New York: R. Worthington, (c. 1881). Hardcover. color frontis, black & white illustrations, unpaginated. Pictorial boards backed in green cloth. 25cm. Ends of backstrip and other extremities rather worn. Fore-edges a bit ragged on a couple of leaves. More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, c. 1918. Hardcover. Illustrated. Pictorial front cover. 33cm. Moderate soiling throughout. No Jacket (probably as published). More
Providence: Geo. P. Daniels, 1836. Paperback. 8 leaves, printed on one side (hand-colored illustration on top half; printed text below). Light yellow wrapper. 15cm. Substantial nibbling along top edges of wrapper, which is lightly mottled. Contents sound and clean. The hand-coloring in this scarce little children's book is nicely done..... More
Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1830. Paperback. 64p. Nicely illustrated with many small woodcuts. 15cm. The yellow wrapper is chipped at ends of backstrip and has significant soiling on the front cover. Scattered foxing (mainly on inside of wrapper). Minor dog-earing and small chips on some text pages. Four parts appears..... More
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, [1922] colophon date is Taisho 11. Paperback. color woodcuts, unpaginated, Softcover in original tied wrapper. Crepe paper book. Small format (15 cm). Minor curling in lower right corner. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 12. More
Philadelphia: American Snday-School Union, (c. 1848). Hardcover. frontis, 84p. Original cloth. 15 cm. Gold letter chipped off of spine. Cover slightly scuffed and worn. Lacks front free endpaper. Extensive foxing. A Christian temperance tale for a juvenile audience contasting the aduly lives of temperate Christians with that of an affluent..... More
London: Ward and Lock, n.d. [circa 1860]. Hardcover. color illustrations [16]p. This listing includes two copies of this rare children's book. One copy is in a later plain binding and was trimmed to 20.1cm. when rebound. The other copy is in the original pictorial boards and measures about 20.7cm. The..... More
Reading, Pa: Pilger-Buchhandlung, n.d. [19th century]. Paperback. Illustrated. Thin flexible card wrapper (tips of lower corner chipped). Partially browned. Four center pages detached at stapled. No separate title-page present. German text. A children's book. More
New York: Appleton, (c. 1874). Hardcover. Illustrated. Ends of backstrip and cover corners worn. Institutional stamp (stamped withdrawn) on title-page. Former owner's label on endpaper. More
New-Haven: A. H. Maltby, 1831. 1st ed. 156p. Original cloth. Original title label on backstrip. 16 cm. Ex lib. (Yale University Library bookplate, discard stamp and evidence of a mostly gone label at base of backstrip). Cloth split at top on front joint. Scattered foxing (heaviest on first and last..... More
Riga: Izd-vo "Salamandra" 1926. Paperback. Softcover in original wrappers. 27cm. Cover browning. Mostly modest wear although some issues are rather worn. A twice-monthly Russian-language periodical published 1925-1926 in Latvia while the Baltic states were independent between the two World Wars. Short stories ranged from science fiction to Christmas tales. Other..... More
Springfield, Mass: McLoughlin Bros. (c. 1942). Hardcover. 12 unnumbered pages of text; six pop-up illustrations. Stiff card cover with printed illustration on front cover and blue cloth on back cover. Oblong (27 x 20cm.). Moderate general wear (some soiling, bumping, short tears and other wear. No Jacket. More
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, (c. 1941). Paperback. (12) unnumbered pages, including cover. Stapled color-illustrated picture book. Softcover in original stiff paper. 28 cm. Modest soiling and wear. Children's Book. More
London: Ernest Nister; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., n.d. [1896]. Hardcover. illustrations (many color), (36) unnumbered pages. 32cm. Illustrated cover. Some cover staining and wear. Floral-patterned endpapers. Front free endpaper trimmed (somewhat raggedly) along right edge. Gift inscription (dated 1897). Internally sound and clean. More
New York: James Miller, 1876. Hardcover. 2 vols. in 1. Illustrated. 12cm. Covers dull. Blank corner torn from one leaf. No jacket. An uncommon little book. More
London: Ernest Nister; London: E. P. Dutton & Co., n.d. Paperback. illustrations (2 color), (14) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original stiff wrapper. Oblong 16 cm. Back cover slightly discolored. Former owner's name ("Axell Johnson Christmas 1900") along top edge inside front cover. Printed in Bavaria. Each of the two pages..... More
Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1855. Hardcover. 6 color plates, 191p. Cloth. 14cm. Scattered foxing. An uncommon little juvenile. More
London: J. A. & J. R. Wood, n.d. (1850s]. Paperback. illustrations (with carelessly-applied hand coloring) on upper 60% of each page, [8] pages (including inside of wrapper). Interior pages printed on one side. Yellow wrapper. Disbound (stitch marks along left side indicate that this was removed from a bound volume)..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, n.d. [1830s or 1840s]. Paperback. 16p. Wrapper. Light pink wrapper. 9cm. Substantial foxing. An uncommon chapbook for children. OCLC lists three printings dated between 1830 and 1842. The chapbook contains a small woodcut illustration for each familiar object (ax, knives & forks, chair, horn comb, hair-brush..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1867. Hardcover. 18 full page color plates including frontis, 48p. Original green cloth with gold lettering and image on front cover. 19 cm. Minor bubbling of cover cloth. Endpaper split along gutters leaving hinges weak. Color plates darkened. More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., (c. 1936). Paperback. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 x 26 cm. Authorized Edition No. 1760. Modest cover soil and wear. More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Co., (c. 1937). Paperback. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 x 26 cm. Authorized Edition No. 1769. Moderate cover soil and wear. More
Boston: Reynolds & Co., Publishers, Booksellers and Stationers, No. 20 Cornhill, n.d. [1840s?]. Paperback. [12] unused leaves. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. "Common School Writing Book" printed on back cover. More
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Co., n.d. [ca. 1903?]. Hardcover. color frontis, b & w illustrations, unnumbered pages. 26cm. Printed on high acid paper which browned and rather brittle. Title-page creased and beginning to split along crease. Pictorial front cover spotted. Paper covering on back cover bubbled. in spots..... More
New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1889. Paperback. woodcut illustrations, [32]p. Lacks original binding. 24cm. Contents quite browned but not as brittle as one might expect. Last leaf almost entirely detached and has a tear, several small chips, and a light stain in lower right corner (which is also missing a...... More
