whitcomb rose (3 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Gertrude Elliott (illustratore). 68 pp. NO number line or printing indicated, but ' 1947, 1949 ' cited on CP: presumed First Edition, First Printing; ' J195195 ' printed at lower left inside front cover [which also appears on later editions with later printing identifications] and ' 463: 195 [underlined]' at top right front cover corner; endpapers illustrated with multifarious animals. NO dust jacket. 1" piece of cellophane surface missing in gutter front cover at 3 3/8" down from top right spine edge, with 1/8" hole at middle of it (NO impact on binding (7 sites of sewn threads along inside front cover hinge); nugatory cellophane 1" tear on rear cover gutter at 3" down from top left spine corner (NOW reglued so as to be virtually undetectable; small rubbing wear at cover and spine corners; text lightly age-toned around perimeters and on text block edges: describes worse than it is, but there you have it: Strong binding (stretched only a bit at first few pages front and back, else tight); corners still sharp (NO bumps or curls); NO previous owner names; NOT ex-Library. Clean text. Solid copy. Arguably, Holiday or Birthday Gift-Giving Quality, especially, given that the book is more than 60 years-old or near 75 years-old. The way to read Classic Children's Poetry from many well-known Children's Poets.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. Whitcomb, Jon (cover); Sawyers, Martha; Peskin-Pix, David; Bischoff, H.E.; Thompson, Kenneth; Rose, Carl; Hurst, Oliver; Fons-Iannelli; Prince, Meade; Vern-Pix, Ike; Lasalle, Charles; Peskin, Hy; Sharland-Black Star; Pike, John (illustratore). First Edition. 114 pages. Fiction: The Vultures; That Time, That Sorrow; The Wooing of Cruller McCabe; Off the Reservation; Storm Before Daybreak; The Star Lake Murder; Divide & Conquer. Articles: Motherhood without Misery - painless childbirth technique from England; Old Man River's Children - the poor who live along the Mississippi near Memphis; The Handwriting on the Ice - blitzkrieg by air from the arctic; Racket on Wheels - black market used cars; Ringtail on the Run - coon-hunting by moonlight; Preacher in Song - Joshua (Josh) White; Quarterback Glenn Dobbs of the Dodgers; Blondie's Gold Mine - the saga of the cartoon Bumstead family. Ads include: Studebaker (color photo ad inside front cover); Clicquot Club; Philco radio-phonographs - featuring photo of Bing Crosby; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Nice color two-page Firestone ad features dozens of gifts; Camel cigarettes (More doctors smoke Camels.); Hudson cars; Gillette ad features caricature of footballer Dewitt "Tex" Coulter; Hudson cars (beautiful color ad); Movie ad for "The Best Years of Our Lives"; Good Year (centerfold); Samson card tables; Garod Radios; Champ Hats; Mercury cars; Budweiser beer; Fortune shoes; Waterman's pens; Waltham watches; Mallory Hats; Parker pens; Timely clothes; Old Spice; Manhattan sport shirts; Three Feathers Whiskey (inside back cover); Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover). Unmarked. Moderate wear. Cover holding by one staple. A nice vintage copy.