New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. [32] p.: illustrations; 23 x 26 cm. Publisher's special presentation binding: half red morocco with gilt spine title and red cloth over boards. Red endpapers. Top page edges gilt. Stated First Edition. From the author's library. A story about children who need..... More
Kobenhavn [Copenhagen]: Jespersen og Pios Forlag, 1968. Hardcover. 83, [1] p.; 21 cm. Hardback with front cover illustration by Robert Viby. Translation into Danish by Bente Viale of My Brother Stevie, published in 1967. In Very Good+ Condition: back cover slightly rubbed and soiled; slight ding in upper edges of..... More
Melbourne: E. W. Cole Publishing House, 1930. Paperback. [48] p.: illustrations, including full-page color illustrations; 25 cm. Stapled card covers with color illustrations. Cover title: Cole's funny ABC book. Edward William Cole (1832-1918) was an Australian publisher and bookseller in Melbourne. He first published Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Hardcover. [6], 55, [1] p.: frontispiece and 13 additional leaves of plates ; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Two pastedowns on front board: one with black title to look like a calling card, the other an illustration; gilt-stamped author's name on..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1925. Paperback. John R. Coryell was a pseudonym used by Nicholas Carter. 125 p.; 19 cm. Brown stiffened paper cover with black spine and cover titles. Color illustrated dust jacket with a list of books in the Nick Carter series on the back. The dime..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1917. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: 4 full-page and 2 double-page color illustrations, many in-text drawings; 23 cm. Yellow stiffened paper covers with color illustration on front cover and advertisements for Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books in red and black on back cover. No date of..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1903. Hardcover. Second edition. [8], 94, [2] p.: 24 full-page color illustrations; 13 cm. Publisher's light brown cloth with dark brown-stamped spine and cover titles on a background of dark brown vertical lines; bank cover is blank. Each leaf printed on one side only, with one page..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1910. Hardcover. [8], 18-57, [3] p.: 15 full-page color illustrations; 18 cm. Red paper over boards with black spine title and white-and-black cover title. Color pastedown on front cover. Color illustrated endpapers. Illustrated list for the publisher's The Children's Red Books series on pp. [2-3];..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1912. Hardcover. [10], 291, [1] p.: frontispiece and 3 leaves of illustration; 20 cm. Publisher's green cloth with white stamped spine and cover titles; white and black spine and cover illustration. First edition in book form. "Published September, 1912" -- title page verso. This..... More
New York: Random House, 1949. Hardcover. 39, [1] p.: color illustrations; 37 cm. Dark blue cloth spine; color illustrated yellow paper over boards. Green endpapers with grey elephants. No dust jacket. First American edition. Seven titles are listed on the copyright page, ending with Barbar's Cousin: That Rascal Arthur; it..... More
Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press, 2008. Hardcover. Third Edition. [32] p.: color illustrations; 23 x 18 cm. In 2004 the artist Michael De Feo mounted giant illustrations throughout New York City. Photographed and organized here, they illustrate an urban alphabet, from a giant ant on a wall to a zebro..... More
Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society, 1847. Paperback. 8 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Brown wrappers with "Part 8" on front wrapper; decorative border on front and back wrappers. Back wrapper has illustration of group of girls in bonnets reading. "Written for the Massachusetts S.S. Society, and approved by the Committee of..... More
New York: J. H. Sears & Co., 1927. Hardcover. [4], 246, [2] p.; 20 cm. Off-white cloth with black spine and cover titles; red and black illustration running continuously from the back cover to the front. Top page edges red. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. No date of publication; gift..... More
![Item #001233 Robinson Crusoe [Father Tuck's "Play & Pleasure" series.]. Daniel Defoe, Helen...](/pictures/thumb/001233.jpg?v=1472082199)
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1900. Paperback. [12] p.: 4 full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 22 cm. Blue wrapper with chromolithographed illustration on front wrapper. Wrapper included in page count. Imprint on back wrapper. No date of publication. Cover title. This version of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is by Helen Marion Burnside; signed..... More
Nashville, Tenn. Cokesbury Press, 1932. Hardcover. Copyright by Whitmore & Smith. 404 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with black spine title and orange and black cover title and illustration. Inscribed on front fixed endpaper: Happy Club. Arranged by month, with 4 or 5 party suggestions per month. Includes suggestions..... More
The Hague: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1948. Hardcover. Imprint includes: Bailey Bros & Swinfen, London. First published in Dutch as Miezelientje en Prinses Rosmarijn; translated by Mrs. Wim Pinchin. No date of publication; WorldCat gives 1948 as the year of publication. 56 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. White cloth spine;..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. 128 p., color frontispiece: title vignette, full-page and in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark green cloth with black spine title; white stamped cover title with black cover illustration. No date of publication. Advertised with a different cover in 1907 and 1909. Former owner's name on..... More
Buffalo, NY: Hecker-H-O Co., 1936. Paperback. 72, [24] p.: full-page black-and-white illustrations, color comic strips; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The final 24 pages contain 12 2-page comic strips, each with 12 panels. The book is based on Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders, a radio program broadcast from..... More
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros. 1934. Lupprian, Hildegard. Hardcover. [8], 112 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Red cloth with black spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. "By Special Arrangement with Milton Bradley Co." Contains 19 short stories presenting Native American folklore for children. In Very Good Conditon: edges are lightly rubbed; cover..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Johnson & Warner, 1810. Hardcover. 32 p.: engraved frontispiece and 5 leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain paper on paste board, printed in black with front and back within simple decorative borders. Imprint on cover dated 1811. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Frontispiece attached to inside..... More
Philadelphia: Americanische Sonntags Schulen Union, 1832. Hardcover. 246, 3, [3] p.; 13 cm. Original leather spine and plain boards. Checklist American Imprints, 10938. The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia. This was a translation of the ASSU's Union Questions. Running title: Schriftfragen. Contains errata (Druckfehler)..... More
Paris: P.C. Lehuby, 1852. Bayalos. Hardcover. 3e édition, revue et corrigée (on p. 2, the series title verso). 252 p.: tissue-guarded chromolithographed frontispiece, 7 additional leaves of chromolithographed plates; 20 cm. Mid-19th-century card binding with intricate floral decoration in gilt, red, green blue, and purple. Spine title: Etudes & Plaisirs..... More
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1915. Hardcover. 63, [1] p., color frontispiece: full-page and in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with paper over boards; title and color illustration on front board; back board is plain white. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper: "Wesley Faulk, Christmas 1915." Contents..... More
![Item #003068 Moral Tales for Young People [vol. 2]. Maria Edgeworth](/pictures/thumb/003068.JPG?v=1472082270)
New York: George Long, 1821. Hardcover. 228 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary black leather spine and corners with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between gilt double rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume number in fourth, with gilt floret in other compartments. Small bookplate of Ladies' Social Library..... More
New York: George F. Hopkins, 1801. Hardcover. "The First American Edition." 2 volumes: vi, [2], 344 p.; [4], 333, [11] p.: in-text tables; 21 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red morocco labels in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Edgeworth on Education. All..... More