Search Results: Authors starting with R from Smarty Pants

Seven Stars Press, 1947. Hard. Very Good. Medoff, Eve. Pictorial boards with rubbed points, exposing boards, else a Fresh, unmarked copy. Illustrated by Eve Medoff.

Abelard-Schuman, 1959. Hard. Very Good. Graboff, Abner; Sheila Greenwald. Decorative tan cloth with light soil on covers and name on front paste-down, else tight, bright and unmarked. No jacket. Scarce in any condition. Great graphics by Graboff and Sheila Greenwald.

Candlewick Press, 2001. Hard. Very Good. Raschka, Chris. Second Printing -- SIGNED by Radunsky and Raschka on title page beneath their names. Separate gift note at top of title page, else tight, bright and clean in lightly worn jacket. Lacks the instructional poster. Illustrated by Chris Raschka.

Harcourt Brace & World, 1956. Hard. Very Good. Reprint of the original which was published by Harcourt Brace & Co. Only a 1956 copyright date but published in the 60s when the publishers merged. Decorative yellow cloth. Spine lightly scuffed and covers have light spots of soil. Interior tight, bright and unmarked. No jacket.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Hard. Fine. Snyder, Jerome. First Printing. Near Fine in jacket with $3.25 flap price, small tear and light wear. Colorful pictures by Jerome Snyder. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book.

Harcourt Brace & Co., 1957. Hard. Fine. Stated First Edition. (Not the Harcourt, Brace World reprint.) Decorative blue boards with striped end papers. Near Fine with a whisper of edge wear. Price-clipped jacket is chipped, scuffed and has two closed tears on rear. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. (Bader 405)

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. Hard. Fine. Rojankovsky, Feodor. Stated First Edition / First Printing with correct flap price. Decorative green cloth. Fine in crisp, clean, priced ($2.95) jacket with chips and tiny tears at points. Color illustrated throughout by Rojankovsky.

Harcourt Brace & World, 1957. Hard. Very Good. Unstated - undated reprint. (First Edition published by Harcourt Brace & Co.)Ê Decorative blue boards are lightly faded in spots on front cover, elseÊ FINE in unclipped ($3.25) jacket with a few very tiny tears and light scuffs on edges. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book

Harcourt Brace & World, 1956. Hard. Good. No statement of edition but not the First which was published by Harcourt Brace & Co. (Not Harcourt Brace & World nor Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ). Decorative yellow cloth. Corners and spine tips lightly rubbed. Property stamp on front end paper, front hinge starting to split at gutters + covers lightly soiled, else unmarked throughout. Edge worn jacket with several small tears / creases looks nice in archival protector. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 1956.

Harcourt Brace & World, 1957. Hard. Very Good. Unstated reprint. (First edition published by Harcourt Brace & Co. before they merged with World Publishing). Former library book bound in the indestructible black cloth treated to resist stains. Tape remnants to covers where jacket was attached, perforated library name on title page and card pocket in rear. Text pages, tight, bright and unmarked. Lightly edge worn, unclipped ($3.25) jacket is slightly short, probably trimmed by the library to fit into a protective sleeve. No library marks on jacket.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1956. Hard. Very Good. 1960 or later printing when the merger between Harcourt Brace and World Publishing occurred -- but a much earlier printing than the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1970s reprint. Cloth covers lightly soiled, else fine in lightly rumpled, price-clipped jacket with small piece of tape on front flap. Ann and Paul Rand's first children's book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 1956.

Harcourt Brace & World, 1962. Hard. Good. Publisher's ""Library Edition"" bound in purple cloth -- but not a former library book. Lightly worn edges and ""softened"" spine. Faint dampstain on front end paper + a few rear pages. Pages lightly wrinkled and scribble on rear end paper. Jacket is Near Fine with $3.36 price and tiny rear tear..

Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1959. Hard. Very Good. Rojankovsky, Feodor. Stated First Edition. Soft crease on frontis, else tight, bright and unmarked. Priced ($2.95) jacket has a few small tears and small spine chip -- else crisp and clean. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. story of a creek as it forms in the high mountains, flows downstream and grows in size and strength until it finally reaches the sea.

First Printing. Review slip and publisher's letter laid in. As New in As New jacket. Illustrated by Ted Rand. Exceptional cross-collectible picture-book.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1955. Hard. Very Good. Freeman, Don. First Printing. Blue cloth. Pictorial end papers. Binding lightly spotted, else a Fresh, unmarked copy. Unclipped ($2.50) jacket is soiled on the rear and has one small chip. Illustrated in color by Don Freeman ~ one of his early books and scarce in nice condition.

Thomas Y Crowell, 1955. Hard. Very Good. Freeman, Don. First Printing -- Complete number line. Blue cloth with pictorial end papers is very faintly faded along edges, else a Fresh, unmarked copy. Unclipped ($2.50) jacket is soiled on the rear. Illustrated in color by Don Freeman ~ one of his early books and scarce in nice condition.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Hard. Good. Shulevitz, Uri. First Printing ~ Signed by Shulevitz on a label mounted to half-title page. Burgundy colored cloth with tape ghosts on cover edges. Former library copy with their bookplate on front end paper, card pocket on rear end paper and perforated I.D. on title page. Patterned end papers. Internally tight, bright and unmarked. No jacket. Awarded Caldecott in 1969.

Early (second?) printing -- Caldecott win mentioned on front flap. Inscribed and Signed by Shulevitz on half-title page. A tight, bright, clean copy in 1st issue priced ($4.95) jacket with lightly scuffed spine a few tiny tears. Caldecott seal present.

First American Edition. New in New jacket. South American Indian legend. Scarce.

First American Edition. As NEW in FINE jacket. Illustrated by Agnes Molnar