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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... 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 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... More
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... More
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... More
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"... More
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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... More
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1856. Paperback. 8 p.: illustrations; 80 mm. Yellow wrappers printed in black with illustration on front wrapper repeating title vignette, and borders on both wrappers. The publisher's address on the front wrapper is given as 123 & 125 William St.; Kiggins & Kellogg was located... More
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... 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
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... More
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... More
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... More
Walt Disney Productions, 1942. Paperback. "Authorized Edition." [16] p.: color illustrations; 33 cm. Stapled; wrappers included in page count. Published the same year as the Disney animated movie. In Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; soiling at center of gutter on pp. [2-3] and... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1897. Hardcover. Approx. [72] p.: many full-page chromolithographed illustrations and in-text line drawings; 24 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed paper over boards. Front cover illustration is of Aladdin; back cover is grey. Cover title and imprint dated 1897. First page has title "Wonderland Stories" with... More
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Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842. Hardcover. 16, 16 p.: illustrations; 1 cm. Black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title: The Wondf. Lamp. Marbled paper over boards. No date of publication. Title page gives publisher's address as 146 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, where it was located from 1827 to 1853. This title... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1883. Paperback. [16] p.: chromolithographed illustrations; 27 cm. Sewn chromolithographed wrappers; wrapper title. Back wrapper contains advertisement for the publisher's series Picture Books for Little Children. Each page contains an illustration of dogs dressed and acting as humans with a verse describing the scene. In Good... More
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1818. Paperback. Title page imprint: "New-York. Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261 Pearl-Street; And Samuel S. Wood & Co. no. 212 Market-street, Baltimore." 16 p.: woodcut illustrations; 11 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black with woodcut of a peacock on the front... More
Jersey City, N.J. Barr-Dinwiddie Co., 1892. Hardcover. 181 p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Red cloth spine with chromolithographed illustrated paper over boards. Illustration on front board includes Queen Victoria. Title vignette of the Tower Bridge. No date of publication. Imprint on the front board is McCarthy &... More
London; Edinburgh; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1863. Paperback. 16 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. Green wrapper with illustrated front wrapper; sewn. Wrapper title and imprint. Series title on front wrapper and first page: New Stories by A.L.O.E., 5. No date of publication. Series dated 1863 in British Library Catalog... More
New York: Sheldon & Co., 1870. Hardcover. 215, [1] p.: frontispiece and 10 additional illustrations, some in-text and others full-page; 17 cm. Original red-orange, pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover title, the spine title intricately embellished. Additional black-stamped ornamentation on spine and front cover; back cover has blind-stamped... More