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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Edward Shenton, Colleen Browning, Edy Legrand, PhyllisRowand, Phoebe Erickson, Miska Petersham, Maurice Sendak, Harvey Weiss,Don Freeman, Hildegarde Woodward (illustrator). First Edition. Clean, straight copy, in a bright DJ with closed tears, and corner wear. Light tone throughout text. From 1957- 1961 the Doubleday Book Clubs, under the Nelson Doubleday imprint, published a multi-volume work entitled Best in Children's Books. In all, there were 42 volumes published, each issued with a full color dust jacket. Maurice Sendak; 8vo.
Published by Nelson Doubleday, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1960
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Edward Shenton / Colleen Browning / Edy Legrand / PhyllisRowand / Phoebe Erickson / Maud and Miska Petersham / Maurice Sendak /Harvey Weiss / Don Freeman / Hildegarde Woodward (illustrator). First Edition: First Printing. 160 pages: 5.75 x 8.50 in.: 1: Vol. 31: KB#017324: Bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket is worn along edges and has several edge chips, but is otherwise complete. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound, and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Twelve Stories include: Lewis and Clark: Explorers of the Far West by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Edward Shenton * Tattercoats by Joseph Jacobs, illustrated by Colleen Browning * Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals by Mary Frere, illustrated by Edy Legrand * Middle Bear by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Phyllis Rowand * Chips, the Story of a Cocker Spaniel by Connie Moran and Diana Thorne, illustrated by Phoebe Erickson * Picnic Basket by Margery Clark, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham * Windy Wash Day and Other Poems by Dorothy Aldis, illustrated by Maurice Sendak * Go Fly a Kite by Harry Edward Neal, illustrated by Harvey Weiss * Salt-Water 'Zoos' illustrated with photos * Cornelia's Jewels by James Baldwin, illustrated by Don Freeman * Three Seeds by Hester Hawkes, illustrated by Hildegarde Woodward * Let's Go to Iceland and Greenland illustrated with photos. : Color Illustrations.
Published by Nelson Doubleday, Inc, New York, 1960
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tears and shelfwear on panel corners and spine crown and heel. 1/2 inch closed tears on top front and rear panels. Light foxing on rear panel.