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
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
Battle Creek, Mich. Kellogg Co., 1935. Paperback. 5, [3] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback; stapled. Cover title: When the Great Were Small: Childhood Stories of the Great Masters. Contains stories about artists Fra Filippo Lippi, Giotto Di Bondone, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Joshua Reynolds, and musicians Ludwig van..... 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
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
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
New York: Sheldon & Co., 1870. Hardcover. 221, [1] p.: frontispiece and 11 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
Boston: William Crosby and Co., 1840. Hardcover. 189, [3] p.: 2 full-page illustrations; 17 cm. Brown rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Author's advertisement for other books in the Rollo series on one unpaginated page following text. First edition. Former owner's name on front free..... More
Boston: Lincoln & Edmunds, 1816. Hardcover. Title continued: "In Three Parts. Part I. Geographical Orthography, Divided and Accented; Part II. A Grammar of Geography, to be Committed to Memory; Part III. A Description of the Earth, Manner and Customs of the Inhabitants, Manufactures, Commerce, Government, Natural and Artificial Curiosities, &c..... More
Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1801. Hardcover. "Printed for Joseph Bumstead. Sold by him at no. 20, Union-Street: by Thomas and Andrews, Newbury-Street; by E. and S. Larkin, Wm. P. and L. Blake, W. Pelham, and C. Bingham, Cornhill." viii, [1], 10-321, [3] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf; red leather spine..... More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1970. Paperback. [16] p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled; color illustration on paper cover. Drawings by Fyodor Lemkul; translated from the Russian by Fainna Glagoleva. No date of publication; 1970 is from WorldCat records. The publisher was established in 1931 and still exists. A charming story told..... More
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1954. Hardcover. An Abridged Edition. 256 p., color frontispiece; 19 cm. Light blue cover with silver spine title and emblem of Seagull Library on front cover. Top page edges blue. Illustrated dust jacket with publisher's advertisment for its Seagull Library on the back section. A list..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1926. Hardcover. [10], 335, [3] p., color frontispiece and 7 leaves of color plates; 23 cm. Black cloth with spine title and color paste-down on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Title page in red and black. Publisher's advertisement of eight books by the author on unpaginated..... More
Rahway, NJ: The Mershon Co., 1904. Hardcover. vi, 250 p., 1 additonal leaf of illustration; 19 cm. Green cloth with white spine and cover titles; red and black front cover illustration and spine decoration. No dust jacket. All page edges green. Publisher's advertisement for five other titles by Alger on..... More
New York: Hurst & Co., 1905. Hardcover. 304, [14] p.; 19 cm. Grey cloth with gilt spine title and black spine illustration; color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt back ground. Both illustrations of a newsboy. Publisher's advertisement on 14 unpaginated pages following text. No date of publication. Address..... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1920. Hardcover. 247, [3] p.; 19 cm. Printed paper over boards; spine and front cover titles and illustrations printed in black on a small red check background. Front cover illustration is of a male cheerleader with a megaphone in front of men playing football. No..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. John C. Winston Co., 1904. Hardcover. 293 p.: frontispiece; 19 cm. Publisher's grey cloth printed in red, blue, and black with illustration of boy delivering telegram on front. No dust jacket. No date of publication. Verso of title page contains list of Alger books published by A.K. Loring..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Three volumes in one slipcase. The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; Being literally translated from the Arabic into French by J. C. Mardrus; and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. vii, [3], 50..... More