London: Ernest Nister, (1912). Children's Classics Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 351, (i); color frontispiece plus three additional color and four black and white plates by Arch Webb pictorial blue cloth with a paste-on illustration on the front board, ruled lettered in gilt, top edge stained blue, pictorial endpapers; Spine gilt..... More
Rochester NY: Stecher Lithograph Co., 1916. First Edition. Wraps. Folio; pp; (12); beautifully illustrated in color by Nina Mason; color pictorial cardstock wrappers; Front cover depicts a smiling little girl in blue polka-dot dress holding red pail and shovel against an ocean background; The Rear Cover is the rear view..... More
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: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. A New Edition. Hardcover. Spiral bound octavo; pp; (19); illustrated with full page color plates including four Pop-ups; pictorial color paper covered boards; minor edge wear, else very good. Pop-Ups adapted by A. Schenk from the original illustrations by E.H. Shepard..... More
Springfield: Milton Bradley Company, 1907. First Edition. Red boxed set lettered in gilt measuring 7.5” x 5.5”; Box contains 36 cards with a map on one side and five questions on the verso. There is an 8pp. pamphlet providing the rules of play;. This Game is complete, all 36 cards..... More
New York: Golden Press, (1949). Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (24); illustrated in color throughout by Corinne Malvern; red cloth and pictorial paper covered boards;. Moore's classic, A Visit From St. Nicholas. 29 cent cover price and an "S" in the gutter on the rear page; Most probably issued in..... 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
Napierville Il & Atlanta Ga: J. L. Nichols & Co, (1899). Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 157; frontispiece and illustrated throughout in black and white; pictorial purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt;. A collectible rebus. "Designed Especially for the Boys and Girls to Stimulate a Greater Interest in the Holy Bible." More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition. 24mo; pp; (32); illustrated in color by Crosby Bonsall; pictorial orange paper covered boards lettered in white and black in the original pictorial dust jacket; very good in a very good jacket;. A delightful story nicely illustrated;. 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: L. C. Page & Company, (1913). Later printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp; 131, (x), ads; illustrated with a frontispiece and nine additional black and white drawings by Amy M. Sacker; blue pictorial cloth lettered in gilt;. A volume in the "Cozy Corner" series. A tale set in Boston during the..... More
Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, (1929). First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 208; illustrated; original pictorial color wrap around paper wrappers; A couple of wormholes, else very good. A bright copy, and it's a fun book! 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
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1919. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 167; With 75 illustrations by the author; terracotta decorated cloth; Former owner's name and date on front endpaper, Dublin booksellers tag stamp;. A fanciful tale of the life of a grizzly bear in the woods. 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: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1952). Reprint, this copy 1973. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 184; illustrated by garth Williams; color pictorial paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers, in a pictorial dist jacket matching the book, unclipped with the $3.95 price at upper corner front flap; Small ownership name and date..... 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