Search Results: Childrens, Fiction from Madden Books

Good+ hardcover in Good DJ. Blue cloth over boards, red titles on spine. Clean covers and spine but for few small, faint smudges on each cover; tightly bound and square in case; owner's blind embossed stamp on half title and one interior leaf; light, clean interior; faint musty odor. DJ is lightly scuffed; 1/2 inch paper lift near front cover top fore corner; 1 inch chip at rear cover/spine head joint; otherwise light edge wear. 8vo, 192 pp; illustrated.

Very Good HC in Poor DJ. Tan cloth over boards, black letters. Clean covers and spine; slightly faded at spine ends; tightly bound; light foxing on end papers; owner signed name 'Henry [Steele] Commager' (noted author and historian – NYU, Columbia & Amherst) on front free end paper; clean interior; slight age darkening at page edges. DJ is clean, lightly scuffed; some age darkening; top half of spine missing; 1 chip from spine laid in; DJ is fairly brittle. 12mo, 249 pp.

1st US edition. Very Good HC in Good DJ. Tan cloth over boards, silver letters. Clean covers and spine; very slight fading at cover edges; tightly bound; leaf 23/24 with 1 inch dog-ear crease, otherwise bright, clean interior. DJ is complete, lightly scuffed/soiled; few small chips at spine ends; 3/4 inch closed tear at front cover/spine tail joint; spotting on inner face; faintly musty odor. Now in protective mylar. 8vo, 160 pp; illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.

Later printing. Good HC, no DJ. Brown, vertical rib-grain cloth over boards with red letters and frame design. Bright, clean covers and spine; light scuffing; 2 small white paint blotches at mid-spine and 1 at back cover top fore corner; rubbed at spine ends, light fraying at spine head; tightly bound; light foxing on frontispiece and title page, otherwise clean interior. 12mo, 274 pp.

1st edition stated. Very Good hardcover in Good DJ. Beige linen-grain cloth over boards with red titles on front cover and spine; pictorial end papers; color frontispiece. Clean, square covers and spine; very slight age darkening along cover edges; tightly bound; light, clean interior; very faint musty odor. DJ is lightly scuffed with some chipping along edges; 1/4 inch paper lift at mid-spine/rear cover joint; dust spotting on rear fold-in flap at fore edge. 8vo, 187 pp; illustrated.

Library binding. Good hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library. Lightly scuffed covers; slight rubbing wear at fore corners and spine ends; library number at lower spine; tightly bound and square in case; clean interior with limited library markings. Small 4to, unpaged; illustrated throughout.

November, 1995; 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; faintly scuffed. This is a new, unread book that has shuffled among the shelves. 8vo, 183 pp.

Good hardcover. Red cloth over boards, gilt titles and designs on spine; covers blind stamped with central pictorial trio enclosed in multiple frames with floral spandrels; yellow end papers; tissue-guarded frontispieces. Clean covers and spine; some insect damage on spine with titles partially effaced; tightly bound; clean interior with occasional foxing. 24mo (14.5 cm), 154 pp; illustrated with 4 engraved plates. See, OCLC #46475785.

Red cloth over boards, black white & yellow pictorial design and letters. Lightly scuffed covers; rubbed at fore corners and spine ends; split in cloth neatly reglued at back cover.spine joint; tightly bound; neatly reglued at end paper hinges; owner name and date (1902) in pencil on front free end paper; clean interior. 'American Boys Series' on lower spine and adverts at end of text block; 'The Forest Glen Series' on title page. Cf, Sternick, #682; later printing. 12mo, 292 pp; illustrated.

Later printing (Ca. 1946; copyright 1933). Good+ hardcover in Good DJ. Red boards, black design and titles; brown and white pictorial end papers. Clean, square covers and spine; some fading at spine ends and very slight rubbing wear; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. DJ is price-clipped; scuffed; chipping at spine ends with light edge wear; some damp staining on spine and rear cover.