Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 1916
Anbieter: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1916 Houghton-Mifflin, Good/No DJ, missing dustjacket, red boards have very light wear, spine colour faded, lettering on cover & spine all read fine, binding cracked at page with first poem- nothing loose, no markings found.
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 1916
Anbieter: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, USA
hardcover. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. Mild age tanning. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1916
Anbieter: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, USA
Verbandsmitglied: MABA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. IN GOOD + CONDITION. Second Edition. xii, [4], 664pp, bound in original maroon cloth, with illustrations throughout. Includes Country Ballads, Animal Stories, Mother Goose & Other Classics, Cautionary Stories, Good Manners, Bed-Time Songs & Stories, Ballads and more. Ownership on the ffp, with one annotation.
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1916
Anbieter: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thick 4to hardcover volume in red gold embossed cloth boards. Spine intact a bit faded. Boards tight and very clean. End papers not split or marked. 664 pages are tight and very clean.
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1916
Anbieter: The Curiosity Book Shop, Hardwick, MA, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Red cloth; gilt cover decoration, title, and spine. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, most from previous works by this publisher and some by Mrs. William Allingham. Tissue-guraded black-and-white frontispiece photograph of unknown origin depicts children in costume depicting "The Billy Goats Gruff and the Troll." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Forbes (1841-1929), the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson "In aid of the Allies, Edith Emerson Forbes, 9 December 1916" on half-title page. Indices of titles and first lines at rear. Exterior Good -/ Interior Very Good Light rubbing to cover extremities. Unfortunate irregular diagonal patch to front cover, about 2" wide, of moderate-to-heavy fading and spotting to cloth, seemingly caused by a spill. Gilt to cover and spine darkened. Otherwise clean and tight. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
Anbieter: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. This is a charming collection of classic children's rhymes, music and stories, "Favourites of a Nursery of Seventy Years Ago" - And Some Others of Later Date. Compiled by Edith Emerson Forbes, daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1916 (November); Houghton Mifflin Company; New York. The book features illustrations throughout, some of which are full-page. There is an Index of Titles and an Index of First Lines at the back. The book is chock full of classics such as A Visit from St. Nicholas, Slovenly Peter (Struwwelpeter), Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose rhymes, The Story of the Three Bears, The Story of Little Red Riding Hood, Puss-in-Boots, The Story of Chicken Little.and many more. The contents are grouped as follows: Country Ballads and Animal Stories; Mother Goose and Other Classics; Cautionary Stories in Verse; The School of Good Manners and Other Selections; The Baby - Bedtime Songs and Stories and Hymns; Ballads. The book measures 7 1/8" tall x 5 3/4" wide. Condition: Clean covers and spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a crack at the front hinge between the frontispiece and title page (despite the crack the front cover is firmly attached and not shaky). Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only a few random stains/smudges here and there; a few small tears at an outer page edge were found. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.