Editore: Doubleday, NY, 1960
Da: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Not stated, presumed 1st edition. Contains: Black Beauty and Ginger, The Nightingale, Lost in the Apple cave, The Cow Who Fell in the Canal, Wee Brigit OToole, Little Eddie Junk Collector, Man in the Manhole, Lets Go to Belgium, The True Book of Space, more. Solid clean tight HB copy. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 160 pp, pictorial endpapers, many color illustrations throughout. Good unmarked, some wear to extremities. Hardcover in blue/gray cloth illus cloth boards, no jacket.
Editore: Nelson Doubleday, 1960
Da: Crotchety Rancher's Books, Dalton Gardens, ID, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Erickson, Phoebe; De Angeli, Marguerite; Browning, Colleen; Ninon; Spier, Peter; Scarry, Richard; Jackson, Polly; Maclean, Robert; (illustratore). Grey illustrated boards with blue spine. Light wear at spine ends. Illustrated end papers. Front inside hinge is cracked, otherwise binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. No Jacket. Volume 39 which consists of the following stories and subjects; Black Beauty and Ginger, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, The Nightingale, Lost in the Apple Cave, The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (A very adorable story!), The True Book of Space, Wee Brigit O'Toole, Pets Around the World, Little Eddie, Junk Collector, The Man in the Manhole, the Lad Who Went to the North Wind and Let's go visit Belgium.
Editore: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, New York, 1960
Da: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Open tearing on spine heel, top rear gutter, and front and rear panel top corners. Small closed tear on front gutter. Shelfwear on panel corners and spine crown.
Editore: William R. Scott Inc, NY, 1946
Da: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Man in The Manhole and The Fix-It Men Juniper Sage and Bill Ballantine. One of Margaret Wise Brown's earliest books (written under her pen name Juniper Sage) and illustrated by artist and former Clown College dean William Ballantine, Published by William R. Scott Inc, NY, 1946. In wonderful mid-century style, the illustrations depict a variety of 'fix-it' men, including a telephone repair man, a wrecking truck man, a steam roller man, a carpenter man, and, of course, a Boss Man. "Some hardcover wear, 3 or 4 small spine holes, inside clean tight and very good for age and type".
Editore: William R. Scott, Inc. New York, 1946
Da: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated orange paper over boards, with black and white workmen on both front and back cover. This copy is just back to us from the conservation lab where a new spine has been added, with orange cloth (a very good match for the original and much more durable) has been added, and laid underneath the original on the boards, except where there were some tears. Otherwise all original and all tight. Corners bumped. A red crayon squiggle on the front endpaper. No date anywhere (but it appears only to have been published once). Unpaginated. A scarce Margaret Wise Brown title published under a pseudonym. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).
Editore: William R. Scott, Inc. (c.1946), New York, 1946
Da: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good dj. Illustrated by Bill Ballantine (illustratore). Unstated ed. (price-clipped) [lower corners bumped with slight exposure of boards, a little damage to both ends of spine; the jacket is heavily worn along the spine, with bits of paper loss at both ends, a few other small edge-chips]. (cartoon drawings with colored highlights) An ode to the "Fix-It Men" -- the plumbers, telephone linemen, road repair crews, carpenters, steamroller drivers -- who keep our infrastructure together (although I'm sure nobody called it that in 1946). Wonderful cartoon-y illustrations by Ballantine; one of his harder-to-find titles.
Editore: William R. Scott, Inc., New York, 1946
Da: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Bill Ballantine (illustratore). First Edition. Pictorial orange boards. Bumps and wear to the corners and spine ends. Light cover soiling. Tight. A scarce Margaret Wise Brown pseudonymous book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 0 pages.
Editore: William R. Scott, 1946
Da: Friends of the Waynesboro Library, Waynesboro, MS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Book is covered in an orange paper, worn on corners , some pages have very small scribbles on them from child, bottom of a couple pages have a small tare on them, from use. This was a well used book, the binding is holding fine and all pages are intact to binding.
Editore: William R. Scott, Inc.
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Unknown. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Editore: E. M. Hale and Co., 1946
Da: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: MWABA
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Bill Ballantine (illustratore). Pub by E.M. Hale & Co., 1946. VG or better cond. hardcover now in archival grade Brodart, no dj. Orange cloth over bds w/ b&w pict dec & lettering on front & rear covers. Light exterior soiling & wear. Ex-Library stamp on title page, & slight remains of a return sheet on rfep, but no shelving code on spine, no pocket, & none of the other common exLib stamps stickers, marks & distinctions. Book is complete, intact & unmarked except as noted. Well illustrated in color by Bill Ballantine. Unpaginated, approx 39pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Editore: William R. Scott, 1946
Da: Picture Book Cottage, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Ballentine, Bill (illustratore). Pictorial boards. Wear on edges and tiny tear at spine end. End papers sparsely and lightly foxed. Evidence of light page turning. Very uncommon Margaret Wise Brown title.
Editore: William R. Scott, New York, 1946
Da: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Illustrated by Bill Ballantine (illustratore). First Edition. Pictorial boards. Wear to the spine ends and lower corners. Minor spotting to the endpapers. Without names or bookplates. The dust jacket is faded along the spine. Chips, fading and wear along the spine. Chips to the corners. A few short tears. Price of $1.50 to the front flap. A very scarce pseudonymous Brown title in a first edition. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.
Editore: William R. Scott, New York, 1946
Da: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Condizione: Very good minus. First Edition. Rare signed first edition of this rare Margaret Wise Brown pseudonymous title, inscribed by illustrator Bill Ballantine, who he gave up his career to join the circus the next year in 1947. Publisher William R. Scott was a small business owned by a couple who lived on a farm in Vermont; they used their barn as their book warehouse. Brown became their editor and principal writer in 1938. Despite receiving payments and royalties below the industry standard, Brown worked with them for years because she believed in their innovative approach to creative education books ? which are now highly sought by collectors. This book shows what "fix-it men" do underneath the streets and in the air, with jolly illustrations by Ballantine. The same year this book was published, Ballatine traveled on assignment with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The next year, he quit publishing and literally ran away to the circus, becoming a professional clown. 9.5'' x 7.75''. Original orange pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by Ballantine. [40] pages. Inscribed by Ballantine on verso of title page: "For J. Dugan / who is always there / Bill Ballantine." A bit of soiling and a few marginal closed tears to leaves. Corners worn; chipping with loss to spine, carefully repaired. Signed.