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Amanda's Choice


Holland, Isabelle

Philadelphia , Lippincott, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket with light price sticker residue otherwise very good.

Record # 501296


Price: $23.00 

 

Surprise Party and Other Tales, A


Osborn, Margaret S.

Hardcover. Portland, Maine, Anthoensen Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 65 pages, with illustrations throughout by the author, number 9 of a privately printed 200 copies. Gilt title on spine and ornately decorated cover boards, previous owner's inscription on rear fly leaf, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 854446


Price: $30.00 

 

The Stone Silenus


Yolen, Jane

New York, Philomel Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages. Top corner creased on page 11, light staining to page edges. Dust jacket shows light edgewear at cover and spine corners. Otherwise very good.

Record # 501760


Price: $12.00 

 

Glass Ball, The


Mayne, William, Illust. by: Janet Duchesne

NY, E.P.Dutton, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Janet Duchesne. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue to rear end papers. Nice dust jacket with a small label on spine.

Record # 600993


Price: $15.00 

 

From Rags to Riches - Horatio Alger and the American Dream


Tebbel, John

New York, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 245 pages, B&W illustrations. Brown stain to bottom margin at 1st 70 pages.

Record # 304402


Price: $15.00 

 

St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks -Volume XIV - November 1886 through October 1887


Dodge(Ed.), Mary Mapes

NY, Century Co., 1st, 1886-87, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volumes. 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering. 960 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Clean, tight condition. No library markings.

Record # 509383


Price: $125.00 

 

Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: Forests of Maine


Carter, T.H

Hardcover. Boston, T.H Carter & Co., 1st, 1843, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages. Brown cloth with gold gilt lettering and design to spine. B&w illustrations throughout. Covers have soiling and edgewear. Several pages have some foxing to them. Previous owner's inscription. Front and rear endpapers are tanned.

Record # 603180


Price: $48.00 

 

Bee Tree and Other Stuff


Newton Peck, Robert, Illust. by: Laura Lydecker

New York, Walker, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages. Black & white illustrations by Laura Lydecker.

Record # 204667


Price: $12.00 

 

Dragon Fly of Zuni, The


Malkus, Alida Sims, Illust. by: Erick Berry

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 3rd, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 213 pages. Illustrated by Erick Berry. Minor markings to back cover. Some soiling to edges. Front and rear hinge cracked. Yellow stain to top edge. Torn front cover of dust jacket laid in book. Some soiling first few pages. 1" x 1/4 " tear to bottom of half-title page at spine.

Record # 500550


Price: $20.00 

 

Golem


Wisniewski, David, Illust. by: David Wisniewski

Hardcover. NY, Clarion, 1st , 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Caldecott Winner

Record # 55284


Price: $60.00 

 

Peter Rabbit Goes to School


Brundage, Frances , Illust. by: Frances Brundage

Softcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing Co., Unknown, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated; heavy linen paper. Color illustrations throughout by Frances Brundage. Water stains on the bottom edge. Edgewear. Stamped by previous owner on each page.

Record # 401596


Price: $20.00 

 

Nutcracker, The


Chappell, Warren

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color and black & white illustrations by Chappell. Rubbing to corners and spine. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 801750


Price: $20.00 

 

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour


Hope, Laura Lee

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, Reprint, 1929(?), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Front gutter loose at hinge. Large tear on front and small tears along edges of dust jacket.

Record # 604299


Price: $13.00 

 

The Choosing Book


Lindsey, Maud

Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, 177 pages. Red cloth cover with title in black on spine and front with illustration. Spine slightly faded.

Record # 501609


Price: $35.00 

 

Runaway Lamb at the County Fair, The


Disney Studios, Walt, Illust. by: Walt Disney

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap , 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictures by Julius Svendsen. light corner wear to board covers, previous owner's signature fr. fly leaf

Record # 13250


Price: $50.00 

 

Jacob's Little Giant


Smucker, Barbara

Ontario Canada, Viking Kestrel, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 101 pages, like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602248


Price: $12.00 

 

Last Run, The


Harris, Mark Jonathan

NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Wrap around dust jacket illustration in color by Ted Lewin.

Record # 601272


Price: $15.00 

 

Witch Child


Rees, Celia

Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 261 pages. Dust jacket with minor edgewear.

Record # 508537


Price: $15.00 

 

Trig Sees Red


Peck, Robert Newton

Boston, Little Brown , 2nd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 59 pages, illustrated in b&w by Pamela Johnson. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 602202


Price: $12.00 

 

Five Months On a Derelict or, Adventures on a Floating Wreck in the Pacific


Houston, Edwin J.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Griffith & Rowland Press, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 360 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. One map missing from page 135. Some tears along front hinge. Wear to corners and spine. Soiling to covers.

Record # 508385


Price: $44.00 

 

It


Mayne, William

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 189 pages. British edition. Full color dust jacket with slight discoloration to spine. Minor chipping to top and bottom front corners.

Record # 501527


Price: $38.00 

 

Master Sunshine


Fraser, C. F.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, reprint, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 54 pages. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard. Heavy soiling to yellow cloth cover. Cover edges at top and bottom of spine frayed. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Some minor soiling and staining in text.

Record # 851659


Price: $30.00 

 

Moonflute


Wood, Don & Audrey, Illust. by: Don Wood

Paperback. La Jolla, CA, Green Tiger Press, 1st wraps, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Scarce. Tipped-in color plates by Don Wood

Record # 13006


Price: $26.00 

 

"Carrots": Just a Little Boy


Molesworth, Mrs.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 171 pages, with illustrations in color by Marion Oldham, gilt title on red cloth board. Light corner bump and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 855120


Price: $23.00 

 

Uncle Wiggily and the Pirates


Garis, Howard R., Illust. by: Lang Campbell

Softcover. Racine, Whitman, 1st, 1940, Book: Poor, Dust Jacket: None, color illustrations by Lang Campbell, cardboard covers loose, signatures loose, but all there

Record # 12089


Price: $8.00 

 

Fortunes of the Team, The


Barbour, Ralph Henry

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 279 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by A. O. Scott. Red top edge. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611051


Price: $38.00 

 

Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition, The


Breckenridge, Gerald

Hardcover. New York, A. L. Burt Company, Reprint, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 227 pages plus 12 pages of ads. Hardcover. Previous owners name and inscription on front endpaper. Light rubbing to edges of aqua colored cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611081


Price: $15.00 

 

Sunny Days - A Book for Small Children


Thomas, Cordia

Hardcover. Boston, A. A. Beauchamp, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Cordia Thomas. Previous owners inscription across front endpaper. Light wear.

Record # 611289


Price: $38.00 

 

Black Dog Mystery, The


Queen, Jr., Ellery, Illust. by: William Sanderson

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 2nd Printing, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 290 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Illustrated with black & white drawings by William Sanderson. Orange cloth covers with moderate wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611771


Price: $38.00 

 

Captain January


Richards, Laura E.

Hardcover. Boston, Dana Estes & Company, Reprint, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages. Hardcover. Distinctive yellow cloth boards with embossed illustration printed in black, yellow & maroon. Black printed titles to spine. Previous owner's signature & light foxing to endpapers. Light toning throughout. Crack to rear hinge top edge. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 751254


Price: $38.00 

 

Queen of the Pirate Isle, The


Harte, Bret

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne Co., Ltd., Reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated in full color by Kate Greenaway. Price clipped dust jacket with 2 tape repaired tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612476


Price: $23.00 

Brixton Brothers: Danger Goes Berserk (INSCRIBED)Barnett, Mac

Brixton Brothers: Danger Goes Berserk (INSCRIBED)


Barnett, Mac

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages, clean, bright hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY BARNETT on the title page.

Record # 407867


Price: $50.00 

 

Bedtime Story-Books - The Adventures of Peter Cottontail, The


Burgess, Thornton W., Illust. by: Harrison Cady

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, Reprint, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 94 pages. Hardcover. Measures: 8.25" X 7". Red cloth spine with full color illustrated cover and 10 full color illustrations by Harrison Cady. Light wear.

Record # 613387


Price: $50.00 

Danny's PartnerRogers, W.A., Illust. by: W.A. Rogers

Danny's Partner


Rogers, W.A., Illust. by: W.A. Rogers

Hardcover. New York , Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in dark blue and orange, 257 pages. Four b&w illustrations by Rogers. Light shelf wear, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 411415


Price: $11.00 

Silver PitchersAlcott, Louisa May, Illust. by: William  McCullough

Silver Pitchers


Alcott, Louisa May, Illust. by: William McCullough

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in 3-colors, 365 pages plus publisher's ads. Eight b&w plates by J.W,F, Kennedy. Spine faded, previous owner's bookplate, otherwise clean, bright.

Record # 411998


Price: $29.00 

Four Boys on Pike's Peak - Where They Went - What They Did - What They SawTomlinson, Everett T. , Illust. by: George   Avison

Four Boys on Pike's Peak - Where They Went - What They Did - What They Saw


Tomlinson, Everett T. , Illust. by: George Avison

Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 401 pages plus 12 pages of ads. Hardcover. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Black & white illustrations by George Avison. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 614108


Price: $31.00 

 

Monarch the Big Bear of Tallac


Seton, Ernest Thompson, Illust. by: Ernest Thompson Seton

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1904, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Covers bound in blue with gilt title on spine and cover with decoration. Beautiful b/w illustrations throughout. Deckled edges. Gutters split in a few places and a few pages disconnected from spine, but laid within. In good condition considering its age. Spine shows a bit of agewear with fraying at bottom of spine. Pages and edges show some age-yellowing, doesn't affect illustrations or text.

Record # 30862


Price: $31.00 

 

Rocks and Minerals and the story they tell


Irving, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages, plus index. Tan cloth covers, color-illustrated acetate-protected dust jacket, b&w drawings throughout by Ida Scheib, also illustrated with b&w photographs. Light wear to dust jacket edges, mild rubbing to cloth covers; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806249


Price: $30.00 

 

Another Book of Verses for Children


Lucas (Ed.), E.B., Illust. by: F.D. Bedford

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , Reprint., 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Black & whiite illust and color frontis and title page by F.D. Bedford. Some browning to end-papers. Front and spine of yellow cloth cover with black illust. Clear mylar dust jacket.

Record # 501180


Price: $56.00 

 

Teresita of the Valley


Means, Florence Crannell, Illust. by: Nicholas Panesis

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Lit. Guild, BC Ed., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, B&W illustrations by Nicholas Panesis. Dust jacket with chipping, chunks gone from rear panel.

Record # 501284


Price: $19.00 

 

Adventure of Horse Barnsby, The


Stong, Phil

NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, fade to spine, mild soil, unclipped.

Record # 600240


Price: $12.00 

 

Little Stories About Little Animals for Little Children


Holton, Susan

Hardcover. Boston, LeRoy Phillips, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 84 pages illustrated with 5 color plates, b&w drawings by Katharine Maynadier Browne. Red cloth covers with color label on front. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403597


Price: $30.00 

 

Younger Brother - A Cherokee Indian Tale


Simon, Charlie May, Illust. by: Howard Simon

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 183 pages. Illustrated by Howard Simon. Illustrated endpapers. Orange cloth cover with black lettering and decoration. Spine and edgewear. Corners a bit bumped, rubbed.

Record # 500594


Price: $15.00 

 

Child's Garden of Verses, A


Stevenson, Robert Louis, Illust. by: Eulalie

NY, Platt & Munk, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Three-color and full-color illustrations by Eulalie, 88 pages. Biographical sketch of author and index to first lines. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. In a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602106


Price: $15.00 

 

Spy, The


Cooper, J. Fenimore

Hardcover. NY, Minton, Blach and Co., 1st thus, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Cryus Leroy Baldridge. Front hinge weak but not cracked.previous owner's inscription on prelim page, otherwise very good.

Record # 175756


Price: $35.00 

 

Port of Missing Men, The


Pud'hommeaux, Rene, Illust. by: Rafaello Busoni

NY, Viking/Lit. Guild, reprint , 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&w illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 501265


Price: $15.00 

 

Charmed Life


Jones, Diana Wynne

London, Collins, Rep., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orig. pub. in 1977. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 65026


Price: $25.00 

 

Greenhorn's Hunt


Sublette, C. M. , Illust. by: Will Crawford

Indianapolis IN, Bobbs Merrill, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hard cover. 241 pages. Black & white illustrations by Will Crawford. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Slight yellowing of top of pages. Corners rubbed. Dust jacket with chipping, tears, tape repairs, small chunks missing. Clear plastic protective cover.

Record # 501977


Price: $20.00 

 

Mad Season


Wright, Nancy Means

Hardcover. New York, St. Martins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY WRIGHT on title page.

Record # 220940


Price: $15.00 

 

Moon Jumpers, The


Udry, Janice May, Illust. by: Maurice Sendak

Softcover. NY, Harper & Row, rep, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, b&w illustrations by Maurice Sendak, glazed cardboard covers, no dj issued for this edition.

Record # 12931


Price: $18.00 

 

Under Otis in the Philippines Or A Young Officer in the Tropics


Stratemeyer, Edward, Illust. by: A.B. Shute

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Part of the Old Glory Series. 8 full page b/w illustrations, including frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Front endpapers show some smudges and age soil. Pages are age toned. Spine is cocked. Color pictorial cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Some rubbng and spotting (more so on back). Corners are bumped and rubbed. Edgewear, wear to top and bottom of spine.

Record # 512455


Price: $20.00 

 

Caleb In Town: A Story for Children


Abbott, Jacob

Hardcover. Boston, Crocker & Brewster, 1st, 1839, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hard cover. 180 pages. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Black & white frontispiece with tissue guard. Pages slightly wrinkled, soiled throughout. Corners bumped, covers rubbed and soiled. No dust jacket. Pencil notes to rear fly leaf.

Record # 502208


Price: $65.00 

 

Sea Star - Orphan of Chincoteague


Henry, Marguerite, Illust. by: Wesley Dennis

NY, Rand McNally & Co., Reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 172 pages. Black & white illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Dust jacket price clipped with edgewear, closed tears, chips.

Record # 502832


Price: $18.00 

 

Magic Finger, The


Dahl, Roald

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 41 pages, illustrated in b&w by William Pene Du Bois. Illustrated boards in a bright dust jacket with some light edgewear, chipping, some closed tears, unclipped with a price of $2.50. Dahl's third children's book.

Record # 809311


Price: $200.00 

 

Indian Drums Beat Again


McGuire, Frances, Illust. by: John Polgreen

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 123 pages. Black & white illustrations by John Polgreen. Previous owner's stamp front endpaper. Light soiling endpapers. Dust jacket with chipping. Brodart cover.

Record # 500673


Price: $30.00 

 

Giant from the Little Island


Staff, North-South

Hardcover. New York, 1st thus, July 1, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, color illustrations by Tomek Bogacki. Sticker residue on front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451829


Price: $15.00 

 

Optimists of Nine Elms, The


Simmons, Anthony

Hard Back . NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. by Ben F. Stahl. Dust jacket with light wear, soil. Remainder bottom edge.

Record # 63416


Price: $12.00 

 

Scalp Hunters, The


Coryell, Hubert V. , Illust. by: Wilfred Jones

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 193, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 277 pages. Black & white illustrations by Wilfred Jones. Illustrated map endpapers. Stamping front endpaper. Review stamp half-title page. Soiling to endpapers, covers. Rear hinge cracked.

Record # 500768


Price: $30.00 

 

Grange at High Force, The


Turner, Philip, Illust. by: W.T. Mars

Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. B&w illustrations by W.T. Mars. Dust jacket with edgewear, big chunk gone from rear panel.

Record # 600324


Price: $12.00 

 

Skellig


Almond, David

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st US, 1999, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Dust jacket protected by mylar cover, with very slight rubbing. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 66235


Price: $16.00 

 

Farm, Of the


Updike, John

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 174 pages. Unclipped dust jacket with very minor wear at very edges. A nice copy.

Record # 609686


Price: $65.00 

 

Sagebrush Filly


Stone, Eugenia, Illust. by: Earl Mayan

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 184 pages. Black & white illustrations by Earl Mayan. Faded green top edge. Corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. No dust jacket.

Record # 503150


Price: $12.00 

 

Cyclone Goes a-Viking - A Story of Norway


Kristoffersen, Eva M., Illust. by: Hedvig Collin

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 93 pages. Color, black & white illustrations by Hedvig Collin. Red cloth covers with color illustration pasted on front.

Record # 502738


Price: $18.00 

 

Story of The Odyssey, The


Church, Alfred J.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages, 16 two-color illustrations after Flaxman. Gray cloth with dark blue and gilt design.

Record # 602462


Price: $30.00 

 

Six Tiddly Winks and the A to Zees,The


Smith, Laura Rountree, Illust. by: Haidee Zack Walsh

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with drawings in color and black & white by Haidee Zack Walsh. Previous owners signature on front endpaper in pencil. Light marking in pencil on contents page. Cover has bumped corners and light ring stain in center, pencil marking on back cover.

Record # 509708


Price: $13.00 

 

Philip the Fox


Voss-Bark, D.L.

Hardcover. Chester Springs, Dufour, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 124 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608077


Price: $12.00 

 

Garden Behind the Moon, The : A Real Story of the Moon Angel


Pyle, Howard

Hardcover. Parabola Books, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages, with illustrations by the author throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456435


Price: $10.00 

 

Story of the Janes, The


Humphrey, Grace, Illust. by: Hattie Longstreet Price

Philadelphia, Penn Publishing, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 232 pages, hardcover, color frontispiece and 10 b&w line illustrations, end paper drawing by Hattie Longstreet Price. Very good in a edgeworn, chipped dust jacket.

Record # 602692


Price: $25.00 

 

Tiger's Bones and Other Plays for Children, The


Hughes, Ted, Illust. by: Alan E. Cober

NY, Viking, 1st US, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W illustrations by Alan E. Cober. 141 pages. In a lightly soiled, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 600844


Price: $35.00 

 

Nonsense Songs


Lear, Edward, Illust. by: Jonathan Allen.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st thus, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket in very good pictorial slipcase. Illustrated in black & white by Jonathan Allen.

Record # 804241


Price: $15.00 

 

Franklin: America's "Lost State"


Gerson, Noel B.

New York, Macmillan Co, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hard cover. 167 pages. Contains black & white photos. Dust jacket with price clipped, edgewear, soiling. Remainder mark bottom edge. Clear plastic protective cover.

Record # 502004


Price: $12.00 

 

Nicholas Factor, The


Myers, Walter Dean

NY, Viking, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 173 pages. Fore-edges stamped. Bright dust jacket painting by Larry Raymond. Like new.

Record # 501819


Price: $12.00 

 

Busy Bunnies


Phillips, Grace and H. Stockton

Softcover. Chicago, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, stapled stiff paper wrappers. 22 full-color illustrations by Grace Phillips throughout. Edgewear. Previous owner's signature and stamps throughout. Otherwise nice copy.

Record # 401612


Price: $40.00 

 

Protecting Marie


Henkes, Kevin

Softcover. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Advance reading copy. Light shelfwear. Creases to front lower corner. Otherwise very good.

Record # 600999


Price: $12.00 

 

Houseful of Children, A


Sanford, Mrs. D.P.

Softcover. NY, Dutton, Rep, 1879, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Loaded with wonderful black & white Victorian era engravings. 210 pages. Cardboard cover with edge & corner wear. Scratching & rubbing to color label on cover.

Record # 68831


Price: $21.00 

 

Here There Be Dragons


Yolen, Jane, Illust. by: David Wilgus

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 149 pages. SIGNED BY YOLEN on title page. Black & white illustrations by David Wilgus. Some rubbing to dust jacket. Otherwise very good.

Record # 503204


Price: $30.00 

 

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks


NA

Hardcover. London, Century Co - Frederick Warne & Co. , 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 576 pages. Volume XLII. Part I - November 1914-April 1915. Periodical of children's literature. Several Rackham & T. Burgess & Cady illustrations. Black & white illustrations and photos. Leather spine with gold lettering and bands. Spine and corners worn, otherwise good

Record # 500835


Price: $35.00 

 

Rose Morton's Journal for February


Morton, Rose

Hardcover. New York, Sheldon & Company, 1st, 1859, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 203 pages. Blue cover with embossed design and border, gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, wear to cover, spine slightly cocked; otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 604791


Price: $26.00 

 

With Bells On


Milhous, Katherine, Illust. by: Katherine Milhous

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Illustrated by Katherine Milhous. Book club edition as per dust jacket and spine, but copyright page shows "A." Green cloth covers with orange cr

Price: $18.00 

 

Defiant Bride


Bothwell, Jean

NY , Harcourt Brace World, 2nd, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Nice dust jacket, price-clipped.

Record # 501339


Price: $19.00 

 

Face West


Lull, Margaret Young, Illust. by: Erick Berry

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 2nd, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 231 pages, illustrated in b&w by Erick Berry. Green cloth covers, light spotting to spine.

Record # 603050


Price: $19.00 

 

Treasure Chest, The - Of My Bookhouse


Miller (Editor), Olive Beaupre

Hardcover. Chicago, The Bookhouse for Children, Reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages. Hardcover. Dark grey cloth boards with illustrated paste down to cover & gilt titles. Scuffing & light wear to boards & spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Light toning throughout. Profusely illustrated, fingerprints to a couple pages, otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 751284


Price: $15.00 

 

A Bag of Moonshine


Garner, Alan, Illust. by: Patrick James Lynch

New York, Delacorte Press, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Patrick James Lynch. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 207263


Price: $20.00 

 

Finishing Becca: A Story About Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold


Rinaldi, Ann

Hardcover. New York, Gulliver/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages, illustrated glazed boards with a matching unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 403750


Price: $18.00 

 

Sister Light Sister Dark


Yolen, Jane

Hardcover. New York , TOR , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 175482


Price: $25.00 

 

Goat Who Ate Flowers, The


de Leeuw, Adele, Illust. by: Marjorie Hart

Hardcover. Austin, TX, Steck Company, reprint, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Color illustrations by Marjorie Hart. No dust jacket. Red cloth covers with gold goat and flower design on cover and gold lettering on spine. Some minor stains on top of front and back covers. Pages and end papers very clean.

Record # 802524


Price: $50.00 

Batter UpScholz, Jackson

Batter Up


Scholz, Jackson

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 212 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 602089


Price: $25.00 

 

Merry Adventures of Till Eulenspiegel, The


Yoseloff, Thomas and Lillien Stuckey, Illust. by: William Brady

NY, Bernard Ackerman, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 145 pages, illustrated in b&w by William Brady. Dust jacket with light edgewear. chipping.

Record # 600863


Price: $35.00 

 

Arabian Nights


NA

Hardcover. New York, Charles E. Graham, Unknown, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. 70 black & white illustrations. Color lithograph frontis. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604341


Price: $10.00 

 

Strange Shadows - Spirit Tales of Early America


Raskin, Joseph and Edith Raskin, Illust. by: William Sauts Bock

New York, Lothrop, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Black & white illustrations by William Sauts Bock. Dust jacket price clipped. Library edition sticker on dust jacket spine, otherwise clean.

Record # 205303


Price: $15.00 

 

Liz


MacGibbon, Jean

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 153 pages. Crease to front end paper. Dust jacket with rubbing, price clipped.

Record # 503284


Price: $12.00 

 

Juniper - A Mystery


Kemp, Gene

London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Paper tanning otherwise like new in dust jacket.

Record # 600935


Price: $15.00 

 

Philippe's Hill


Kingman, Lee, Illust. by: Hildegard Woodward

NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&w illustrations by Hildegard Woodward. Dust jacket with light soil, corner chipping.

Record # 501033


Price: $31.00 

 

Seven Kings of England


Trease, Geoffrey

NY, Vanguard Press, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 249 pages. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 600173


Price: $12.00 

 

Christmas Eve of a Puppy, A Mouse, & A Kitten


Mittens (a cat), Illustrated by Clara L. Van Vredenburgh

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 34 pages, illustrated in b&w by Clara Van Vredenburgh, decorative end papers. Bound in leather covers with an embossed pattern, gilt rules around edges, gilt lettering to spine. Top 3/4 inch of spine leather missing. Light edgewear, hinges cracked.

Record # 402122


Price: $35.00 

 

Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales, The


Lurie (Ed), Alison

NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 455 pages. Like new in a dust jacket.

Record # 600948


Price: $25.00 

 

Story Parade - A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls by Noted Authors


N/A

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprinted from Story Parade Magazine. Intro. by Elizabeth Coatsworth. Authors include Carol Ryrie Brink, Coatsworth, Mabel Leigh Hunt, Glen Rounds, many others. Artists include Lenski, Petershams, Eichenberg, Wiese, Bannon, others. Red cloth, spine faded otherwise VG

Record # 61351


Price: $30.00 

 

Far in the Day


Cunningham, Julia

hardcover. NY, Pantheon, unknown, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, b&w drawings by Don Freeman. A sequel to Burnish Me Bright, dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, previous owner's inscription front fly leaf, price clipped.

Record # 75037


Price: $15.00 

 

Open House for Butterflies


Krauss, Ruth, Illust. by: Maurice Sendak

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros , unk, possibly 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black cloth spine, illustrated boards, 2 small signatures opposite title pg.

Record # 13211


Price: $60.00 

 

After the First Death


Cormier, Robert

NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 233 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed, light edgewear. Remainder stamp to bottom edge.

Record # 602262


Price: $15.00 

 

Little Men - Life at Plumfields with Jo's Boys


Alcott, Louisa M.

Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, reprint, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Brown cloth covers with gilt and black design on spine, cover. B&W plates. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Nice vintage copy.

Record # 601466


Price: $50.00 

 

Phaeton Rogers: A Novel of Boy Life


Johnson, Rossiter

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint , 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 344 pages. Black & white illustrations. Soiling to covers. Slightly bumped corners. Rubbing to corners and spine.

Record # 508524


Price: $19.00 

 

Lego Lamb, Southpaw


Standish, Burt L.

Hardcover. New York, Barse & Hopkins, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 250 pages plus ads in back. Soiling to covers. Corners bumped. Light wear to spine. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.

Record # 508396


Price: $15.00 

 

18th Emergency, The


Byars, Betsy , Illust. by: Robert Grossman

New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 126 pages. Black & white illustrations by Robert Grossman. Light edgewear. Dust jacket with edgewear, light soiling.

Record # 508675


Price: $15.00 

 

Rain of Fire


Bauer, Marion Dane

NY, Clarion, 2nd, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 600831


Price: $12.00 

 

Mazel and Shlimazel/ Or the Milk of a Lioness


Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Margot Zemach

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, rep, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Dust jacket edgeworn with closed tear and damp-stain. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Nice tight copy.

Record # 12830


Price: $8.00 

 

Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition, The


Breckenridge, Gerald

Hardcover. New York, A. L. Burt Co., 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 227 pages. B&w frontispiece. Large piece of page 201 missing. Minor edgewear, rubbing to cover. Rear hinge cracked. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851606


Price: $20.00 

 

Billy Bedamned, Long Gone By


Beatty,, Patricia

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Lib-binding. Dj price clipped

Record # 61106


Price: $12.00 

 

Outcast of Redwall


Jacques, Brian, Illust. by: Allan Curless

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1996, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Illustrated by Allan Curless

Record # 12245


Price: $21.00 

 

Ellen Dacre or Life at Aunt Hester's


Grosvenor)(Harriet Sanborn

Hardcover. Boston, Henry Hoyt, 1st, 1858, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages, several b&w plates. Embossed red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's inscription inside front cover, front hinge partially cracked, otherwise very good.

Record # 405465


Price: $75.00 

 

Young Rancher or Fighting the Sioux, The


Ellis, Edward S.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages. Hardcover. Number 3 of the "Forest and Prairie Series". Black & white illustrations. Light rubbing to cover corners and edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611073


Price: $25.00 

 

Raggedy Ann and Betsy Bonnet String


Gruelle, Johnny

Hardcover. New York, Johnny Gruelle, Reprint, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations by Johnny Gruelle. Light rubbing to edges.

Record # 611108


Price: $23.00 

 

Newbery Medal Books 1922-1955: With their Authors Acceptance Papers & Related Material Chiefly from the Horn Book Magazine


Miller, Bertha Mahoney and Elinor W. Field

Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 3rd pr., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 458 pages, dust jacket with light edgewear. Vol. 1 of the Horn Book Papers.

Record # 405902


Price: $31.00 


 

A K


Dickerson, Paul

Hardcover. US, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1992-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462253


Price: $15.00 

 

Giovanni and the Other


Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1892, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 193 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Olive green cloth with dark green and gilt, 9 b&w line plates by Reginald Birch. Previous owner's inscription on blank page, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 406844


Price: $50.00 

 

James and the Giant Peach


Dahl, Roald

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Early edition, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 119 pages. Hardcover. Early edition, not first. Full color and black & white illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Orange top edge. Dust jacket intact with $3.95 price, darkening to spine. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612856


Price: $75.00 

 

Boss Chombale (SIGNED)


Hubbard, Margaret Carson

New York , Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, b&w illustrations by Peter Spier, Bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, note card from author also laid in.

Record # 408803


Price: $38.00 

 

Robert Louis Stevenson Reader


Bryce, Catherine T.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st , 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards with a blue cloth spine. 88 pages, seven full page color illustrations plus many other small color illustrations by an unidentified illustrator. Cardboard corners worn, rear cover rubbed. Clean copy internally, no marking.

Record # 410688


Price: $19.00 

 

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XXVII - Part I - Six Months - November 1899 to April 1900


Dodge, Mary Mapes/St. Nicholas Magazine

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st US, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 568 pages. Hardcover. Collects six months of St. Nicholas Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XXVII - Part I - November 1899 to April 1900. Black & white illustrations. Brown leather spine and corners, with black pebbled cloth. Title in gilt on spine. Moderate abrasions to leather. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613854


Price: $38.00 

 

Stalky & Co.: The Works of Rudyard Kiping (Volume 18)


Kipling, Rudyard

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner Sons, Reprint, 1900, Book: Very Good, 330 pages. Hardcover. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Deckled untrimmed edges. Early edition in the Scribner's series, bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt decoration and elephant and swastika sign (Kipling's trademark) on the front cover and title page, top edge gilt. Just a touch of age wear to spine and cover boards. Binding tight. A lovely, clean copy from this collection.

Record # 31472


Price: $23.00 

 

By Marvelous Agreement


de Jong, Dola

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 211 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Mid-century children's fiction. Moderate rubbing and age toning to dust jacket. Bumping to board corners. Red toning to top text block edge. Rough-cut fore edge. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952362


Price: $23.00 

 

Richard Goes Sailing


Duchesne, Janet

Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated with two color illustrations by Duchesne. Some wearing of the dust jacket but otherwise clean copy.

Record # 802403


Price: $11.00 

 

Captain Ravenshaw or The Maid of Cheapside


Stephens, Robert Neilson, Illust. by: Howard Pyle

Hardcover. Boston, L. C. Page, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W illustrations by Howard Pyle, others. Dark green cloth with fading to spine. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Gilt decorated cover.

Record # 501277


Price: $38.00 

 

Nory Ryan's Song


Giff, Patricia Reilly

NY, Delacorte, 1st, 2000, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY GIFF on title page. Like new in dust jacket.

Record # 600213


Price: $35.00 

 

Walt Disney's Brave Little Tailor


Disney, Walt, Illust. by: Walt Disney

Hardcover. Racine, Whitman, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Story and Pictures from the Mickey Mouse Production, Cover detached, otherwise clean

Record # 15996


Price: $51.00 

 

Winterthing - A Play


Aiken, Joan

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. by Arvis Stewart. Music by John Sebastian Brown. Light edgewear to dj. Previous owner's signature (large) on front paste-down.

Record # 62192


Price: $18.00 

 

Looking for Orlando


Brown, Frances Williams

NY, Criterion, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages, hardcover in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. A story of the Underground Railroad. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 602667


Price: $15.00 

 

Sweetwater


Yep, Laurence

NY, Harper & Row , 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illustrations by Julia Noonan. Yep's first book. Dust jacket edgewear and rubbing

Record # 200466


Price: $25.00 

 

Paula


Vance, Marguerite, Illust. by: Valenti Angelo

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 223 pages, b&w illustrations with red accents by Valenti Angel, previous owner's inscription and book plate, tears to dust jacket. Mylar cover, clean, tight copy.

Record # 800522


Price: $25.00 

 

Gulliver's Travels


Swift, Jonathan, Illust. by: Edwin J. Prittie

Philadelphia, John Winston , 1st illust., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , 4 color, 10 B&W plates by Edwin J. Prittie. Green cloth with cover label illustrated.

Record # 305554


Price: $9.00 

 

Virginia's Bandit


Singmaster, Elsie, Illust. by: D.S. Wendell

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 black & white illust. by D.S. Wendell. Previous owner's signature (in pencil) front fly leaf.

Record # 67174


Price: $30.00 

 

Perihan's Promise, Turkish Relatives, and the Dirty Old Imam


Chetin, Helen

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 140 pages. Black & white illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. Spotting to top edge. Dust jacket with some discoloration along spine, minor edgewear.

Record # 503100


Price: $15.00 

 

Little Mr. Van Vere of China Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry


Cheever, Harriet A.

Boston , Estes and Lauriat, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Illustrated in black & white by Etheldred B. Barry. Cover has some soil. Previous owner's inscription and stamp on front fly leaf.

Record # 175822


Price: $45.00 

 

To Tell My People


Polland, Madeleine, Illust. by: Richard M. Powers

New York, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hard cover. 209 pages. Black & white illustrations by Richard M. Powers. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Dust jacket with edgewear, soiling. Residue from sticker on bottom of spine. Clear plastic protective cover.

Record # 502017


Price: $12.00 

 

The Adventures of Kenji of Japan


Nevins, Albert J., Illust. by: Kurt Wiese

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 275 pages. Black & white illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Slight chipping to top and bottom spine, front corners. Price clipped.

Record # 501535


Price: $15.00 

 

Doctor Dolittle in the Moon


Lofting, Hugh, Illust. by: Hugh Lofting

Hardcover. NY, Stokes, 3rd, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white drawings by author. Pencil marking on tissue frontis. Light pencil to title page otherwise clean, tight. Spine cloth a little faded.

Record # 67173


Price: $40.00 

 

Blue Eyes Better


Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth

NY, Dutton, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 106 pages, hardcover like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602173


Price: $12.00 

 

Christmas Carols


Peat, Frank Edwin (Ed.), Illust. by: Fern Bisel Peat

Hardcover. Akron, OH, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages, illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. Edge wear, rubbing to wrappers and corners. Hinges cracked. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 850894


Price: $18.00 

 

2095 / The Time Warp Trio


Scieszka, Jon, Illust. by: Lane Smith

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The 5th book in the series, illust in black & white by Lane Smith.

Record # 108226


Price: $8.00 

 

Carlos - Our Mexican Neighbor


Thomas, Margaret Loring, Illust. by: Willis Rudoph Lohse

Hardcover. New York, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 189 pages. Illustrated by Willis Rudoph Lohse. Red cloth cover. Wrinkling front cover. LIght edgewear, corners bumped. Soiling top edge.

Record # 500535


Price: $15.00 

 

Gathering of Days, A - A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32


Blos, Joan W.

NY, Scribners, 2nd, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Story of a 14 year-old girl on a New Hampshire farm. Winner of the Newbery Medal for children's fiction. Nice, uclipped dust jacket with just a bit of chipping.

Record # 501364


Price: $19.00 

 

Earth Pack, The - Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Nature's Forces in Three Dimensions


van der Meer, Ron and Ron Fisher

Washington DC, National Geographic Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Incredible pop-ups, moveable parts, special 3-D lenses, audiocassette, a great interactive book on the earth sciences. Like-new condition.

Record # 512005


Price: $38.00 

 

Peter and the Troll Baby


Wahl, Jan, Illust. by: Erik Blehvad

Hardcover. Racine, Golden Book, 2nd, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color Illustrations by Erik Blehvad. Glazed boards, no dj issued.

Record # 13013


Price: $6.00 

 

Private Eyes - Adventures with the Saturday Gang


Kingman, Lee, Illust. by: Burt Silverman

NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W drawings by Burt Silverman. In a nice, crisp dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed stamp otherwise clean.

Record # 600167


Price: $18.00 

 

Miami Giant, The


Sendak, Maurice, Illust. by: Maurice Sendak

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Illustrated in color by Sendak.

Record # 12791


Price: $25.00 

 

Skipping School


Haas, Jessie

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 181 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 804269


Price: $12.00 

 

Golem, The


Rogasky, Barbara

NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages, illustrated in color by Trina Schart Hyman. SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY HYMAN pasted on front fly leaf. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 602177


Price: $50.00 

 

First Boy


Schmidt, Gary

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 197 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 511153


Price: $6.00 

 

Odyssey of Homer, The


Church, Alfred J.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Harper & Brothers Publishers, First Edition, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 213 pages. Hardcover. Grey cloth covered boards with purple printed titles to cover, purple text block to spine. Two-tone illustrations by John Flaxman. Toning to endpapers & slight tone to edges of pages. Original dust jacket with heavy wear, small tears, chips & toning, now protected with a plastic cover. Sunfade to spine edge of dust jacket. Tight binding. A nice copy.

Record # 6670061


Price: $50.00 

 

David Balfour


Stevenson, Robert Louis, Illust. by: N.C. Wyeth

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1941, 356 pages. Color frontispiece and illustrations. Previous owner

Price: $15.00 

 

Piggybook


Browne, Anthony, Illust. by: Anthony Browne

Hardcover. London, Julia MacRae, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated by Browne.

Record # 108236


Price: $13.00 

 

Magic Walking-Stick, The


Buchan, John, Illust. by: Arthur E. Becher

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st US, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, end papers drawing, b&w illustrations by Arthur E. Becher. Red cloth covers with gilt design.

Record # 602031


Price: $50.00 

 

Under a War-Torn Sky


Elliot, L. M.

Paperback. New York, Hyperion Books, 1st/proof, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages. Good blue wraps with crease mark running down length. Title page creased. Otherwise very good uncorrected proof.

Record # 804221


Price: $12.00 

 

Walt Disney's Brave Little Tailor


N/A

Hardcover. Racine, Whitman, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white illust. Story and pictures from the Mickey Mouse Production . Cover detached, but present. Otherwise clean

Record # 51300


Price: $51.00 

 

Mr. Quill's Animal Shop


Bowen, Olwen

Hardcover. London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, reprint , 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color frontis, black & white illustrations by L.R. Brightwell. Dust jacket with light soil otherwise very good.

Record # 175757


Price: $15.00 

 

Legend of the Veery Bird, The


Hague, Kathleen, Illust. by: Michael Hague

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color Illustrations by Michael Hague. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 24591


Price: $15.00 

 

Confessions of a Teenage Baboon


Zindel, Paul

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Price clipped.

Record # 201088


Price: $28.00 

Homeless BirdWhelan, Gloria

Homeless Bird


Whelan, Gloria

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Stain to for-edge.

Record # 450204


Price: $8.00 

 

Ensign Russell


Gray, David

NY, Century Co., 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 241 pages, b&w frontispiece illustration.

Record # 602500


Price: $12.00 

 

Sweetheart Travellers


Crockett, S. R., Illust. by: Gordon Browne, W.H.C. Groome

NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 2nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated in b&w by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome. Decorated gray-blue cloth.Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 501396


Price: $31.00 

 

Police Dog


Jeffries, Roderic

New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. Cover has light edgewear. Dust jacket has edgewear. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 207435


Price: $12.00 

 

Menagerie - Poems for Boys and Girls


Miller, Mary Britton, Illust. by: Helen Sewell

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 124 pges. Blockprint illustions by Helen Sewell. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Discreet tape repair page 88. Dust jacket with chips bottom edge, bottom corner

Record # 501260


Price: $44.00 

 

St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XX - Part 2 - May 1893 to October 1893


Dodge (Ed.), Mary Mapes

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 issues bound in one volume, black pebbled cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. 480 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks.

Record # 601942


Price: $35.00 

 

Family Trap, The


Colman, Hila

NY, Morrow, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. In a nice unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 501404


Price: $15.00 

 

Shadrach


DeJong, Meindert, Illust. by: Maurice Sendak

NY, Harper & Row, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings by Maurice Sendak. Very early edition. Ex-lib with stamped pocket on back endpaper. Paste remains on front and back paste-down endpapers, spine label. Dust jacket price clipped and bottom of front flap missing.

Record # 503255


Price: $25.00 

 

Otto Of The Silver Hand


Pyle, Howard , Illust. by: Howard Pyle

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black and white Illustrations by Howard Pyle.Original green covers w/ gilt, red, black & white design. Spine rebound with brown cloth. Green spine label with gilt lettering. 16 pgs of publishers ads in rear. Original brown endpapers.

Record # 201341


Price: $213.00 

 

Friendship, The


Taylor, Mildred D.

NY, Dial, 2nd, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket illust. & black & white drawings by Max Ginsburg.

Record # 65848


Price: $12.00 

 

Take a Number


O'Neill, Mary

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages, color designs by Al Nagy. SIGNED BY O'NEILL on front fly leaf. Stamp and name to rear endpapers, but no other sign of being ex-lib copy. Dust jacket edgeworn, rubbed.

Record # 403771


Price: $12.00 

 

Hang for Treason


Peck, Robert Newton

New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , Brown residue to front fly leaf.

Record # 301412


Price: $30.00 

 

Roundabout


Simon, Connie May, Illust. by: Howard Simon

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 205 pages. Black & white illustrations by Howard Simon. Review slip laid in. Residue from paper clip front endpaper. Top corners a bit bumped. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 500648


Price: $20.00 

 

These Hallowed Grounds


Clagett, John

Hardcover. New York, Hawthorn, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 604426


Price: $13.00 

 

Baby Makes Four


Berenstain, Stanley and Janice

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages, with illustrations throughout. Corner and edge wear and minor rubbing, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853272


Price: $12.00 

 

Hisako's Mysteries


Uchida, Yoshiko, Illust. by: Susan Bennett

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Black & white illustrations by Susan Bennett. Library discard stamp in front end pages, die-cut library stamp on top of title page. Price-clipped dust jacket with very slight chipping to top edge and spine. Otherwise a very nice copy.

Record # 501650


Price: $15.00 

 

The Arkadians


Alexander, Lloyd

New York, Dutton, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages.

Record # 207592


Price: $12.00 

 

Black Stone Knife, The


Marriott, Alice , Illust. by: Harvey Weiss

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 181 pages. Black & white illustrations by Harvey Weiss. Soiling to endappers. Stamp on endpapers. Waterstain to front cover. Edgewear. Corners rubbed.

Record # 500639


Price: $15.00 

 

Roberta Goes Adventuring


Raymond, Margaret Thomsen, Illust. by: Eleanor Campbell

Hardcover. New York, The Wise-Parslow Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, with illustrations by Eleanor Campbell. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854041


Price: $20.00 

 

Sweet & Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur, The


Mrs. Leighton

Hardcover. London, Daniel O'Connor, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages. Illustrated in color by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Foxing to endpapers. Child's drawing in crayon on rear endpaper. Rubbing and wear to cover corners and at top and bottom of spine. Staining along top edge of front cover.

Record # 606728


Price: $20.00 

 

Put-Put Tractor Wheel Book


n/a

Hardcover. Kenosha, WI, Samuel Lowe Company, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. #1262-15 in Wheel Toy Books series. Color illustrations. Book is a tractor toy--wheels turn. One page folded at bottom, some ink scribbles on cover, otherwise clean and intact.

Record # 802035


Price: $10.00 

 

Denslow's Picture Book Treasury


Denslow, W.W., Illust. by: W.W. Denslow

Hardcover. NY, Arcade / Little Brown , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Intro by Michael Patrick Hearn. 6 favorite nursery rhymes illust. in color by Denslow. unpag. (72). remainder mark on bottom edge.

Record # 108228


Price: $10.00 

 

Story of Sarli the Barrier Reef Turtle, The


Rees, Leslie, Illust. by: Walter Cunningham

Sydney, Australia, John Sands, unknown ed., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, one-color drawings by Walter Cunningham. 43 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean in illustrated boards and a lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Record # 600165


Price: $18.00 

 

Red Goose, the Ojibwa: An Indian Story for Boys and Girls


N/A

Softcover. St. Louis MO, Friedman - Shelby, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages, illustrated in color by Olson. Previous owner

Price: $25.00 

 

Fonabio and the Lion


Guillot, Rene, Illust. by: W.F. Phillips, J.P. Ariel

London, George G. Harrap, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in b&w and color by W.F. Phillips and J.P. Ariel. 173 pages in a nice dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 600098


Price: $15.00 

 

Hearts of Wood and Other Timeless Tales


Kotzwinkle, William, Illust. by: Joe Servello

hardcover. Boston, Godine, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, b&w Illustrations by Joe Servello. Dust jacket with closed tear to rear panel, light edgewear.

Record # 75130


Price: $18.00 

 

Story of the Treasure Seekers - Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, The


Nesbit, E.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st US, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages. Black & white illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Green cloth covers with gilt titles on cover and spine. Illustration in white of children along a bannister on front cover. Copyright 1899, with no previous printings listed. Light foxing to some pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610121


Price: $125.00 

 

Silent Spillbills, The


Seidler, Tor

NY, Harper Collins , 1st, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 215 pages. Hardcover, like new in bright dust jacket with art by James McMullan.

Record # 602246


Price: $12.00 

 

My Brother's Story


Johnson, Jr. , Allen

USA, ReadingMatter, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 189 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket with light soiling.

Record # 508599


Price: $15.00 

 

Slave Doctor


Diekmann, Miep

New York, William Morrow, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 285 pages. Translated by Madeleine Mueller. Light rubbing to spine, corners. Dust jacket with edgewear, rubbing.

Record # 508713


Price: $15.00 

 

Little Pig's Picnic and Other Stories


Brown, Margaret Wise, Illust. by: Walt Disney Studio

Hardcover. Boston , D. C. Heath & Co, 1939, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 102 pages. Color illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio. Large part of corner missing from rear endpaper. Rubbing to covers, spine, corners. Spine loose. Stamp to front end paper.

Record # 508324


Price: $19.00 

 

Blackie Bearis Crowned King of the Creek


Cox, D. Sam, Illust. by: D. Sam Cox

Paperback. Richmond VA, Virginia Stationery Co. , 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 69 pages, spiral-bound. B&W illustrations by the author throughout. Binding is rusty, stains and edgewear evident on covers. Back cover cracked. Oil stain on spine, spread throughout pages. Interior text clean.

Record # 401558


Price: $40.00 

 

Legends of the Red Children


Pratt, Mara L.

Hardcover. Chicago, Werner School Book Co., 1st, 1897, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, 23 b&w illustrations, black lettering and line illustrations to front cover. Light wear to cover, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper; otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 803283


Price: $16.00 

 

Girl on the Deer, The


Lattimore, Eleanor Frances, Illust. by: Eleanor Frances Lattimore

NY, Morrow, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 126 pages. B&W illustrations by author. Small black marker line inside front cover otherwise very good in a nice dust jacket.

Record # 501437


Price: $15.00 

 

Rootabaga Pigeons


Sandburg, Carl

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, b&w illustrations, color frontispiece. Blue cloth covers w/ yellow lettering and design. Light edgewear, rubbing to covers. Hinges cracked. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 851781


Price: $60.00 

 

Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable


Godolphin, Mary, Illust. by: anon

Hardcover. NY, McLouglin Bros, 1st thus, 1869, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 8 bright chromo plts, cloth spine, loose back board, loose but color boards clean w/corner wear - condition really Good +

Record # 12585


Price: $21.00 

 

St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XXVI - November 1898 to April 1899


Dodge (Ed.), Mary Mapes

NY, Century Co., 1st, 1898-99, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 issues bound in two volumes, black calf spines with gilt lettering, pebbled cloth over boards . 1056 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Hinges cracked. Light scuffing to top and bottom of leather spines.

Record # 601939


Price: $70.00 

 

Patches - A Wyoming Cow Pony


Hawkes, Clarence

Hardcover. Springfield, Milton Bradley Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 268 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Griswold Tying. Previous owners last name at top right corner of front endpaper. Blue cloth covers with spots of glue, and areas of darkening to front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611068


Price: $25.00 

 

Boy Soldiers of 1812, The


Tomlinson, Everett T.

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1895, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages plus 8 pages of ads. Hardcover. Features 8 black & white illustrations. Cloth covers with titles and decoration in gilt. Light rubbing at cover edges and corners. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611097


Price: $31.00 

 

Horatio Alger Books Published by A.L. Burt


Chase, Bradford S.

Softcover. Enfield CT, privately printed, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages, b&w illustrations. Softcover in very good condition.

Record # 405848


Price: $38.00 

 

Needle and Noodle and Other Silly Stories


Wahl, Jan/Stan Mack

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Stan Mack. red remainder mark on top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611939


Price: $20.00 

 

Aesop's Fables


Aesop

Hardcover. New York, McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., NA, NA, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Hardcover. Full color frontis. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Black & white illustrations by Ernest Griset and Harrison Weir. Green cloth covers, front cover with color illustration of fox and frog - light to moderate wear. Book measures 7"W X 9.5"L. Endpapers are brittle with chipping, tears - text and illustration pages of better quality. Front hinge weak, rear hinge cracked. Text and illustrations are unmarked.

Record # 612181


Price: $38.00 

 

Cracked Corn (3 Volumes)


Bullard, Asa

Hardcover. Springfield MA, W.J. Holland & Co., 1st, 1873, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three volumes complete. Matching blue cloth spines over black glazed boards with gold design and with a mounted color illustration on the front cover. Gilt design and lettering on spines.Short parables for children (one page) with a b&w engraved illustration opposite. Light edgewear to boards and corners.

Record # 407334


Price: $63.00 


  

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