Suevernyi trusokhvostnik
Moskva: Detgiz, 1961. Paperback. color illustrations, 30, (3)p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover tear (repaired on back with archival tape. Some splitting at fold. Contents sound and clean. Russian text. Russian children's book. More
Moskva: Detgiz, 1961. Paperback. color illustrations, 30, (3)p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover tear (repaired on back with archival tape. Some splitting at fold. Contents sound and clean. Russian text. Russian children's book. More
Tokyo & Palo Alto: Kodansha, (c. 1972). 1st ed. of this translation. Hardcover. illustrations, 164p. Original green cloth. dj. 26 cm. Jacket somewhat worn. Text double-leaved and printed on one side of each leaf. Sixteen Miyazawa children's tales translated by John Bester. More
A Londres: Au Depot des jeux instructifs pour la Jeunesse, chez Didier et Tebett, no. 75, St. James Street: De la Imprimerie de Cox, Fils, et Baylis, 1806. Hardcover. 8 (of 16) plates, xii, [2], [21]-125, [1]p. Contemporary leather. 14cm. Joint splitting at end. Head of backstrip chipped. Imperfect: lacks..... More
Calgary: Information Resources, University of Calgary, [1905]. Paperback. color illustrations, [40]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Curated by Mary McConnell, Dani Pahulje, Apollonia Steele and Cameron Treleaven. Superb exhibition of first editions of Montgomery's books. This attractive catalog is illustrated with separate color photographs of the books and, in..... More
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, (c. 1999). Giselle Potter. 1st ed. Hardcover. color illustrations, approx. (42) unnumbered pages. Original pictorial boards. dj. 23 cm. More
[Brooklyn]: [c. 1902]. color illustrations, [30] unnumbered leaves (printed on rectos only). Oblong (about 27 x 38 cm.) Lacks cover, title-page and other preliminaries and 8 of the 37 full-page color illustrations -- seven of the missing illustrations appeared at the beginning or end of the book; the eighth missing..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 19 color plates (including frontis and 32 full-page black & white illustrations, 166p. Rebound for the library in red buckram with most of original red backstrip and front and back cover panels mounted. 33 cm. Ex..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. (c. 1889). Hardcover. Pictorial boards. 26cm. Rear hinge reinforced with tape. Ends of backstrip worn. Outer leaves browned. No jacket. More
New York: Jump at the Sun / Hyperion Books for Children, (c. 2006). 1st ed. Hardcover. color illustrations, Oblong pictorial boards. 23cm. dj. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, n.d. (1922). Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Hardcover. frontis, color illustrations (by Outhwaite), vii, 103p. Original cloth backed boards. 26 cm. Wear along joints and other extremities (some loss of paper or cloth, especially at cover corner and both ends of the backstrip). Other cover wear..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (c. 1944). Hardcover. (60)p. Original illusrated boards. dj. 21 cm. Jacket price-clipped but otherwise bright and attractive. More
New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1945. Charles E. Bracker with covers by Paul Kaloda. Paperback. illustrations, (13)p. Softcover in original shaped pictorial wrapper. 30 cm. Shape book with a little removable Joey (baby kangaroo) in the pouch (just a slit in the front cover). More
New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1945. Charles E. Bracker with covers by Paul Kaloda. Paperback. illustrations, (13)p. Softcover in original shaped pictorial wrapper. 30 cm. Cover edges visibly rubbed. Shape book with a little removable Joey (baby kangaroo) in the pouch (just a slit in the front cover). In this..... More
New York: Maxton Publishers, Inc., 1945. Charles E. Bracker with covers by Paul Kaloda. Paperback. illustrations, (13)p. Softcover in original shaped pictorial wrapper. 30 cm. Cover colors bright with Mother Kangaroo reddish brown. Shape book with a little removable Joey (baby kangaroo) in the pouch (just a slit in the..... More
New York: R. H, Russell, (c. 1900). Hardcover. photos, unnumbered. Original cloth-backed boards with a photographic imag on the front cover. Oblong 37 x 24 cm. Corners, edges and ends of backstrip chipped and rubbed. Some cover soil. Contents sound and clean. No jacket or box is present -- it..... More
New York: Welcome Enterprises, (c. 1994). Romare Bearden. Hardcover. color illustrations, (30)p. Original decorative boards (same image as on dj). dj. 30 cm. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1939. Charles Farrell. 2nd printing. Hardcover. photos (by Charles Farrell), 121p. Original orange cloth. dj. 27 cm. Jacket edges and backstrip chipped with small pieces missing from the top and bottom end of backstrip. Corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. Penciled former owner..... More
Boston: Compliments of Shepard, Norwell & Co. Winter Street, Boston, n.d. [ca. 1880?]. Paperback. 4 color illustrations (none full-page), [8]p. 11cm. Corner of front cover browned. Faint stamp (postmark?) on back cover. Eight short poems in this little promotional booklet. More
Andover, Mass. Mark Newman, 1817. "From the second London Edition." Hardcover. frontis, 86p. Contemporary leather. 14cm. Covers detached at front hinge and heavily worn. Contents moderately browned with some foxing. Bookplate of Thomas Day Seymour (and the signature of his father, Nathan P. Seymour, dated 1820). Sherwood's tale of India..... More
Boston: Armstrong and Crocker & Bewster, 1821. First American, from the Eleventh London edition [so stated on title-page]. Paperback. frontis, 71p. Wrapper. Original printed wrapper. 14cm. Back cover almost detached. Backstrip mostly gone. Contents sound but there is substantial foxing. Most of the story in this children's book is set..... More
New York: The Platt & Peck Co., (c. 1916). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, unnumbered pages. Original pictorial cloth. 21 cm. Mostly modest foxing. No jacket. More
Boston: D. Lothrop, (c. 1882). Hardcover. Illustrated. Decorated cloth. Endpaper split raggedly along front hinge. Spine slightly sloped. An attractive cover. An attractive copy. More
New York: William Morrow, (c. 1929). 1st ed. Hardcover. dj. More
Boston: James Loring, 1831. Hardcover. frontis, 108p. Printed boards backed in leather. 15cm. Backstrip heavily chipped at ends and along joints. Light stain on front free endpaper and adjacent blank leaf. Scattered foxing. Some text leaves browned. A religiously-oriented children's book. More
New York: William Morrow, (c. 1931). 1st ed. Hardcover. dj (lightly worn). More