildred Lyon. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

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 and Jokes. Also Collector's note to Storytellers.. Illus. by de Larrea, Victoria. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

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.

New York - Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1965. Beige cloth hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has shelfwear, some chips and closed tears. For ages 4-7. A book of poems and verses to get children to listen and participate in the stories. A book for the child himself; suggestions for using each selection are directed to the parent or teacher, or older reader; but the verses and stories and the delightful carefree illustrations make it a book a child will want to hold and read on his own when he's able.. Illus. by Burris, Burmah. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+.

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.

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" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

New York: Garden City Publishing Artists and Writers Guild, 1941. Pictorial hardcover binding with gray cloth spine has light rubbing to edges. DJ has chips at corners, rubbing along edges, closed tear/chip on front cover. Words and music to 27 favorite hymns and Christmas songs. Index in back of 44 page book. Wonderful full page full color illustrations.. Illus. by Tenggren, Gustaf. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

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 Tolstoy, Arthur Ransome, Brothers Grimm. and many others. A nicely illustrated collection.. Illus. by Jones, Harold. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good+.