Search Results: Children's classics from Berthoff Books

Gautier-Languereau, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 62 pages, with index. Reprint collection of French comics starring Becassine, the housemaid from the countryside, during World War I. Original copyright 1915. Drawings by J.P. Pinchon, captions by Caumery. Quarto (~9" x 12-1/2"), printed paper over boards with red cloth quarter, faint foxing to boards, water stain at front top corner, colorful geometric design on end papers, comics printed in color. No marks within.

The Hogarth Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 158 pages, with index of first lines, glossary of some Scots English words. Two hundred nursery rhymes, collected and edited by the Montgomeries, illustrated by T. Ritchie and N. Montgomerie. 5-1/4" x 8", blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, scant wear to boards, foxing to end papers, edges age-toned, Jenners bookshop (Edinburgh) sticker and pencil notation on rear pastedown. Pages unmarked.

Editions Gautier-Languereau, 1972. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 64 pages. Further adventures of Becassine, the housemaid from the French countryside. This collection of comics originally copyright 1927. Drawings by J.P. Pinchon, captions by Caumery. Quarto (~9" x 12-1/2"), printed cream-colored cloth with beige cloth quarter, colorful geometric design on end papers, comics printed in color on semi-glossy stock, scant wear, age-toning along top part of boards and end papers, light foxing to fore-edge and title page. No marks within.

Gruppo Editoriale Giunti, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 318 pages. Reprint of 1964 130th anniversary edition of the classic. Illustrazioni di Attilio Mussino. Imperial 8vo, 21.6 x 29.2 cm (8-1/2 x 11-1/2"), blue covering over boards with gilt title and decoration, green end papers with illustration, printed on semi-gloss paper, almost no visible wear except a small chip and stains near bottom of pages 8-9 in the gutter. Dust jacket is price-clipped, light shelf wear, 1" tear to top edge of front panel. Pages unmarked. Heavy book, may incur shipping surcharge.

Indiana University Press, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 439 pages, with Notes and Sources section. Fourth printing of Midland Giant edition (1974), collection first published 1968. Drawings by Franz Altschuler. The Table of Contents lists the country whose version of each tale is included - all European except for one ancient Egyptian. Trade paperback, spine sunned, wraps lightly worn, black marker remainder mark (?) on front cover and front free end paper, edges a little smudged with faint foxing to top edge. Binding tight, pages unmarked.

The International Art Publishing Co.. Hardcover. Fair. 47 pages. No date stated, but likely 1909 edition with NY publisher, "Printed in England". "Dedicated to every child in the Empire." "Pictured" (illustrated) by Gladys Hall with b&w drawings throughout and several color plates. Little book, 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", textured brown boards with red lettering, patterned end papers, stitch of red thread on front board where a peg doll was originally attached; printed on semi-gloss stock. A rare children's classic, not in good shape: doll missing, boards frayed at corners, hinges broken to near-detachment from binding (but one sewn link remains), stains to end papers, a couple of non-professional scotch tape repairs to interior; chips, stains, a few foxing spots and eroded patches on pages. A much-used copy, in which, however, the color plates remain bright and beautiful.