Bancroft laura (29 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback. Clean, square copy. Text and images unmarked. Very light shelf wear. tbrc/kids. Maginel Wright Enright (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 184 pages. 8.43x5.85x0.73 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 114 pages. 9.33x6.34x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 11.00x10.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | The question is often asked me whether Twinkle and Chubbins were asleep or awake when they encountered these wonderful adventures; and it grieves me to reflect that the modern child has been deprived of fairy tales to such an extent that it does not know -- as I did when a girl -- that in a fairy story it does not matter whether one is awake or not. You must accept it as you would a fragrant breeze that cools your brow, a draft of sweet water, or the delicious flavor of a strawberry, and be grateful for the pleasure it brings you, without stopping to question too closely its source.For my part I am glad if my stories serve to while away a pleasant hour before bedtime or keep one contented on a rainy day. In this way they are sure to be useful, and if a little tenderness for the helpless animals and birds is acquired with the amusement, the value of the tales will be doubled.-- The Author.…

hardcover no dustjacket. Zustand: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 200 pages; acceptable hardcover no dustjacket; board tips bumped; ink underlining various pages by previous owner; prompt shipping with tracking.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Zustand: New. pp. 850.

Light Tan Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No DJ. First Edition, First Printing. 63 Pp. First Issue, In Light Tan Cloth, Hand-Lettered Illustrated Title Page, Plain Heavy Red Endpapers. Lightly Used, No Wear To Lettering Or Design, Light Wear At Corners. Professionally And Invisibly Re-Cased Into Original Covers And Endpapers, A Few Small Edge Tears, One Long Horizontal Tear To Last Page Professionally Repaired. Pencil Ownership Signatures Dated March And May 1908 [Same Owner], Small Corner Chip To Front Free Endpaper, Rubbing To Top Of Front Cover With Some Loss Of Color On Crow And Pine Tree, Tiny Stain At Top Of Last Page.…

Zustand: Very good. Early printing of this fantasy for young children by the creator of Oz. First published in 1906, the Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original color pictorial boards, rear board blank. White endpapers. Illustrated by Enright in color. Typeset title page. 62 pages. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some rubbing to rear board, light soil.…

Zustand: Very good. Second printing of this pseudonymous L. Frank Baum title, a rare work in his Twinkle Tale fantasy series. The Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original color pictorial boards, rear board blank. White endpapers. Illustrated by Enright in color. Typeset title page. 62 pages. Extremities worn, with subtle repairs to spine ends, soil to boards. Interior with foxing and spotting. Firm. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good to very Good. No Jacket. A nice, solid copy. Boards show corner wear and surface crack to paper covering spine. Cover illustration and spine printing complete and a tad smudgy. Interior is slightly browned, tight and color illustrations are great. Has a Christmas 1922 pencil inscription on first fly. Hinges are strong! Under the pseudonym Laura Bancroft, Baum wrote six charming fairy tales (The Twinkle Tales) for children not old enough for the Oz series. They were illustrated by the sister of Frank Lloyd Wright. No copyright notice and no printer's imprint, blank endpapers are tanned , off-white paper-covered boards. Young lad with cape, sword and butterfly wings? and a Turtle emblem on front. 61 numbered pages. Call or email if you have questions. We are here to help. Enright, Maginel Wright (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very good. Second printing of this American fantasy for young children by the creator of Oz, published pseudonymously in his Twinkle Tale series. The Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original color pictorial boards, rear board blank. White endpapers. Illustrated by Enright in color. Typeset title page. 62 pages. Series of tiny pinprick holes to front joint, with moderate wear and soil to boards. Interior clean.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Pages 88-128. Features: Hon. Dexter Richards - article with excellent one-page engraving of Mr. Richards; Reminiscences of Distinguished Men; Rev. Leander S. Coan; Sonnet; Diary of rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, N.H. for the year 1780; Slavery in New Hampshire in the Olden Time; Major Frank; It Rains; Mary Teviotdale - or Athyne's Heir; Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, No. 3 . Above-average external wear and soiling. Chips and openings to backstrip. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. Moisture stains throughout. A worthy reference copy. Perine, George E. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 311-362. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Index to Volume XXIV; Fitzwilliam, N.H. - feature article with many great photos; Spring Ghosts (poem); New Hampshire Men of Mark - William Augustus Gile; Military Law and Courts Martial; Jonathan's visit to Jeremiah; Lake Winnipesaukee - New Hampshire's largest lake and its orthography; "Lord Timothy Dexter in New Hampshire; Fantastic full-age glossy photo ad inside back cover for the Boston and Maine Railroad; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.…

16mo.; pictorial boards, hardcover; 62 pages; First book in the Twinkle Tales series; color illustrations by Magnel Wright Enright, Frank Lloyd Wright's sister; front hinge is cracked, former owner's name and address on front free endpaper in pencil and back free endpaper is sunned from removed bookplate else very good in edgeworn and soiled boards with corners and spine ends beginning to fray.…

Zustand: Very good. First Edition. First edition of this pseudonymous L. Frank Baum title, a rare work in his Twinkle Tale fantasy series. The Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in red, green, blue, and black. Red endpapers. Illustrated in color by Enright. Hand-lettered title page. 62 pages. Recased, with some reinforcement in gutters. Faint line of discoloration to top edge of boards. Some offsetting of red endpapers to facing leaves. Shows well. …

Zustand: Very good. First printing. First edition of this American fantasy for young children by the creator of Oz, published pseudonymously in his Twinkle Tale series. The Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in red, brown, orange, and green. Red endpapers. Illustrated in color by Enright. Hand-lettered title page. 62, [2] pages. Binding recased, with reinforcement to gutters of some leaves. Subtle restoration to pictorial cloth, tape repair to one leaf. A bit of offsetting from red endpapers to facing leaves, some soil.…

Zustand: Fine. First printing. Gorgeous first edition of this pseudonymous L. Frank Baum title, a rare work in his Twinkle Tale fantasy series. The Twinkle Tales series was "among Baum's few attempts to write for children younger than the audience for his full-length fantasy novels [like Oz]" (Bienvenue, 287). This is an exceptional copy, rarely seen in such condition. 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in yellow, brown, and blue. Red endpapers. Illustrated in color by Enright. Hand-lettered title page. 62 pages. Only a couple faint spots of soil to boards. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. "Sugar Loaf Mountain" by Laura Bancroft (pseud. of L. Frank Baum). The Reilly & Britton, Chicago. 1906 first American edition, first issue. Book in good condition, in original decorated binding with rubbing to boards and spine, in original red endpapers with gift inscription, half titles with the list of the six volumes of The Twinkle Tales on the reverse, & color titles from hand lettering with List of Chapters and "Copyright 1906." on the reverse, minor smudging, complete with all illustrations. The rarest and most sought after of the Twinkle tales.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. (Bienvenue and Schmidt p. 288.) 62 pp. Original tan cloth with red endpapers. Very Good with former owner's info on front free endpaper, front and rear hinges reinforced, light wear, some tiny pinholes to first six pages or so. A nice copy of a children's book in the Twinkle Tales series written by Oz-creator L. Frank Baum under a pseudonym.…

Zustand: Very Good -. Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. First Thus. Large octavo; publisher's green linen-backed pictorial boards; 115,[1],[4](ads)pp.; color frontispiece and seven leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Boards rather scuffed and rubbed with exposure along margins and corners, general dust-soil, especially to front cover, brief dampstain along bottom margin, small paper flaw affecting the "B" in "Babes," contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Pseudonymously published fairy tale which first appeared in 1907 under the title Policeman Bluejay. [Bienvenue & Schmidt pp. 291-2].…

First edition of this story from Baum's six-part series of children's tales. It follows the titular Twinkle as she collects berries from a gulch, meeting many curious creatures as she goes. Small quarto. With illustrations by Maginal Wright Enright. Original light brown cloth, spine and front cover with pictorial design, red endpapers, edges uncut. Housed in a custom black solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Spine ends and upper corners bumped, faint scratches to front cover, rear cover and p. 64 lightly marked: a very good copy indeed.…