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
New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. [8], 243 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Beige cloth with green and brown spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket (in mylar cover) with list of the first five title in the Black Stallion series. Inner side of the dust jacket has facsimiles of letters from..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. [6], 185, [1] p.: many full-page and in-text illustrations; 24 cm. White cloth spine with black spine title; blue-green paper over boards with dark blue-stamped main character's name on front board "Jimmy Jibbell." Color illustrated dust jacket. Quote by Art Spiegelman on..... More
Paris: C. Borrani, Libraire-Éditeur, 1880. Hardcover. [4], 420 p.; 15 cm. "Nouvelle Édition revue et corrigée." Original black cloth spine with a printed paper spine label; printed paper over boards. Back cover bears an advertisement for the author's Cours D'Histoire Recontée aux Enfants et a la Jeunesse. Series title page..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [12] p.: illustrations (including 4 full-page chromolithographs); 17 cm. Die-cut card covers with chromolithographed illustrations. Trademark easel and palette on both covers with number 1432. Contains short verse and illustrations of animals; some illustrations signed: A. K. M. Final verse, "That Naughty Jackdaw,"..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [14] p.: 4 full-page color illustrations, many in-text drawings; 28 cm. Stiffened paper covers with chromolithographed front cover illustration. Cover title and imprint. Author's name on last page of text. No date of publication, but probably 1895 or slightly later (imprint includes "Ltd."..... More
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies L. Martinet, 1900. Breville, J. Onfroy de. Hardcover. From the series Bibliothèque de la Jeunesse et de l'Enfance. There is no date of publication; the publisher is known to have been active between 1888 and 1907. 58 p.: color illustrations; 33 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with..... More