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By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Albany, D. R. Niver Publishing Co.: 1887
Seller ID: 11645
Condition: Good
Pictorial covers with very striking illustrations both front and back. Back is of Father Christmas on a bicycle. Some edge and corner wear but bright and appealing. The binding has been reglued at some point, and while, everything seems tight, the repair work is apparent. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 43 pages; Children's stories with a number of excellent, full-color illustrations. View more info
By: (Unknown)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston, Henry A. Young & Co.: ca. 1850
Seller ID: 16109
Condition: Good+
Bluish-green cloth over boards with paste-on full color illustration and black title and decoration. Above the illustration it reads "Sweetbrier Stories." No author, no date. This is a small, 19th century children's book. It has some edge, corner and surface wear along small area of loss, probably insect or mouse damage, at base of spine. ; Sweet Briar Stories; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 64 pages View more info
By: Addie
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York City, The American News Company: 1879
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 5694
Condition: Fair with no dust jacket
Wear to edges of boards and to spine, extensive pencil scribbles throughout book, ffep loose at bottom 2", somewhat shaken. ; Beautiful chromolithographed cover illustration, B&W illustrations throughout book, ads for other juvenile books on back cover ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; not paginated pages View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: 1872
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 11122
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Corners bumped, some wear to head and foot of spine, but boards look VG+. Pages are toned, especially on the edges. The first signature is slightly pulled but not detached. Former owners stamp on ffep. Tissue guard on frontispiece intact. ; Luck and Pluck; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 355 + ads pages; This is the fourth of the first Luck and Pluck Series, reprinted from Young Isreal, a New York juvenile magazine. Although it can be read independently, it continues the story of Walter Conrad and Joshua Drummond. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donohue Co.: 1900
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 11471
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Green and red cloth with pictorial scene of young man at railway station. Book is square and securely bound and has some light wear and rubbing. Quite attractive. Usually-missing jacket has several chips and scuffs but is still in one piece and looks reasonably attractive on book. Jacket was made of cheap paper that did not hold up well. ; Alger Series for Boys; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 247 pages; Even though this copy is an early reprint, it does have a dustjacket, which is quite unusual. View more info
By: Andersen, Hans Christian (retold by Smantha Easton)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Kansas City, Andrews and McNeel / Ariel Books: 1991
Edition: First Edition Thus; First Printing
Seller ID: 14447
ISBN: 0836249283
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Book and jacket are as new. Book seems unread. This is the classic Andersen story in a modern retelling with great illustrations. ; Color Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 31 pages View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Graham & Matlack: N.D.
Seller ID: 10916
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
Stapled board covers with frap backstrap covering staples -- see sca. Edge and corner wear with some damage to backstrap especially on the back. The ffep and the title page have come loose from the staples but are still present in the book. Binding is secure and book is square. ; B&W Illstrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; This alphabet book probably dates from the late 1800's. View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Saml. Gabriel Sons & C0.: 1939
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 13115
Stapled, full-color pictorial wraps. Light, general edge and corner wear, along with light age toning. Square and securely bound. VG to VG+. ; Color Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Unpaginated pages; "Linenette." Late thirties children's book of Dick Whittington. Each page has a near full page, color illustration by well-known illustrator R. A. Burley. Burley was known for his slightly risquae magazine covers and his later work in comic books. He did a number of these storybooks for Saml Gabriel. Solid, very attractive copy. View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, A Golden Book: 1986
Edition: First Edition Thus
Seller ID: 14450
ISBN: 0307128024
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
Book has only minor hints of wear and use. Classic retelling of this famous story with Richard Walz illustrations. Nice copy. ; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Unpaginated pages View more info
By: Arthur, Robert
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Scholastic Book Services: 1965
Edition: First Edition Thus; First Printing
Seller ID: 12956
Pictorial wraps with edge corner and surface wear. Front, bottom left corner has a short tear with minor surface loss. There is an old, vertical and mostly flattened crease down the left side of the front cover. There is some light interior toning and an old dampstain on the bottom margin on about 30 pages or so at the end of the book. For all these problems, the binding is still square and secure and the spine has no creasing. G+ to VG-. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The name Alfred Hitchcock on the cover makes this an interesting collectible. View more info
By: Aunt Carrie (Caroline L. Smith)
Price: $250.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Davis, Porter and Co.: (1850)
Edition: First Edition (?)
Seller ID: 14891
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Aunt Carrie was Caroline L. Smith, who in addition to the stories in verse, wrote books about Home Arts, Popular Pastimes and Indoor Games and Amusement. The Fisher Boy is a three page story in verse, followed by Little Meggy's Dog Tray, There was a Hobby Horse and The Dancing Lesson. Each story is illustrated with an engraving that seems to be handcolored, as is the cover illustration. The are some small chips and tears around the outer edges, overall toning to the pages and small slits at the top and bottom of the spine. For a piece of ephemera handled by children it is remarkably nice con... View more info
By: Brown, Charles Walter (ed.)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Company: 1890
Seller ID: 10921
Condition: Good+
Fairly light edge corner and surface wear. Pictorial covers with a brick red backstrip. Interior evenly toned. One page protrudes slightly but seems firmly attached -- maybe a miscut. Nice, square, securely bound copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 254 pages; No date, but WorldCat indicates 1890's. View more info
By: Butler, J. H.
Price: $80.00
Publisher: Northampton MA, John Metcalf: 1836
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 8400
Condition: Good
Yellow wrappers with engraving of lyre on front and yard scene with woman on back. Edge and corner wear with much deterioration along spine. Stitching still secure as is binding. Wrappers and pages are toned with some soiling on wraps. Actually, in remarkable condition for such a bit of ephemera. ; B&W Engravings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 24 pages; A small book of poetry, seemingly aimed at 10-12 yeard olds. Instructive tone. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Indianapolis, Van Camp's: 1923
Seller ID: 15967
Condition: Very Good
Stapled, pictorial wraps with color image of two children holding a magic lamp. Some general, light wear but with replaced staples. A few pages have minor creases on top right corners. Overall a solid VG copy. The story, used to promote Van Camp's products involves the fairy tale-like adventures of two children with a magic lamp. ; Three Color Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Company, Inc.: 1986
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 15477
ISBN: 0688061079
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Book appears as new and unread with only a hint of shelf wear, about Fine. Jacket has very light, general wear. NF. Intersting fantasy, set in Australia, where a boy visiting a sacred cave goes back in time to Aboriginal times. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The Platt & Monk Co., Inc.: 1941
Seller ID: 15480
Condition: Very Good
Yellow front cover shows two children passing the book to a bank teller. Book has edge, corner and surface wear but is still square, securely bound and attractive. Interior pages are evenly toned. See scan. Every other page has slots for coins for children to collect. The back cover has an envelope to hold pieces of puzzle to be pasted on each coin to make a picture. These puzzle pieces are missing, but the envelope and sleeves which held pieces are present. ; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages View more info
By: Dahl, Roald
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1981
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 14773
ISBN: 0394845994
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Book has light edge and corner wear along with mild aging and a few pages with very small dogears. Jacket has some chips, tears and scuffs along with loss at spine ends. ; B&W Drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 76 pages View more info
By: De Jong, Dola
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1946
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 13043
Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Beige cloth with red illustration on front and red titles on spine. Book has only light wear and some interior and exterior aging/soiling. Still square and securely bound. Jacket has some light aging and edge and corner wear along with a small chip on front bottom edge and on fold of front flap fold. Two small tears on top front edge. Small red line through price on flap fold with a new price in small red pencil. Overall jacket is still quite presentable and relatively unusual with this title. ; Black and Red Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages View more info
By: Defoe, Daniel
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Altemus: 1899
Seller ID: 15381
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Book has light wear and expected aging. Bright colors on pictorial front with a thin vertical line that appears to have been a printing flaw. See scan though this line is difficult to see. Square and securely bound. VG to VG+. Dustjacket is G only with some chips tears and holes, but is, nonetheless, quite presentable. This children's version of Robinson Crusoe is very unusual in a dustjacket. ; Altemus' Young Peoples' Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 184 pages View more info
By: Dickey, James
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers Inc. / Crown Jewel: 1978
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 10920
Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
Book has only light shelf wear. Jacket has some tears, wear and aging. Still attractive in mylar. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Main character based on Dickey's grandson View more info
By: Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1986
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 15467
ISBN: 0394551907
Condition: Near Fine
Both book and jacket have only very light, general wear with some light toning or staining on first two endpapers. Overall the book is about NF. While this book was written by Dr. Suess when he was 82, he suggested buying it for your child and giving it to him when he was 70. Fun for children and the ederly and those in between. ; Color Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages View more info
By: Edwards, Eleanor M. (compiler)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Hart Publishing Company: 1963
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 12393
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Green cloth with darker green backstrip and gilt titles. Book has very light, general wear with some light toning along edges and on interior. Former owner's name in ink on ffep. Book is square and securely bound. Jacket has some chips on edges and at spine ends. Some toning on edges of jacket. Jacket is still attractive in Mylar. ; B&W Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company: c. 1890's
Seller ID: 15951
Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket
This very popular children's book has a frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott. It still has a dust wrapper, though a fair to poor one with several chunks missing. This copy is not dated but is likely late 19th century -- quite rare with a dust wrapper. Jacket much chipped, with significant loss to the front panel, spine, and upper edge; the book has corners and spine heel rubbed, spine head a little chipped and stained, previous owner name in ink on the front pastedown.; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 62 pages View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Hurst & Company Publishers: 1896
Seller ID: 10917
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Tan sel-wraps with titles in black. Spine partially worn away and the bottom right corner on the cover and two more corner have been clipped off - see scan. There is wear on the edges and corners as well as toning throughout. The book is actually a bit better than it sounds. The pages are supple, not brittle, and the whole volume is square and securely bound; The Universal Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 194 pages View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.: 1870
Seller ID: 11660
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Light tan wraps with black titles. Much wear and chipping along edges and corners. Spine is about half gone but book still seems securely together and is square. Wraps are toned and becoming brittle. Relatively remarkable condition for such a cheaply printed book -- and a children's book to boot. ; The Universal Library; Vol. 163; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 194 pages; The only date is 1870 on the Dedication page. However, Hurst was a reprint house, so I would guess that this copy dates from the 1890's to the 1900's. View more info
