mcguire alice (21 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. NO DUST JACKET. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condizione: good. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include From the library of labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media. Any access codes or passwords originally included with the book may be expired, used or no longer valid. Image is stock photo and cover art edition may be different than pictured.

Condizione: new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Good. Minor shelf wear on edges of spine.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. ix, 373 pp. Some light foxing to the upper page edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. An apparently unread copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Good.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Martignoni, Margaret E., series editor; McGuire, Alice Brooks, vol. ed. Just Around the Corner (Collier's Junior Classics: The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Vol. 4). New York: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1962. Twelfth Printing. Octavo (8.25 x 6.25 in). Gray cloth boards stamped in gilt and blue with decorative motif of a toy horse on the spine. 376 pp. Part of the beloved Collier's Junior Classics set, this fourth volume, Just Around the Corner, gathers mid-century children's stories and poems selected by leading librarians and educators for enrichment reading. The contents combine humor, imagination, and moral reflection, drawing from the works of well-known authors and folk traditions. Each story is accompanied by engaging color and monochrome illustrations. Edited by Alice Brooks McGuire, librarian at Casis Elementary School (Austin, Texas), with general editorial supervision by Margaret E. Martignoni, Dr. Louis Shores (Florida State University), and Harry R. Snowden, Jr. A fine example of the educationally curated literature series that helped define American children's reading culture during the 1950s-60s. Condition: Very Good. Firm binding, clean text block. Moderate shelf wear and minor rubbing to boards and spine ends; light toning to endpapers; interior bright and unmarked. Gilt titles remain vivid. A solid, collectible example of this iconic mid-century juvenile anthology. Margaret E. Martignoni (Series Editor) was a prominent children's librarian and reading specialist who served as Superintendent of Work with Children at the Brooklyn Public Library. Her editorial leadership brought together leading educators across the country to compile the Collier's Junior Classics series, first issued in 1962 as a thoroughly updated replacement for the 1918-1938 Young Folks Shelf of Books. Alice Brooks McGuire, the volume editor for Just Around the Corner, was an elementary librarian in Austin, Texas, noted for her child-centered approach to reading enrichment and her role in shaping postwar American school library practices.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: Good. 1962. 23rd Printing. 373 pages. No dust jacket. Green leather with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Amanda McGuire (Author photo); Barbara Yale Read (Cover design); TC (illustratore). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition. Signed by F. Daniel Rzicznek directly on the title-page. Author's first book-length collection of poems. Recipient of the May Swenson Poetry Award. Book and dust jacket in fine, as new condition. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Collier's Junior Classics Series. Ex-library, with label and stamp on front endpapers; otherwise good. Light foxing/toning on page edges. Spine bumped, with cloth slightly discoloured. Includes excerpts of stories from around the world, including Anne' Confession by L. M. Montgomery (Canada), The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck (Japan), The Sesemann House is Haunted by Johanna Spyri (Switzerland), and others. Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib hardback Used - Acceptable. Ex-lib hardback.

Hardcover clothbound. Condizione: Near Fine. 14th print. A near fine hardcover, with minor soiling on cover as in image, inside near fine. "The purpose of Collier's Junior Classics is to introduce boys and girls to some of the best books ever written for children, to stimulate young readers to seek for themselves the books from which the selections have been drawn as well as other good books of similar appeal, and to encourage children to become thoughtful, life-time readers. author, title, and publisher are given at the foot of the page on which each selection opens. this enables readers to ask for the complete book at a library or bookstore. when necessary, brief introductions set the scene for the selection, while follow-up recommendations, complete with publishers' names, appear at the end of most stories.".

Hardback. Condizione: Good. The purpose of Collier's Junior Classics is to introduce boys and girls to some of the best books ever written for children, to stimulate young readers to seek for themselves the books from which the selections have been drawn as well as other good books of similar appeal, and to encourage children to become disriminationg, thoughtful, life-time readers. author, title, and publisher are given at the foot of the page on which each selection opens. this enables readers to ask for the complete book at a library or bookstore. when necessary, brief introductions set the scene for the selection, while follow-up recommendations, complete with publishers' names, appear at the end of most stories. No DJ; Heavy; Large. 373 pages.

paperback, Condizione: Very Good, Conger Prtg., Atlanta, c.1977, trade paperbk., 176pp., 2 photos of WCU. signed by author, VG $.

Vintage photograph of director Irving Cummings, cinematographer Leon Shamroy, and actresses Alice Faye and Helen Westley on the set of the 1940 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. The life story of the 19th century American musical star. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.