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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New York: Hurst & Co., 1914. Hardcover. [58] p.,color frontispiece and 5 color plates; 22 cm. Grey cloth with blue spine and cover title; blue decoration around color paste-down on front cover. Dust jacket with color illustration on front section, in mylar cover. "Books of Topsy Turvy Land" -- at...
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1864. [8] p.: hand-colored illustrations; 17 cm. Yellow wrappers printed in orange and black. Part of the publisher's Willie Winkie's series. No date of publication, but the publisher's address is given on the wrapper as 30 Beekman St., which address was used by McLoughlin Bros. from...
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1864. Paperback. [8] p.: 6 chromolithographed illustrations; 16 cm. Yellow wrappers with black-and-red front wrapper illustration. Back wrapper has publisher's advertisement for paper dolls and paper furniture. Pencilled Christmas gift inscription inside of front wrapper, dated Dec. 1867. No date of publication. McLoughlin Brothers was at...
Riga: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1960. Toropin, Alexander. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: color illustrations; 19 cm. Stapled with illustration on front wrapper. Wrappers included in pagination. Beautiful in-text and full-page color illustrations throughout. Entirely in Latvian. Little is known about the artist, Alexander Alekseevich Toropin (1924-1960), who died in his thirties...
New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1901. Paperback. [12] p.: 2 full-page chromolithographed illustrations and 8 in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Chromolithographed wrapper illustration. Wrapper title and imprint. Father Tuck's Scripture Series. "No. 3623" at foot of front wrapper. Wrappers included in page count. Contains retellings of the New Testament parables...
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...
New Haven, Ct. Sidney Babcock, 1840. Paperback. 16 p.: 7 full-page woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. Yellow wrappers with elaborate borders. Front wrapper has title, imprint, and illustration of four girls gathered around flowers. Inside front and back wrapper contains decorative border and illustration, each signed with Alexander Anderson's AA. Back...
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1891. Pamphlet. [4] p. (paginated 97-100): illustrations; 20 cm. Contents: A Better Thought -- Miss Fret and Miss Laugh -- The Eagle -- Talk About the Lessons. The front illustration of two little girls on a wooden bench illustrates "A Better Thought."...
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1891. Pamphlet. [4] p. (paginated 105-108): illustrations; 20 cm. Contents: The Trouble with Flossie -- A Fourt of July Record -- George Washington's Mother and Benny's -- Talk About the Lessons. The front illustration of a little girl pushing her doll and...
New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1894. Hardcover. iv, 412 p., color frontispiece; full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Blue-green cloth with embossed spine and cover titles on gilt background; color spine and front cover illustrations. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Black endpapers. In Very...
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1899. Paperback. [14] p.: 6 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 27 cm. Chromolithographed paper wrappers. Title and publication information from front wrapper. Text begins and ends inside wrappers, and those pages are included in page count. Gift inscription at head of first page of text dated Dec. 25...
New York: Saml. Gabriel Sons & Company, 1911. Paperback. [14] p.: 4 full-page color illustrations; 28 cm. Stiffened paper covers; color illustrated front cover. Cover title. The first and last pages of text are on the inside of the covers and included in the page count. Identified as "No. 201"...
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1868. Paperback. [8] leaves: hand-colored illustrations; 24 cm. Pink wrappers, with front wrapper illustration of Tom Thumb riding a saddled mouse. Electrotyped by Vincent Dill, 25 & 27 New Chambers St., N.Y.--back wrapper. No date of publication. McLoughlin Bros. published at 30 Beekman St., the address...
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1833. Hardcover. 23 p.: frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of plates included in pagination; 15 cm. Original black leather spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. The cautionary tale of Sarah and James: Sarah leaves temptation alone but James tries to bite the apple...
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...
Philadelphia, Pa. Benjamin Warner, 1821. Hardcover. Title continued: "Being a sequel to the courtship, marriage, and pic-nic dinner of Robin Red-Breast and Jenny Wren." 16 p.: frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain salmon paper over paste boards. Half-title: The Burial of Cock Robin. The...
New York: Treasure Chest Publications, 1935. Paperback. 48 p.: music (melodies with keyboard accompaniment), illustrations; 24 cm. Stapled paperback with color-illustrated front cover and color publisher's advertisement on back cover. Contains music and lyrics for 66 children's songs. Includes, among others: Good Morning Merry Sunshine; Little Boy Blue; Welcome, Sweet...
Paris: Plon-Nourrit & Cie. 1911. Brissaud, Pierre. Hardcover. 31, [1] p.: chromolithographed illustrations, music; 30 cm. Blue-and-pink marbled paper over boards; printed and illustrated label on front board and smaller illustrated label on back board. Grey endpapers. Title vignette. "Édition onnée de trente-deux images par Pierre Brissaud" -- front cover...
