Search Results: Titles starting with H from Sparkle Books

UK: Ernest Benn, 1978 Scarce And Wonderful Story About A Homeless Spoon Playing Man Who Has A Butler, And Lives Happily Ever After, Sort Of A Variation On Cinderella. Corners Moderately Bumped, No Dj, An Ink Splotch ? On Upper Page Edge, And Someone Has Written A Phone Number In Pencil On Rear Endpaper. Both Top And Tail Are Damaged, Injuries To The Top Sustained During A Book Avalanche! Mended With Rice Paper. ( End-Papers Are Spoons). Terrific Book. Includes Musical Notation For A Spoon Playing Song To The Tune Of The Campbells Are Coming. First Uk Edition. Ernest Benn 1978.

Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 2010 Vg In Vg Unclipped Dust Jacket, True First Printing, First Edition, Harpercollins Canada, 2010, Inscribed By The Author On The Title Page. "Ben Tomlin Was An Only Child For Thirteen Years. Then His Parents Brought Home A Baby Chimpanzee."

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1986 1986 first US clean crisp giftable/collectable copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket. No writing or marks, binding and corners intact. Maroon boards with gilt lettering and front board device, pink endpapers. Author's first book.

London And Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co, 1921 1921 New Revised Edition, Red Boards With Faded Spine, Some Staining To Front Board. Some Foxing, Gift Inscription Christmas 1921 On Ffep. Uniquely, There Are Typed Tipped In "Updates" Throughout. My Father Had A Similar Book, "1001 Things A Boy Can Do," And What Is Immediately Apparent Is The Scope And Complexity Of The Activities, Probably Intimidating To Most Adults, Let Alone To Schoolboys. The Two Items I Remember From My Father's Book Were (1) A Boutonnière Holder Made By Melting And Shaping A Glass Toothbrush Container So That It Could Be Filled With Water And Then Inserted Into A Jacket Button Hole So That The Rose/Carnation You Placed In It Would Stay Fresh All Day And (2) An Iceboat, Basically A Sailboat On Runners, Perhaps 12 Feet Long. Similarly In This Book, As The Editor Explains, The Focus Is On 'Utility, Rather Than Mere Play.' A Picture Is Painted Of A Boy Who Is 'Glad To Be Useful.'… Read More

New York: Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1966 Near fine first U.S. Edition, 1966 Farrar Strauss & Giroux with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, gorgeous book no writing or marks, clean crisp interior, tight block, good corners and binding in Good plus dj, still bright and clean but with chipping at spine and rear edges suffering larger j tear and missing vee near rear upper spine. ?price tag pull front panel. Not price clipped. A lovely children's classic in wonderful condition.

London UK: Oxford University Press, 1962 Very much an extremely scarce book and very much a reading copy, an ex school library book in poor condition. Hans and Peter was written and Illustrated by a fifteen year old girl as a birthday present for a young friend, it tells the story of two young boys who convert an old shed into a playhouse. Her lively illustrations have been described as 'Breuglesque' (see scans) and the theme of making a shed into a living space is very attractive to many, including your seller (see dannygregorysblog on this).
Originally published in Switzerland, this is from the first English language edition issued by Oxford University Press in 1962, and so far as I have been able to determine, is the only one for sale anywhere. There are copies available to the first US edition published a year later by Harcourt Brace. Unpaginated small quarto in poor condition sans jacket with school stamps, crayon to end pages,bumped corners and damage to top and tail.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1979 First edition Parent's Magazine Press 1979 full number line. Bright green endpapers and clean tight interior in very good condition.Good binding and cover. Corners, top and tail of spine are bumped.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1979 Very nice copy of this work by Paul Galdone from Parent's Magazine Press, first edition, first printing, full number line. He is most noted for his illustrations of Eve Titus's Anatole books about a French mouse and cheese taster, which received recognition as Caldecott Honor books. Corners and edges are lightly rubbed. No writing or marks. Very clean and bright with a strong binding.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 1951 First "I Can Read" edition of this 1951 book. Very pretty illustrations by Mary Chalmers in black/white orange and blue. Interior pages are in very nice condition, absolutely no yellowing, crisp, clean and more or less unused. The previous owner has indicated "For my 8th Birthday December 4th" and there is what looks like a small food stain on the first blank page before the story actually starts. (I would guess that this child was able to read far beyond the level of this book. It is still a nice book). There is a bump to the bottom front board and mild light wear to surface, otherwise near new. There aren't that many of these about, and the story and pictures are charming. Not suitable for a precocious eight year old but suitable for a nostalgiac or collector of juvenile fiction!

Viking, 2003 Stated Viking First Edition, First Printing Like New Save Slight Bump To Bottom Of Dust Jacket At Spine. No Writing Marks Stickers, Very Light Bumps To Dj Corners. This Is Lane Smith's Sequel To The Happy Hocky Family, Publisher's Weekly's Best Of 1993.

London: Dent, 1968 This Is A Trade Paperback And Reprint (1977) Of The 1968 Dent Edition, In Good++ Condition. Appears To Be Missing Ffep And The Spine Bottom Has A One Inch Split On The Rear Panel Side. There Is Some Edge Wear, Light Rub To Corners And Crease To Upper Rear Corner. Clean, Solid And Square. This Is A Very Nice Children's Illustrated Classic, With Cover, Four Colour Plates And Numerous Line Drawings By Peggy Fortnum.

U.S.A.: Crocodile Books, 1990 Two books from Dorothy Butler and John Hurford who are/is my absolutely favourite children's book team! Ms. Butler is an ex-schoolteacher with many children who wrote Babies Need Books and other landmark books about children and reading (Cushla and her books) and the totally wonderful Another Happy Tale about a baby who loves to frolic in the pigpen. John Hurford was a psychedelic artist in the 1960's, and has now perfected the best glaring baby study ever (see [photo, that glare is aimed at those who think babies shouldn't crawl around in pig pens!). A Happy Tale is is a near fine First U.S. Edition in near fine condition in a very good minus dj which is unclipped and shiny and newish, but has a one inch and a five inch tear. Another Happy Tale is near fine and has no dj. Also a first.

UK: Hamlyn, 1970 This small format book appears to have been translated from the French, it is in good plus condition, published by Hamlyn in 1970 under the Gold Star Library imprint. Glossy board covers, with orange spine, blue and orange back cover and white front cover with the namesakes in ivy (?) leaves. Corners rubbed else very Good. Endpapers have orange star design. Binding solid & square. Illustrated in black and white and colour by Paul Durand. A few pages have some black marks which may be print flaws or possibly penned corrections. Small black mark at side page edge affecting perhaps ten pages. Pages are lightly toned but colours still bright. Ffep has a small sticker, gift inscription and name and telephone number of owner. She has also printed her name in green pencil crayon on the title page. No other obvious flaws.

U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978 1977 Bratislavia Bienniial Grand Prix Winner, Translated From The Swedish By Alison Winn, Hard Cover, Glossy Boards, In Very Good Minus Condition, With General Light Wear And Rub To Corners. No Writing Or Marks. No Dust Jacket As Issued. .

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Raincoast Book Dist Ltd, 2007 VG+ Raincoast Jointly With Bloomsbury 2007, Full Number Line in Near Fine unclipped Dust Jacket. No writing or marks. A very nice copy. Very Slight rub to bottom board. Clean crisp pages, solid binding.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973 Alfred A. Knopf Stated First Edition With 6/73 On Dust Jacket Flap. Book Is Very Good With Slight Cant, Black Boards With Gold Lettering And Bright Green Top Stain, Former Owner Signature On Ffep. Vg Dust Jacket Has Two 1/5 Inch Tears To Edges.

New York: Scholastic, 1969 Scholastic TJ 2013 1969 third printing in very good condition, illustrated by Lillian Hoban. Light wear, one bent corner and Kevin W has printed his name in blue crayon on ffep.

New York: Parents, 1969 Near Fine Copy Of This Parent's Issue Written By Russell Hoban And Illustrated By His Then Wife, Lillian Hoban. No Print Or Edition Details, Copyright 1969. No Dj If Issued. Slight Rub Only, Mainly To Spine Bottom And Lower Corners. Very Minor Mini Edge Gouge Upper Front. No Writing Or Marks. Purple Endpapers. Interior Pages Are Still Crisp.

Boston-Toronto: Atlantic, Little-Brown, 1971 Ex Library With The Usual Markings, Card Pocket, Stamps And Liberal Use Of Tape, Including To Attach The Dust Jacket To The Boards.Corners Rubbed. Illustrated By Paul Galdone. Currently Very Scarce.

U.S.A.: McClelland & Stewart, 2006 "Superb Atmospheric Thriller, With Its Eye-Opening Portrait Of Contemporary Stated First Printing, Apparently Unread Trade Paperback Which Has Crease To Lower Front Corner. The Author Was The Minister Of Sugar In Cuba At One Point, But Fled And Now Lives In Toronto. His Thrillers Have Been Translated Into Seven Languages.