Elson Basic Readers Pre by Elson William H Gray (5 items)

some discoloration on spine, yellowed pages, minor scraping on covers, overall great condition for its age

Life-reading Service , 1950. Life-reading Service 1930, A forerunner to the Dick & Jane series that dominated American schools in the 1950s. Spine is coming apart at the bottom approx. 3 inches, some creases on front cover 3 small closed tears and 3 pages have either some pencil or crayola marks on them none of which effects the pictures or the text.. Original Wraps. Good. Paperback.

Scott, Foresman and Company, 1930. Paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Paperback. Text unmarked with some page-turn soiling marks. A couple pages have edge tear. Covers show edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Philippine Islands: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1930. August 1932. Softcover. Very tight. Faint ex-lib. stamp inside front cover, spine tape lightly wrinkled at one spot, and several pages have light age stains. Otherwise, no marks.. Printed black, green and orange wrappers with Spot and Jane silhouette and images of all the characters (animal and human) amongst the cover floral motif. Black cloth taped spine. 39 pages with color illustrations on each page. The first of the books for the Dick and Jane series, this was the one that followed and was revised from The Elson Pupil's Hand Chart. Delightful drawings of Dick, Jane, Baby, Spot, Little Mew (the cat), and all the other characters. Includes a last page listing 39 vocabulary words. A very good copy.

Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1930. First edition (1930.) 12mo paperback with 40 pages and 39 color illustrations. This measures 7 1/4" x 5 1/4". The book is in good condition with one 1 1/4" crease to bottom of front cover. Slight chipping to edges and spine. Housed in custom clamshell case. First issue with three lines, 18 word Elson copyright and code '308.2' (Feb. 8, 1930) the earliest date noted for this book which was reprinted many times well into 1934. The first appearance of Dick and Jane. A revolutionary concept conceived by Zerna Sharp. In 1927 she visited the beach, studied children's speech patterns, and observed the way they spoke to one another. She brought her ideas to William Elson publisher of a Pupil's Hand Chart. Elson agreed to let Sharp develop her idea and, with a team of writers and illustrators, Dick and Jane evolved over 3 years. Green spine/gold text. #0323617. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No DJ as Issued. 12mo. Childrens.