New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Later printing. Hardcover. Oblong octavo; pp; 104, (i); beautifully illustrated with a color frontispiece and black and white plates by Berta & Elmer Hader; pictorial green cloth with a wrap-around illustration, lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers;. Lovely tale of a boy who loves trains..... More
New York: Holiday House, 1937. Original wraps. Sextodecimo (4" x 5.25"), red wraps with black Santa and reindeer wrap-around cover illustration. Unpaginated, but 30pp. Illustrated with color woodcuts in black, red and green. Illustrations by Ilse Bischoff Some light rubbing and faint crease in the cover, otherwise a very good..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 119, (ix), index; beautifully illustrated in color by Mary Engelbreit; pictorial paper covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket;. A great edition for a child to make its own and grow up with! More
New York: A. L. Burt Company, Nd, c1898. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 217; pictorial tan cloth, lettered in black;. Oliver Optic, William Taylor Adams (1822 – 1897), pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Boat Club issued in..... More
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1907). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (iv), 381, (iv), ads; Illustrated by J. Watson Davis, frontispiece plus five black and white plates; pictorial blue cloth lettered in white;. A scarce juvenile in today's market in great condition. War of 1812 Boy's fiction. More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1919. Lucy Fitch Perkins. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo; pp; viii, (ii), 106, (ii); illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, twenty-eight full page black and white plates; pictorial quarter terra-cotta cloth and tan boards, lettered in red, spine lettered in white;. Nicely illustrated and unusual..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp; (126); beautifully illustrated with color & black and white plates and numerous in text illustrations; decorated blue cloth lettered in gilt;. Handsome illustrations. More
New York: The Century Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; xii, 197; illustrated with a frontispiece and seventeen black and white inserted plates by Florence Scovel Shinn; pictorial green cloth lettered in white;. A bright copy. More
Boston: The Palmer Company, (1911). First Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo; pp; 60, illustrated in black and white by B. Le Fanu; original pictorial tan paper wrappers;. Contains Little Snow-White; Bremen town musicians; Three feathers; Hansel and Gretel; Clever little tailor; Golden goose; Sprite of the mill-pond; Quite scarce. As of cataloguing..... More
Pleasantville: Reader' Digest Association, Inc., 1986. Cloth. (1986). Octavo (6" x 9.25"), half black faux leather and olive green cloth. Gilt titles and cover illustration. "Marbled" endpapers. 304pp. Illustrated in the text by E. W. Kemble. Ribbon marker. Very good or better. With the 4p. "Reader's Digest World's Best Reading"..... More
(New York): Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Narrow quarto; pp; (30); beautifully illustrated in color, (9 plates) and black and white by Marc Simont; quarter black cloth and color pictorial paper covered boards; Some edge wear, a small blemish to the lower rear board, yet a solid clean..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., (1917). First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; 179, (11), ads; illustrated with a frontispiec and twelve additional black and white photographs; pictorial tan cloth lettered in black;. Much on the life, customs, and the Gypsy population. More
New York: Edward Stern & Co., (1935. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo; pp; 48, (i); illustrated by Robert W. Frome with 23 black and white plates; original printed pictorial paper wrappers; ;. A "Picture Script" from the Lincoln School of Teacher's College, Columbia University. One of three separate issues, the others..... More
Boston and Chicago: Congregational Sunday-School Publishing Society, (1893). First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp. 178; Frontispiece plus one additional black and white plate; pictorial tan cloth lettered in gilt and black;. A morality tale of a set of twins. Unrecorded. More
New York & Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, glossy pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color with foldout pages that accompany the song "Hello Hello". CD rom of folk music at back. Inscribed by the author and illustrator. More