thomas bailey editor in chief (30 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Condition good in cloth boards with black lettering on front and spine, fraying of top and bottom edges, no DJ, previous owner's name on ffp, some pen/pencil markings throughout, B/W and colored illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Not Stated (illustratore). First Thus. 18 short stories with 16 additional named authors (not listed also as editors.) Four color plates and 80 black and white pictures in text; early struggles and joys of youth, opening of literary vistas, fun out of school and more. vi + 313pp. + 3 plates bound in. Short Story titles include: - Leaving School by William M. Thackeray, - Doctor Garde's Little Girl at School by Mary H. Catherwood, - John Ridd's School Days by R. D. Blackmore, - A Russian Boy's Tutor by Count L. N. Tolstoi, - Spelling for the Prize by John T. Trowbridge, - Paul's Education by Charles Dickens, - School Days in New England by James Freeman Clarke, - Maisie by Rudyard Kipling, plus 10 other stories of School and College Days. Cover indicates this volume part of a series titled "Young Folks Library." Hardcover with tan cloth boards, green and yellow decorations on front & spine, but no dust jacket. This copy retired from a public grade school library. Shelving info in permanent ink on spine, check-out envelope pasted on front paste-down. Front gutter repaired. Head of spine torn & corners bumped from handling. However, interior is tight, clean and otherwise unmarked. Above average interior - likely seldom read. Copyrights 1938, 1910, 1902, 1901. Likely different stories had different copyright years. Printed in U.S.A. Title page is dated 1951, likely the year this copy was printed. Some indication the stories included in a print year might vary. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Ex-Library (Public).

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Includes dust jacket. original dj shows minor wear, tear, tanning. book is near fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Octavo. 397 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth with cover designs in darker green and gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Some fraying to the fore edge of the rear cover. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. Collates complete with 6 color plates. This volume contains 19 brief biographies including Mahomet, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln. Color illustrations include: 1) Coronation of Charlemagne; 2) Moses Going Down from Mt. Sinai; 3) Death of Alexander the Great; 4) Julius Caesar and His Wife Calpurnia; 5) Washington and His Mother; and 6) Napoleon, a Novice in the School of Brienne. A Volume 19 only of a 20 Volume Set.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. Near fine. 383 pp. plus suggestions for further reading. Seven color plates and 113 black and white pictures in text; Includes general daring and doing, Horatius, the pass of Thermopyle, How Pliny saved his mother, rock of the capitol, keys of Calais, Joan of Arc, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Pocahontas, Grace Darling, James Maxwell, Bolivar, the Alamo, Garibaldi, Hobson and the Merrimac and others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. Moisture stain on back board, minor foxing, hinges beginning to weaken, else VG. 388 pp. Seven color plates and 142 black and white pictures in text; Includes animals, birds and fishes, the wonder of life, growth (frogs), apes, how animals spend the winder, birds' nests, the condor, humming birds, wasps, ants, spiders, the wild llama, bats, snakes, worms, sea slugs, cow fish, rattler and king snake, the loon, ponies and more.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. Small spot on back cover else VG. 404 pp. plus notes. Nine color plates and 274 black and white pictures in text; Contains the influence of books, worth of the child's own book, the three bears, beauty and the beast, toim thumb, cinderella, jack and the bean stalk, the fisherman and the genie, aladdin and the wonderful lamp, and many more fairy tales.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. VG to near fine. 386 pp. plus list of famous explorers. Seven color plates and 121 black and white pictures in text; discusses the pathfinders, exploration of Cannan, great tower of Ilium, Pompeii, ancient Mexico, Marco Polo in the East, Columbus, John Cabot, Vespuccio, Balboa, Ponce De Leon, Cartier, De Soto, Drake, El Dorado Sir Walter Raleigh, the Mississippi and Hudson River, La Salle, Lewis and Clark, Fremont, David Livingstone, and many more explorers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. VG to near fine. 383 pp. Five color plates and 110 black and white pictures in text; Contains stories on love of country, patriotism, America, America and Patriotism, the nation and the patriot, liberty for all, King Richard's love for English soil, (Shakespeare), what is liberty, march of human freedom, Nathan Hale, Old Glory, Abraham Lincoln, the Settlement of America, Dante and the union of Italy, Give me Liberty or Give me Death (Patrick Henry) and many more.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations. VG to near fine. 387 pp. plus notes. Eleven color plates and 169 black and white pictures in text; Contains fun in prose and verse (Joel Chandler Harris), The Dragon's Story, Precocious Piggy, Cheshire Cat, verses from Lilliput Levee, John Gilpins Ride, Queen Alice, Rustic Drama (Shakespeare), the Knight, Charlews Dickens, The Pickwickians, Till Owlglass' Funny Pranks, Mark Twain's New England Weather, The Dorchester Giant (Holmes), Limericks and more.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. Cover not as depicted.

hardcover. B038808; 313 pp, corners bumped, edge wear/tear hardcover, very good contents & covers, no dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Moderately worn with scuffs and edge wear. Book.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Cover. Very good hard cover 1944.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Six Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XIX only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book - Leaders of Men - is 398p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Seven Maps (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Key Volume ONLY; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book is The Key - A Book of Reference Containing Complete Indexes, a Pronouncing Vocabulary, Notes on Literary Sources, and on Names, Places, Events, References, and Allusions in the Yound Folks' Library; 135p., plus seven maps. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Seven Color Plates; 105 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XVI ONLY; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book of Famous Battles By Land and Sea is 393p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Six Color Plates; 110 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XVIII only; Gently aged endpapers; The rear endpapers are separated at the gutter, with the hinge solidly intact; Textblock otherwise very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book of Patriotism is 396p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Seven Color Plates; 86 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XIII only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book of Sea Stories is 388p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Seven Color Plates; 102 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XV only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book of Historic Scenes in Fiction is 377p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. 10 Color Plates; 80 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol VII only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock immaculate and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This volume is 394p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condizione: Very Good+. Seven Color Plates; 113 Black and White Drawings (illustratore). Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol X only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This volume of Brave Deeds is 384p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Alfred Crowquill only named illustrator; 17 other artists likely (illustratore). First Thus. The Merry Maker (Young Folks Library Volume 8, 1953 Hardcover without Dust Jacket) 32 short stories & verses from 17 named authors. Volume 8 of the Young Folks Library. Four color plates with many black and white pictures in text. Stories which stretch readers credibility. vi + 316pp. + 3 plates bound in. Short Story titles include: - Funny Leaves for the Younger Branches by Baron Krakemsides of Burstenoudelafen, - New England Weather by Mark Twain, - The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear, - The Dorchester Giant by Oliver Wendell Holmes, - The Reverend Mr. Trotty by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, - The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll, - The Yarn of the Nancy Bell by William S. Gilbert, - John Gilpin's Ride by William Cowper, plus 24 other stories & verses are found in The Merry Maker. Cover indicates this volume part of a series titled "Young Folks Library." Hardcover with tan cloth boards, orange and yellow decorations on front & spine, but no dust jacket. This copy was always privately owned, appears never handled, and exterior is new. In addition, interior is tight, clean, complete, and unmarked. Above average interior - likely seldom read. Copyrights 1952, 1932. Likely different stories had different copyright years. Printed in U.S.A. Title page is dated 1953, likely the year this copy was printed. From other sellers descriptions, it is indicated the stories found in this title vary by print year. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Thanks for looking! No Ownership Markings.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good++. xx, 392pp, bound illustrated gray/green cloth, top edges gilt, binding and hinges tight. Complete with all 7 colour illustrations, as called for, as well as one hundred and five black and white text illustrations. Spine lightly sunned, occasional soiling to covers.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good + 3/4 maroon leather hardcover with cameo illustration to cloth front cover and gilt letter and decoration along spine shows rubbing at edges with mild bumping to corners and rub through at bottom corner of front cover, rubbing and light toning to cloth portion of covers, soil at page edges, internal splits and some other light wear including toning at perimeter of endpapers and blanks, else tight and clean. 385 pages with top page edges gilt and numerous illustrations. Solid copy of this installment in the Young Folks Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. These are a really nice set of books with themes for young people, including Tales of Fantasy, The Animal Story Book, A Book of Famous Explorers. A Book of Brave Deeds, A Book of Famous Fairy Tales, The Merry Maker, A Book of Adventure, the Story Teller, A Book of Famous Myths and Legends, and Stories of School and College Days. Ten volumes in all. They are in as new condition, hardly read, with no markings or damage anywhere. A wonderful addition to a children's library!! Lots of color prints throughout the books.

Hard Cover. Condizione: good. Famous Explorers, Myths & Legends, Merry Maker, Animal Story Book, Brave Deeds, Story Teller, Tales of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Book of Adventure, School & College Days; lots of glossy color illustrated plates; b/w illustrations throughout all vols; Story Teller vol has damaged frontis & tears to title pg; soil to top edge of some pp in Book of Brave Deeds; taped tear to pg 169 in Myths & Legends; soiled yellow covers. Hardcover.

, titles include: A Book of Famous Myths and Legends; The Story Teller; A Book of Natural History; Stories of School and College Days; The Animal Story Book; A Book of Sea Stories; A Book of Famous Poems; The Merry Maker; Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky; A Book of Famous Fairy Tales; Tales of Fantasy; Historic Scenes in Fiction; A Book of Famous Explorers; The Book of Adventure; A Book of Famous Travels; Leaders of Men or History told in Biography; A Book of Brave Deeds; Book of Patriotism; Famous Battles by Land and Sea; Men who have Risen; The Key to the Treasure House (Index to the set), coloured and black and white illustrations throughout Third edition , spines faded, rubbing to edges and corners, one frontispiece detached, a few coloured plates are missing, one title page torn , one volume has a signature to prelims, text block split in a couple of volumes, fair to good condition , pale green cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board, coloured illustration to front and spine, patterened endpapers, gilt top edge , 21 cm x 15 cm Hardback ISBN:

Hard Covers. Condizione: Very Good. Fourth Edition. This is indeed the COMPLETE set. Others mention 10-volume or 9-volume sets, but this is the complete set. Inquire about postal rates, since this will be a heavy package to mail!