The ABC of Animals
New York: McLoughlin, n.d. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-covered linen wrapper. 26cm. Substantial wrinkling and wear on the colorful wrapper. More
New York: McLoughlin, n.d. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-covered linen wrapper. 26cm. Substantial wrinkling and wear on the colorful wrapper. More
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
London: Ernest Nister, 1890. Hardcover. 8 color plates. Pictorial cloth-backed cover. 28cm. Sound but with general soiling and wear. No Jacket. 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: n.d. [19th century]. Paperback. Illustrated. Thin flexible card wrapper (tips of lower corner chipped). Partially browned. 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 Institutional stamp (stamped withdrawn) on title-page.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
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
Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., n.d.[circa 1890]. Hardcover. Illustrated (8 plates in color. Pages not numbered. Pictorial boards backed in cloth. 25cm. Edges rather heavily rubbed. Moderate cover soil. Lower margin slightly trimmed on one plate. No jacket. A children's book. More
Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1855. Hardcover. 6 color plates, 191p. Cloth. 14cm. Scattered foxing. An uncommon little juvenile. More
Boston: Cyrus G. Cooke, n.d. [186-?]. Paperback. illustrations (in text), 36p. Light brown wrapper. 16cm. Name and "Christmas 1865" inked along top of front cover (which also has a corner crease). The center illustration on the front cover of four girls is encircled by nine smaller illustrations; "Girl's Delight" lettered..... More
New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., n.d. Paperback. illustrations (many color), (11)p. Softcover in original pictorial wrapper. 24 cm. Modest cover discoloration and minor wear. All Linen Series 0401. This linen edition appears to be uncommon. More
London: Printed by John Chappell (Successor to R. Harrild), No. 41, Haydon Square, Minories, n.d. [1840s?]. Paperback. hand-colored (later?) frontis, 14 partial-page woodcut illustrations (one for each bird). Wrapper. Plain contemporary stiff wrapper (original?). 14cm. Browning and soil around edges of wrapper. Contents sound and clean although one leaf is..... More
Saml. Gabriel Sons & Co., (c. 1942). Hardcover. Thin pictorial boards. Oblong 25cm. A few small pieces chipped from pictorial scene on front cover. All gummed sheets present and unused. No Jacket. 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: Darton and Clark, n.d. [1840s?]. Paperback. colored vignette on title-page followed by 16 leaves printed on one side with a hand colored illustration on the top half and text below, and ending with a page advertising Mrs. Sherwood's New Sixpenny Books, with Colored Plates. Printed wrapper, with a small..... 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