New York: Baker, Crane, & Day, 1846. Paperback. 8 p.: woodcut illustrations; 7.5 cm. Brown wrappers without illustration. No date of publication. Baker, Crane, & Day was established when Mahlon Day retired in 1845; however, by March 1847 it had been dissolved. Title vignette with a 4-line verse advertisement for... More
New York: Platt & Munk Co., 1934. Hardcover. [approx. 150] p., color frontispiece: illustrations; 26 cm. Orange cloth with black spine and cover titles, and cover illustration. "Good Stories selected from John Martin's Book" -- on front cover. Contains many nicely illustrated stories and poems. In Very Good Condition: spine... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1864. Cruikshank, George. Paperback. [8] p.: hand-colored illustrations; 14 cm. Yellow wrappers; front wrapper illustration printed in orange and black, signed: E.P.C. [probably Edward P. Cogger]. Part of the publisher's Uncle Frank's Series. No date of publication is given, however it was produced no earlier than... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. Hardcover. [32] p.: illustrations (including 7 double-page color illustrations); 32 cm. Red cloth spine with color and gilt illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers and title page. Each double-page illustration has a gilt floral border. Gift inscription on front fixed endpaper: "Albert from... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [14] p.: illustrations (line drawings and chromolithographed illustrations); 37 cm. Chromolithographed card covers; upper edge of covers and pages is shaped to follow the front cover illustration. Front cover chromolithographed illustration is of three children, a bag of toys, and a cat chasing... More
Kenosha, Wis. Samuel Lowe Co., 1941. Paperback. [192] p.: full-page illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with identical illustrations on front and back covers. Cover title: Mammoth 192 Page Paint Book. "L-1050" -- on cover. Each page has a caption below the illustration, in many cases telling a popular children's story or... More
Barcelona: Ramón Sopena, 1930. Hardcover. [52] p.; many illustrations, including 4 full-page color illustrations; 25 cm. Dark green cloth spine; paper over boards. Color illustrated front board; publisher's advertisements on back board printed in red and black. Part of the series Biblioteca para Niños. "Nihil obstat" June 15 1917 --... More
Leicester, Mass. Russell Manfacturing Co., 1946. Six children's card games in their original illustrated boxes, labelled vol. 1-vol. 6, and the original red cardboard case with "Mickey Mouse Library of Games" in an embossed silver-on-black paper label across the front. Individual card boxes are 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm... More
New York: Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co., 1914. Mary LaFetra Russell. [16] p.: color illustrations; 30 cm. Wrapper title and publication information. Wrappers included in page count. "No. 709" -- on front wrapper. Illustrated by Mary LaFetra Russell. "Linen" -- on front wrapper. Printed on linen-back paper, except for wrapper... More
New York: Graham & Matlack, 1912. Hardcover. [60] p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Front board has 4 chromolithographed illustrations, most prominently featuring the cat and the fiddle. Back board has an illustration of a girl, a boy, and a.... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Hardcover. "Author's Edition." 48 p.: chromolithographed illustrations; 18 cm. Blue-green cloth spine; pink glazed pictorial boards with identical chromolithographed illustration and title on each board. Olive green endpapers. All page edges pink. llustrated half title and title pages. Colophon on back free endpaper... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1945. Hardcover. 52 p.: color illustrations; 17 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; illustrated pastedown on front cover. No dust jacket. Top page edges red. Illustrated endpapers. llustrated title page. Colophon on back free endpaper: "Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, Ltd... More
New York: Heinrich Ludwig [Henry Ludwig], 1856. Hardcover. 216 p.; 17 cm. Original cloth spine with pink paper over boards printed in black. Front cover adds to imprint: Zu haben bei Wilhelm Radde. Back cover contains publisher's advertisement for other school books in German. Copyright by Henry Ludwig in 1846... More
Providence, R.I. Cory and Daniels, 1835. Paperback. 23, [1] p.: wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, and in-text illustrations; 14 cm. Yellow wrappers printed in black with front wrapper illustration and title within decorative border. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper within different border. Frontispiece shows boys playing "blind-man's buff" and marbles. Alphabet... More
New York: Stephen M. Crane, 1847. Paperback. "Egbert, Hovey & King, Printers." 16 p.: illustrations; 13 cm. Green wrappers; wrapper title: Nothing At All: and The School Boys. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper, which declares that Stephen M. Crane is the successor to Mahlon Day. Contains two stories; caption title... More
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Kenosha, WI: James & Jonathan, 1966. Paperback. [16] p.: color illustrations; 20 cm. Stapled paperback with illustrated cover. Attached to cardboard 30 cm. tall, with a "Tiny Tv" -- a moveable dial behind a plastic sheet with lines on it which create a sense of motion from the images displayed... More
New York: Pacific Coast Borax Co., 1933. Paperback. [16] p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Stapled booklet. Cover title. One interior page contains a full-page advertisement for the Furnace Creek Inn in Death Valley, opened by the Pacific Coast Borax Co. in 1927. Contents: She Burns Green, illustrated by Rico Tomaso... More
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London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [12] p.: 2 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 19 cm. Linen-backed paper wrappers with staple binding; chromolithographed front cover illustration of a dog in a kennel. Imprint on the back wrapper. No date of publication but form of publisher's name indicates it was published in... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, 1840. Paperback. 8 p.: 7 woodcut illustrations; 75 mm. Blue wrapper, stitched, with ornate border on both wrappers. Title vignette of a girl being chased by two boys. Each page of text except the first has an illustration. Back wrapper bears advertisement for the publisher's "Toy... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1848. Paperback. 32 p.: 1 woodcut illustration; 11 cm. Front wrapper illustrated. Wrapper title. Running title: Hymns. Table of first lines, p. 31-32. Without music. Back wrapper contains publisher's advertisements with main address of 146 Chestnut St., Philadelphia (where it was located 1827-1853), and branch... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Hardcover. [2], 61, [5] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Red cloth spine; cover title in white on black on red-and-white illustrated paper over boards. Red fixed endpapers. Advertisements for Picture Scripts on single page preceding and following text. "No. 506" -- at lower edge of... More
New Haven, Ct. S. Babcock, 1835. Paperback. 16 p.: 7 full-page and in-text illustrations; 11 cm. Yellow wrappers, front wrapper reproducing title page with decorative border. Advertisement on back wrapper for "New and Beautiful Editions of Babcock's Toy Books." Full-page captioned woodcut illustrations on the inside of front and back... More
New York: Wonder Books, a Division of Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Hardcover. [20] p.: color illustrations; 21 cm. Color illustrated paper over boards. "667." Price 39 cents in upper right-hand corner of front cover. "With washable covers" -- on front and back covers. Publisher's advertisement for eight books inside back... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. André, Richard. Paperback. [8] p.: 4 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 27 cm. Chromolithographed paper wrappers with front and back wrapper illustrations, and full-page chromolithographed illustrations inside both front and back wrapper. Pages are stiffened linen. From the story by Charles Perrault. Identified as part of the... More
New York: McLoughlin Bro's & Co., 1870. Paperback. [8] p.: 7 chromolithographed illustrations; 15 cm. Yellow wrappers with black-and-red front wrapper illustration. Back wrapper has publisher's advertisement for 9 of the publisher's series of children's books. "Father's Series"--at head of front wrapper. Gift inscription inside front wrapper, dated 1872. From... More