Editore: Platt & Munk, New York, c1932, 1932
Da: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. [184] p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 26 cm. "Good stories for mothers to read at bed time "-- Cover ; Stories originally published in John Martin's book, a magazine for children ; LCCN 32015193 OCLC 15051041 LC PZ5.J613 Te ; green and black cloth with designs ; spine shaken ; Contents: Snoozles and the babies -- The Alphabet man -- The King of all the birds -- The Birds' Christmas tree -- Little brown Ben -- Funny Questions, Silly jokes -- Nonsense for some little folks -- Peter's friends the animals -- The white dove, and Ark story -- Tommy elephant discovers the railroad -- The stranger thing -- How the woodpecker came -- Tommy elephant and the ants -- Mary's little teeth -- Come play -- The lady who smiled -- Seeds and flowers -- Catchy questions can you guess? -- When to get ready -- The Pilgrim fathers -- Our Pilgrim fathers -- The juggling jumbos -- The discontented cat -- Catskin -- The little girl who kissed her elbow -- Riddles 4 U My [Deer] -- When Mozart was a boy -- Our country's ancestor -- Saint George and the dragon -- The race between Peter and Patsy -- More riddles -- Bucephalus, the story of a famous horse -- How the corn got his ear -- Peeny Pen Pone -- The first dandelions, -- The magic apple -- The story of King Alfred -- Daniel the fearless -- The story of the wild rose -- Jack Junior, a railroad story -- The dog that swallowed a fairy -- The Bulldog -- Chippy Chipmunk -- The way to live, a little thought to think -- The Easter hare -- The sabre-cut of Saadi, the reward of truth -- The simple truth -- A Spring prayer -- Our bird neighbors, a true story for all the year around -- The days of the week -- How the days got their names -- How the dove of peace came to the tribe -- The great deed -- Saint Francis and the robbers -- A magic -- Riddles -- A story of the months -- St. Martin's mitten, or how the first cat came -- The story of Daniel Boone -- Jack Frost's gift -- St. Francis and the wolf -- Mr. Snail, a story of his life ; signature on the half-title of a very young of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer and Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 and earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; scarce, pages brittle, repair to spine, else G. Book.
Editore: Hartford CT, 1819
Da: Steve Finer - Rare Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: SNEAB
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, tree calf, edges and extremities just a little rubbed and worn, red gilt morocco spine label, [viii], 389pp., terminal errata leaf. The folding map of Connecticut was repaired a very long time ago; it is followed by a frontispiece portrait of Oliver Wolcott. Moderate foxing. Printed in two columns. This copy inscribed on the free front endpaper, "This Book belongs to the Rep. Lib. Co. In Chatham. No. 229." In effect, Connecticut's early Republical Library in Chatham, established in 1795. First Edition. A Good+ copy.
Editore: Printed and Published by William S. Marsh, Hartford, 1819
Da: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First edition. First edition. Two engraved portraits, 2 folding maps. 389 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rebound in library buckram. Text somewhat toned and spotted, lacking part of CT map; else Very Good Two engraved portraits, 2 folding maps. 389 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.