Andersen H. C.
The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 015100109X . Hard Cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book Condition: Very Fine/Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine/Like New. A touch of very light shelf wear otherwise Like New. The book appears unread looks New and comes with a sealed Full-Length Compact Disc. Gift-giving condition. First Edition. First Printing. Collectible. . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 01549 ISBN : 015100109X 9780151001095
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Cohen Joe;Cohen The Joe Tales of Want Ads
Oakland Glimmer: A Novella ; And Tales of the Want Ads Stories
Berkeley California U.S.A.: Regent Pr 2000. Gd. condition - Literature . L2894ml. Soft Cover. Good. Regent Pr Paperback
Bookseller reference : 894ml ISBN : 1889059838 9781889059839
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Andersen Hans Christian
Hans Andersen Fairy Tales: World Edition 4 Vol Set in box
Odense Denmark: Flensted 1963. Vol 1 394 pgs small loss to dust jacket Vol 2 368 pgs jacket with closed tears and chipping at corners; Vol 3 368 pgs closed tear to jacket; Vol 4 397 pgs jacket with light wear & soil. Original box is in poor condition with old tape repairs heavy dust soil very flimsy. Translated by R P Keigwin. Later Printing. Fine/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich. 16mo. Flensted unknown
Bookseller reference : 004438
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Travelers' Tales
Travelers' Tales Tuscany: True Stories
VERYGOOD. unknown
Bookseller reference : AD-00002881-B ISBN : 1885211686 9781885211682
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Engel Elliot & Quinn Hawkesworth
OLD FRIENDS; TREASURED TALES FROM CHILDHOOD
Dickens Fellowship. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by first author on title-page: "To Betsy - Best wishes! Elliot Engel". Gift inscription at top of title-page. Some sunning to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Signed by Author . Dickens Fellowship paperback
Bookseller reference : 55081
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Weird Tales Robert Bloch; Harold Lawlor; Stanton A. Coblentz; Seabury Quinn; William F. Temple; Mary Elizabeth Counselman; Marga
WEIRD TALES: May 1950
NY: Weird Tales 1950. Vol. 42 No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by D. McIlwraith. Cover art by Boris Dolgov for "Tell Your Fortune" novelette by Robert Bloch. Includes "Djinn and Bitters" novelette by Harold Lawlor; "The Round Tower" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The Last Man" by Seabury Quinn; "The Triangle of Terror" by William F. Temple; "The Monkey Spoons" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; "The Last three Ships" by Margaret St. Clair; "At the End of the Corridor" by Evangeline Walton; "The Man on B-17" by Stephen Grendon August Derleth; "Mr. Hyde - and Seek" by Malcolm M. Ferguson. Verse: "Luna Aeteralis" by Clark Ashton Smith. Illustrated by John Giunta John Arfstrom Vincent Napoli Fred Humiston Boris Dolgov and Matt Fox. Dealer's mark on cover; old glue repair at spine head has caused fading at head of backstrip; some creasing and minor closed tears at front foredge. SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good. Weird Tales Paperback
Bookseller reference : PA1582
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Bryan Ashley
The Adventures of Aku Or How it Came about That We Shall Always See Okra the Cat Lying on a Velvet Cushion While Okraman the Dog Sleeps Among the Ashes
New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689305192 . Text is clean. Signed by author on half title page and inscribed to previous owner by author on front free endpaper. Red cloth with black cover decoration and black spine lettering. Cover shows minimal wear. Dust jacket shows light edgewear along top edge. Some chipping at head of spine. States First Edition. ; Color Illustrations; 70 pages; Signed by Author . Atheneum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16708 ISBN : 0689305192 9780689305191
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Mother Goose.
Betty Blue and Other Mother Goose Rhymes Bye-lo Series
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1924. Pictorial boards corners worn through cracking along spine one page with mended tear gift inscription. Mother Goose rhymes with artwork taken from The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright. Early Edition. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright. 12mo. Rand McNally & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007879
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Weird Tales Nancy Springer Frank Kelly Freas Darrel Scheitzer John Betancourt George H. Scithers Patricia Anthony John Bru
WEIRD TALES: THE UNIQUE MAGAZINE SUMMER 1990 WHOLE NO. 297 VOL. 51 NO. 4
Philadelphia: Terminus Publishing Company Inc. Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A random number from among 200 numbered magazine copies bound by the publisher in blue cloth as a hardcover with the original Frank Kelly Freas artwork magazine cover inside and signed by Nancy Springer Frank Kelly Freas Darrell Scheitzer John Betancourt and George H. Scithers. 146 pages illustrated. Fine copy not issued in Dust Wrapper.; Signed by Author . <br /><br />Cel/aph Terminus Publishing Company Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5729
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Detective Tales G. T. Fleming Roberts; Francis K. Allan; Larry Holden; Russell Branch; John Bender; Dave Sands; Day Keene; Joe K
DETECTIVE TALES: June 1948
NY: Popular Publications 1948. Vol. 39 no. 3. Cover art is uncredited for "Let's Make Murder Tonight!" novel by G. T. Fleming-Roberts. Includes "The Crimson Net" novel by Francis K. Allan; "Die Baby. Die!" novelette by Larry Holden; "They Don't Come Deader!" novelette by Russell Branch; "Too Many Dames!" by John Bender; "Six Tickets to Las Vegas" by Dave Sands; "Danny and the Big-Time" by Day Keene; "The Deadliest Gal in Town!" by Joe Kent; "The Used-Corpse Market" by Don James; "Barracuda!" by Talmage Powell; "Homicidal Hiccup" by John MacDonald. Features: "Oddities in Crime" by Mayan & Jakobsson; "Master Manhunters" by Nelson and Allen; "With This Axe I Thee. . ." by James G. MacCormack; "It Slays to Advertise!" by Jimmy Nichols. Illustrations are uncredited. Creasing; glue-shrink; standatd wear and tear at edges. SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good. Popular Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : PL1538
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Fairy Tales. Illustrated By Erwin Von Barta
Marchenwald
Leipzig: A. Anton No date circa 1930s. Pictorial cover with cloth spine edges rubbed hinges tender. A collection of 8 fairy tales from Grimm and one from Bechstein illustrated with 8 detailed and really beautiful color plates. Early Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Erwin Von Barta. Large Oblong 4to. A. Anton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003799
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Smith Philip editor
Favorite North American Indian Legends
New York N. Y. U. S. A.: Dover Publicatios 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Henry Gregor Felsen. A collection of American Indian Ledends. 90 pages <br /><br /> Dover Publicatios paperback
Bookseller reference : 01340 ISBN : 0486278220 9780486278223
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Mother Goose; Illustrated By Fini Fini R. Littlejohn
First Nursery Songs
Garden City: Garden City 1945. Illustrated boards with light wear to extremities pages slightly age-toned a few faint pencil notations; matching dust jacket is worn with edge tears and tape repair on verso. A book of nursery songs with musical notations sweetly illustrated by Fini. Scarce particularly in dust jacket. Fini Rudiger Littlejohn was an actress set decorator and illustrator who worked for Walt Disney Studios in various capacities on the films Dumbo Cinderella and Pinocchio. See German Youth Lit. in Exile pgs 79-80. Probable First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Fini R. Littlejohn. 4to. Garden City hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002731
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Brown Marcia Translated & Illustrated by
Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper Caldecott Medal Inscribed
New York: Charles Scribners Sons No date circa 1970s. Stiff card covers printed in color this is Scribner's softcover book fair edition light edge wear else clean. A charmingly translated and illustrated version of this ever-popular fairy tale. The first book for which Marcia Brown was awarded the medal. Brown remains the illustrator with the most combined Caldecott medals and honors. This copy in inscribed by Marcia Brown. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Small 4to. Charles Scribners Sons Paperback
Bookseller reference : 007584
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Zelinsky Paul O.
Rapunzel 1998 Caldecott Award
New York: Dutton 1997. Glossy illustrated boards flawless book in matching pictorial dust jacket small half circle loss from base of spine price intact. Classic French folktale retold by Zelinsky. Gloriously illustrated by him in full color throughout in the style of The Renaissance. First Edition First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. 4to. Dutton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007525
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Jackson Leroy F.
Jolly Jingle Picture Book Rimskittle's Book
New York: Rand McNally & Company 1937. Blue cloth with full color pastedown abrasion to pastedown shelf wear top corner of text block bumped gift inscription. Nursery rhymes with wonderful illustrations in color and b&w. This was previously published under the title "Rimskittle's Book" in 1926. Reprint. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ruth Caroline Eger. Folio. Rand McNally & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007555
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Steig William
Shrek!
New York: FSG/ Michael Di Capua 1990. Glossy illustrated boards small rubbed spot to rear board else fine issued without a dust jacket. A funny and slightly gruesome modern fairy tale which was the basis for the wildly popular animated film. Illustrated in color throughout. Such nice first editions are difficult to find. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to. FSG/ Michael Di Capua hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007507
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Pogany Elaine Retold from Alexander Pushkin
Golden Cockerel
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1938. Red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt which is slightly oxidized light sunning to edges previous owner's name on endpaper; color illustrated dust jacket with wear at folds edge tears creasing original price intact $2.00. This classic Russian fairy tale illustrated with 11 full color illustrations and partial page b&w artwork all by Willy Pogany. A scarce Pogany title in nice condition. . First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007476
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Arabian Nights. Illustrated By Charles Folkard
Arabian Nights
London: A & C Black 1920. Brick red cloth pictorially stamped in green blue white and black scrape to rear cover previous owner's name. Illustrated with 12 delightful color plates by Charles Folkard. Later Printing. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 8vo. A & C Black hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007395
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Delaw George Illus; Rostand Madame Edmond Preface; Pierne Gabriel Music by
Sonnez les Matines
Paris: Adrien Sporck 1904. Pictorial boards with surface and edge wear pages age-toned but clean. A selection of familiar French nursery songs with musical notations every page with wonderful color artwork by George Delaw. Good/No Jacket. Oblong 4to. Adrien Sporck hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007437
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Lenski Lois
Pat A Cake
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning at edges and along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007385
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Lenski Lois
Pat A Cake
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning at edges and along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007384
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Lenski Lois
Pat A Cake
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning at edges and along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007263
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Lenski Lois
Simple Simon
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007264
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Lenski Lois
Little Boy Blue
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning at edges and along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007265
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Lenski Lois
Barber Barber Shave A Pig
New York: Platt & Munk 1941. Color printed paper wraps slight sunning at edges and along spine else Near Fine. A promotional booklet by Platt & Munk for Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank. Illustrated with 3 color plates and 4 B&W plates in line to accompany Mother Goose Rhymes. Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Lenski & Eulalie. 12mo. Platt & Munk paperback
Bookseller reference : 007266
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Fairy Tales
Hansel and Gretel
New York: Saml Gabriel Sons 1939. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. 12 page including covers linenette booklet with a color cover light soil and wear. The familiar fairy tale illustrated in part or full color on every page. Very Good. Illus. by R A Burley. 12mo. Saml Gabriel Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 007292
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BESKOW Elsa.
Uncle Blue's New Boat.
Edinburgh:: Floris Books. Fine. 2002. Hardcover. 086315364X . Illustrated by the author. Translated from the Swedish by Polly Lawson. First printing thus. Fine in oblong glossy illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. No dust jacket. . Floris Books, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38716 ISBN : 086315364X 9780863153648
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CASANOVA Mary retold by.
Hunter: A Chinese Folktale.
NY: Atheneum. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 068982906X . Illustrated by Ed Young. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Atheneum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22903 ISBN : 068982906X 9780689829062
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Tales A. M. AB'Saber
A Imagem Fria: Cinema E Crise Do Sujeito No Brasil DOS Anos 80 Portuguese Edition
Atelie Editorial 2003-01-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. Atelie Editorial hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX8574801496 ISBN : 8574801496 9788574801490
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Thales Guaracy
O Sonho Brasileiro: Como Rolim Adolfo Amaro Criou a Tam E Sua Filosofia de Negocios Portuguese Edition
Girafa 2003-01-01. 1. Hardcover. Used:Good. Girafa hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX8589876020 ISBN : 8589876020 9788589876025
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Mother Goose
Jolly Mother Goose
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1916. 1926 based on the code on CP. Bound in red cloth with full color pictorial pastedown gift inscription on endpaper top corner bumped pages age-toned with light finger soil. A collection of popular nursery rhymes illustrated in full color throughout by Blanche Fisher Wright originally appearing in The Real Mother Goose. . Early Printing. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright. 4to. Rand McNally & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007852
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Mother Goose.
Jumping Joan and Other Mother Goose Rhymes Bye-lo Series
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1925. Pictorial boards with wear to extremities gift inscription clean text pages. Mother Goose rhymes with artwork taken from The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright who is uncredited. Early Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright uncredited. 12mo. Rand McNally & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007855
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Child's Garden Of Verses
Akron OH: Saalfield Publishing Company 1930. Illustrated boards with blue cloth spine corners rubbed through wear to spine ends a few spots on text pages but clean overall. 8 lovely color plates by Clara M. Burd accompany a selection of verses from Child's Garden of Verses. Early Printing. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clara M. Burd. Folio. Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007851
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Scheiner Artus Art. Scheinera ...sic Illus; Velich Vratislav Auth
Nove Pohadky O Trpaslicich New Tales of Dwarfs
Prague: Czechoslovak Press 1930. 55 pgs Contents page. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edge wear covers slightly faded gift inscription on title page. Originally published in 1916 with different illustrations. Fairy stories featuring dwarfs and other creatures illustrated with four color plates by Artus Scheiner plus partial page b&w artwork. Uncommon. First Thus. Very Good/No Jacket. Small Square 4to. Czechoslovak Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007828
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Ruskin John; Introduction By May Lamberton Becker
King of the Golden River Rainbow Classic
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing 1964. 113 pgs. Pictorial cloth hardcover bookseller sticker on endpaper else fine; dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears and light wear original price clipped. The story of three brothers who live in a lush valley that turns to desert and how the magical King of the Golden River becomes involved with the brothers. Wonderful color and b&w artwork by Fritz Kredel. . 10th Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Fritz Kredel. 8vo. World Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007833
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Child's Garden of Verses
New York: McLoughlin Bros 1909. 116 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped in yellow red & black extremities rubbed corners turned pages age-toned as the book was printed on inexpensive stock gift inscription on FFEP crack after title page. An uncommon edition of Child's Garden of Verses illustrated with a color frontis and truly lovely b&w line art throughout. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Enos Comstock & Frances Bassett Comstock. Small 4to. McLoughlin Bros hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007834
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Stevenson Robert Louis
Child's Garden of Verses
Chicago: A. Flanagan 1921. 1908. Green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green top corner bumped gift inscription pages age-toned otherwise a nice clean copy. Color frontis and artwork in line a lovely edition of this classic with explanatory notes and a glossary plus a biographical sketch. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E Dorothy O'Reilly. 8vo. A. Flanagan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007842
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Folk Tales. Illustrated By Jeanyee Wong
Folk Tales from Vietnam
Mount Vernon NY: Peter Pauper Press 1964. Pictorial boards with light wear offsetting to endpapers in matching dust jacket with edge wear age-toned. Very lovely 3-color artwork. Compiled by Glenn W. Monigold. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. Peter Pauper Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007646
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Hillerman Tony
Boy Who Made Dragonfly A Zuni Myth
New York: Harper & Row 1972. Reinforced pictorial cloth in illustrated dust jacket with gold Harpercrest sticker light wear price clipped. A retelling of an old Zuni tale by Tony Hillerman best known for his detective fiction detailed b&w artwork throughout. Library binding but NOT ex-lib. Scarce. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Laszlo Kubinyi. 8vo. Harper & Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007634
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Grimm Brothers; Adapted By Marguerite Reynier
Contes De Grimm
Paris: Ernest Flammarion 1930 per BNdeF. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edges moderately worn pages age-toned but not brittle. A selection of Grimm fairy tales with many b&w illustrations and 12 color plates by Pierre Noury. A lovely illustrated edition. Very Good. Illus. by Pierre Noury. Small 4to. Ernest Flammarion hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007644
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Mother Goose
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose
New York: HarperCollins 2005. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket dust jacket with light edge wear slightly sunned spine. Adorable color artwork to accompany familiar Mother Goose Rhymes. . First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Square 4to. HarperCollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007417
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Fairy Tales
Story of Thumbelina
No Place: Uncredited Circa 1940. The familiar fairy tale with lovely color artwork through. Fine. Illus. by Uncredited. Square 8vo. Uncredited unknown
Bookseller reference : 007295
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Fairy Tales
Snow-Drop
New York: Saml Gabriel Sons No date circa 1930s. Color printed linen-like covers light spotting to rear cover else clean and bright. The familiar Snow White fairy tale illustrated with four color plates and 2-color artwork. Near Fine. Illus. by Gordon Robinson. Square 8vo. Saml Gabriel Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 007312
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Fairy Tales
Three Bears Goldenlocks
Chicago: M A Donohue & Co. 1912. Color printed wraps with spine wear pages age-toned. The first part of the book is the fairy tale with amusing b&w artwork. After the fairy tale are various stories illustrated with 19th C. b&w artwork culled from various sources. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. Small 4to. M A Donohue & Co. paperback
Bookseller reference : 007251
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Robinson Gordon Illus
Jack and the Bean-Stalk
New York: Saml Gabriel Sons Circa 1930. Color printed linenette covers with faint soil otherwise clean. Color cover plus four additional color plates illustrated the fairy tale. Near Fine. Square 8vo. Saml Gabriel Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 007255
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Dillon Leo and Diane Illus; Aardema Verna Auth
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Caldecott Award Inscribed By Artists
New York: Dial Press 1976. Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. Based on a Western Africa Folktale illustrated in color throughout. Winner of the 1976 Caldecott Medal. Inscribed by the Dillons. Signed by Artist. 2nd Printing. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. Dial Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007170
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Disney. Carter David Paper Engineer Bluth Toby Illustrator
Quintessential Disney A Pop-Up Gallery of Classic Disney Moments Signed By David Carter
New York: Disney Editions 2005. Pictorial gate-fold covers with magnetic closure rear board slightly bowed else fine. Five fabulous pop-up tableaux depicting scenes from Bambi Lady & The Tramp Peter Pan Snow White and Pinocchio. This copy is signed by David Carter. Signed by Artist. First Printing. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong 8vo. Disney Editions unknown
Bookseller reference : 007114 ISBN : 0786855568 9780786855568
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Pop Up. Murphy Chuck Illustrator
Jack and the Beanstalk Illustrated in Three Dimensions
New York: Simon & Schuster / Hallmark 2001. Pictorial boards with cloth spine light corner rubbing else fine inside and out. An ingenious and intricately designed pop-up book with moveable elements. Reprint. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to. Simon & Schuster / Hallmark hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007115
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ABC.
Alphabet Story of Famous Cities Told in Rhymes and Jingles
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company 1905. Red cloth with wear and spotting to front cover internal finger soil inside hinges showing at front and back fragile. The first section of the book contains 26 verses and illustrations about one US city per letter there are stereotypical depictions of African and Native Americans. There are also sections of nursery rhymes and the months of the year with illustrations by Horace C Fry; Jessie McDermott; J G Francis; Livingston Hopkins; Morgan J Sweeney; E B Williams; Jessie Curtis Shepherd; R Taylor; E Taylor. Scarce title later reprinted in 1915 in a different binding. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Horace C Fry et al. 4to. National Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007056
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