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Picture Story and Biography of Marquette and Joliet, The


Kelly, Regine Z., Illust. by: W. T. Mars

Chicago, LoFollett, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illust. by W. T. Mars. SIGNED BY KELLY on title-page. Lives of Father Jacques Marquett,a Jesuit priest and Frenchman Louis Jolit met in New France and explored the Mississippi River in the 1670's.

Record # 65846


Price: $18.00 

 

Quest of Michael Faraday, The


Harvey, Tad

Softcover. New York , Garden City, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated in color, B&W by Lee J. Ames. Cardboard covers warped, light musty odor.

Record # 303927


Price: $19.00 

 

Photographing History - Mathew Brady


Komroff, Manuel

Chicago, Britannica Books, Unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 192 pages. Great Lives for Young Americans Series

Record # 66234


Price: $11.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: February 1977


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'The Historical Story: Is It Relevent Today?' by Geoffrey Trease, 'Twenty Years of Harper's Young People' by Mary June Roggenbuck, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604710


Price: $8.00 


 

Twelve Well-Known Nursery Rhymes and Action Songs


Greenwald, M.

Softcover. Philadelphia , Theodore Presser, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large paperback, 26 pages. Illustrated with b&w drawings and decorative borders.Light chipping, small tear at paper spine, still very good.

Record # 217459


Price: $35.00 

 

Ride the Wild Waves - A True Story of Adventure


Aldis, Dorothy

New York, Putnam, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Cover has light edgewear. Cover spine faded.

Record # 207205


Price: $15.00 

 

John Brown - His Soul Goes Marching On.


Iger, Eve Marie

Reading, MA, Young Scott, Reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations. Related articles on Brown laid in

Record # 200167


Price: $15.00 

 

Story of the Mexican War, The


Reeder, Colonel Red

New York, Meredith Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 184 pages. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Dust jacket with edgewear, faded spine.

Record # 508404


Price: $15.00 

 

Treasure for the Taking - A Book List for Boys and Girls


Eaton, Anne Thaxter

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, Second printing, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Light chipping to dust jacket edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611798


Price: $13.00 

 

From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People


Hedin, Sven

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, Reprint., 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 407 pages. Illust. with black & white photos, maps. Previous owner's bookplate front paste-down. Bright blue cloth cover with gold lettering.

Record # 501215


Price: $38.00 

 

Homemade Dolls in Foreign Dress


Jordan, Nina R. , Illust. by: Jordan. Stamp

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 246 pages. Black & white illustrations by Jordan. Stamp and writing front endpaper. Soiling to endpapers. Spine wear. Corners rubbed. Soiling to covers. Spine a bit cocked.

Record # 500626


Price: $20.00 

 

Children's Books in England


Darton, F. J. Harvey

Hardcover. London, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 367 pages. Dark green cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, white dust jacket. Light foxing to covers, light soiling, rubbing, edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, price-clipped, previous owner

Price: $30.00 

 

Origami In the Classroom - Book I: Activities For Autumn Through Christmas.


Araki, Chiyo

Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle, 1st , n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Color illustrations. Title page missing. Red paper covered boards with black lettering, origami designs.

Record # 503248


Price: $12.00 

 

New York - New Jersey - Pennsylvania (3 Volumes) Romantic Stories of the States series


McSpadden, J. Walker

NY, J. H. Sears, 1st, 1926/1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 3 separate vols. - all in similar condition. All with color frontis (repeated on cover label) and B&W drawings by Howard L. Hastings. Very minor library stamps. Spine lettering faded. Light residue otherwise very good.

Record # 300915


Price: $30.00 

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global WarmingCherry, Lynne

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming


Cherry, Lynne

Hardcover. 1st, March 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Very clean and tight copy. Has "review copy" sticker on front end page.

Record # 450637


Price: $15.00 

 

Democracy


Goslin, Ryllis and Omar

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 59 pages. Red cloth cover with some soiling, especially at spine. Edgewear, corners bumped. Soiling to rear endpapers. Black & white photographs. Review stamp front endpaper.

Record # 500574


Price: $30.00 

 

Sequil: Being a Continuation of the Real Diary of a Real Boy


Shute, Henry A.

Hardcover. Boston, Everett Press, 1912, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages. Large tear to rear flyleaf. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Decorated cover. Heavy soiling, damage to rear cover. Tears to corners, spine. Otherwise good.

Record # 801739


Price: $10.00 

 

Den Mother's Den Book


Boy Scouts of America

Softcover. New York, Boy Scouts of America, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Standard wear, and some creasing to covers. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610997


Price: $31.00 

Pioneering In SpaceHendrickson, Jr., Walter B., Illust. by: Jack  Russell

Pioneering In Space


Hendrickson, Jr., Walter B., Illust. by: Jack Russell

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations by Jack Russell. What space travel was going to be like (from the perspective of 1961). Requirements for astronauts, spaceships and capsules, space pioneers. Book has small red star stamp to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good. Dust jacket with chipping, light tape repair.

Record # 414750


Price: $15.00 

 

Andrew Jackson - Frontier Statesman


Judson, Clara Ingram, Illust. by: Lorence F. Bjorklund

Chicago, Follett Publishing, 9th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W illustrations by Lorence F. Bjorklund. 224 pages. Color illustrated covers. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 600189


Price: $12.00 

 

Dorothy Gordon's Treasure Bag of Game Songs


Gordon, Dorothy, Illust. by: Veronica Reed

Hardcover. New York, EP Dutton and Co. Inc. , 1st Edition, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 93 songs; brown and black illustrations by Veronica Reed throughout, musical notations for each song. Inscription by previous owner on front fly leaf. Some foxing. Dust jacket is dirtied with age, significant edgewear. Interior clean.

Record # 401574


Price: $15.00 

 

Alaska Gold Rush, The


McNeer, May

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illust. by Lynd Ward. Dj worn, chipped

Record # 54370


Price: $15.00 

 

Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids


Simon, Seymour

Hardcover. NY, Morrow Junior Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color photos. No dust jacket.

Record # 63136


Price: $9.00 

 

Children Make a Garden, The


Jenkins, Dorothy H., Illust. by: Rhea Wells

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Junior Books - Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 70 pages. Black & white and green illustrations by Rhea Wells. Wear to corners, spine.

Record # 500757


Price: $80.00 

 

New Worlds Through the Microscope


Disraeli, Robert

NY, Viking, Revised Ed., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Many black & white photos. 175 pages. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Record # 65228


Price: $15.00 

 

The Fossil Collection - World Pre-History in the Palm of Your Hand


Parker, Steve

Softcover. New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 page paperback with text and full color photographs. Slides into a cardboard case that opens like a book and houses 3 ammonite fossils.

Record # 501648


Price: $8.00 

 

What Bird Is It?


Pistorius, Anna

Hardcover. Chicago, Wilcox & Follett, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Full color illustrations by Anna Pistorius. Bumped at top and bottom of spine. Light rubbing to corners. Interior clean and tight.

Record # 607605


Price: $15.00 

 

Hints to Squadron Leaders


N/A

Paperback. NY, Boy Scouts of America, 1st Wraps, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages, Black & white illust.

Record # 56761


Price: $38.00 

 

For the Queen's Sake


Everett-Green, E. (Evelyn)

Hardcover. London, Thomas Nelson, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 8 b&w plates (not credited). Presentation bookplate inside front cover, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 410225


Price: $15.00 

 

Beyond the Wild Wood: The World of Kenneth Grahame


Green, Peter

Hardcover. London, Grange , reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. Bright, clean copy in dust jacket.

Record # 401305


Price: $18.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: October 1977


NA

Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Blind Idiot: The Problems of Translation. Part I.' by Edward Fenton, 'Cracking Open the Geode: The Fiction of Paula Fox' by Alice Bach, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604697


Price: $8.00 

 

What Shall We Do and Allee Galloo!: Play Songs and Singing Games for Young Children


Winn, Marie, Illust. by: Karla Kuskin

Hardcover. New York, Evanston, and London, Harper & Row, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 87 pages. Color illustrations throughout. Staining to hinges. Foxing to edges. Edgewear, rubbing to cover. Else a clean copy.

Record # 852094


Price: $15.00 

 

Joel Chandler Harris: Folklorist


Brookes, Stella Brewer

Hardcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press , 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 182 pages. Five pages with red underlining, otherwise a bright, clean copy.

Record # 401311


Price: $20.00 

 

Picturesque Tale of Progress, A - 9 Vols.


Miller, Olive Beaupre

Hardcover. Chicago, Book House for Children, 6th pr., 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In 9 volumes. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Black cloth with color illustrations on front cover labels,(except for volume 9 which is the index). color endpapers. All fresh and clean with only minor bumps to two volumes. Cover labels clean, unchipped.

Record # 600495


Price: $200.00 

 

America's Story for America's Children - VII America Grows Up


Knowlton, Clarence H., Gertrude L. Stone and M. Grace Fickett

Boston, Heath, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Black & white illustrations. Excellent condition. Clean.

Record # 207111


Price: $20.00 

 

Mysterious Prague


Seifertov

Hardcover. 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Light corner bumps and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 457708


Price: $19.00 

 

Gifts From the Grove


Wall, Gertrude Wallace

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint , 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 96 pages. Contains black & white photography by John Calvin Towsley and others. Rubbing, edgewear to dust jacket and library label on spine.

Record # 508376


Price: $15.00 

 

Calisthenic Songs Illustrated - A New and Attractive Collection of Calisthenic Songs Beautifully Illustrated, for the Use of both Public and Private Schools, containing songs for Diversion, Devotion and Recreation


Parsons, Flora T.

Hardcover. New York, Ivison, Blakeman & Company, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 57 pages. Cloth covered flexible covers. Black & white illustrations. Title in gilt on cover. Features music, lyrics, and exercise instructions. Light rubbing to cover corners. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 611800


Price: $63.00 

 

Picture Book of Musical Instruments


Lacey, Marion

hardcover. Boston, Lothrop Lee Shepard , 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illustrations by Leonard Weigard. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 201612


Price: $22.00 

 

Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association 1985-1989


Helbig, Alethea and Agnes Perkins

Hardcover. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Commentary on works by Leon Garfield, Rosemary Sutcliff, Helen Cresswell, others. Bibliographies. 166 pages.

Record # 59833


Price: $10.00 

 

Great Truths in Simple Words, For Little Children


American Tract Society

NY, American Tract Society, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 94 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings. Small format. Previous owner's signatures on front endpaper, front flyleaf. Spotting to inside pages. Brown cloth binding with gold lettering, illustration on spine.

Record # 509415


Price: $38.00 

 

Old Times in the Colonies


Coffin, Charles Carleton

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 460 pages. Black & white illustrations. Spine modestly cocked. Gilt pictoral cover with gilt title on spine. Spine faded. Internally very good.

Record # 600107


Price: $40.00 

 

Story of Steel, The


Spencer, V. S.

Chicago, Laidlaw Bros., 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, b&w photos. How a steel mill worked, circa 1930. In a scarce dust jacket.

Record # 501270


Price: $31.00 

 

Youth's Golden Cycle - Round the Globe in Sixty Chapters Showing How to Get On in the World


Fraser, John

Philadelphia, Patterson, rep, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 439 pages. Black & white illustrations. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Cover has edgewear.

Record # 207769


Price: $12.00 

 

Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators, A


Meyer, Susan E.

Hardcover. New York, Abrams, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Profusely illustrated with full color and black & white examples of works by: Edward Lear, Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, and more. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 603703


Price: $26.00 

 

Nibbles and Me


Taylor, Elizabeth

Hardcover. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, reprint, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 77 pages, with illustrations by the author. Loose binding in some pages

Record # 854000


Price: $55.00 

 

Under the Big Top


Cooper, Courtney Ryley

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, Reprint, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Purple top edge. Light foxing to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611049


Price: $19.00 

Around and About Old EnglandMateaux, Clara L.

Around and About Old England


Mateaux, Clara L.

Hardcover. London, Cassell & Company , 2nd, 1892, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages, hardcover. Gilt titles and embossed decoration to spine. Children's book on English history. Pasted color illustration to front panel. Heavy bumping and chipping to front and rear panels, mostly to fore edge and corners. Pasted advertisement to rear panel. Minor fading and bumping to spine. Small stain to lower right front panel. Moderate age toning to prelim pages. Age toning to text block edges. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Scarce. A tight copy.

Record # 952447


Price: $31.00 

Make Way for Sam HoustonFritz, Jean, Illust. by: Elise Primavera

Make Way for Sam Houston


Fritz, Jean, Illust. by: Elise Primavera

Hardcover. New York , Putnam, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages, with illustrations by Elise Primavera. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 304777


Price: $10.00 

 

A sense of story: Essays on contemporary writers for children


Townsend, John Rowe

Hardcover. London, 1st edition, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, blue dust jacket. Clean covers, light edgewear to dust jacket, with faded spine, neat ink underlining to pages 193-199, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, tight binding.

Record # 450679


Price: $12.00 

 

Gulls of Smuttynose Island, The


Scott, Jack Denton

NY, C.P. Putnam-s Sons, 2nd, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 53 pages. Black & white photos by Ozzie Sweet. Endpapers with map. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Scratched area to front of dust jacket, tape repaired closed tears.

Record # 502859


Price: $12.00 

 

Stars


Simon, Seymour

Hardcover. NY, Morrow Junior Books, 7th pr., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color photos. No dust jacket.

Record # 63138


Price: $8.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: December 1977


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Blind Idiot: The Problems of Translation. Part II by Edward Fenton, How You Play the Game: The Novels of John R. Tunis' by Richard Shereikis and more. Light marking or library stamp on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604653


Price: $8.00 


 

Twelve Well-Known Nursery Rhymes and Action Songs


Greenwald, M.

Softcover. Philadelphia , Theodore Presser, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large paperback, 26 pages. Illustrated with b&w drawings and decorative borders.Light chipping, small tear at paper spine, still very good.

Record # 501136


Price: $44.00 

 

The Gem and Mineral Collection


Pellant, Chris

Softcover. New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 page paperback with text and full color photographs. In cardboard box that opens like a book and houses three gem/mineral samples.

Record # 501649


Price: $8.00 

 

Growing Up in the 13th Century


Duggan, Alfred, Illust. by: C. Walter Hodges

London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W drawings by C. Walter Hodges. 189 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 600089


Price: $25.00 

 

Puppet Shows - For Home and School


Walters, Maude Owens

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 16 black & white plates & diagrams for putting on performances. One section devoted to short script of classic fairy tales - scarce in dj. Dj with spine fade

Record # 56805


Price: $10.00 

 

Story of Mankind, The


Van Loon, Hendrik

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing, First US, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 500 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with black printed titles & light sunfade to spine. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Red dyed top edge. Deckled side edge. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 751435


Price: $44.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: June 1965


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Root-Room for Delight' by Vrinda Kumble, 'Roosevelt Grady and the Children of Asia' by Louisa R. Shotwell, 'Speaking to the Imagination' by Samuel French Morse, 'The Codex Pithoeanus of Phaedrus' by F.B. Adams, Jr., and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604723


Price: $8.00 


 

Dromkeen - A Journey Into Children's Literature


Prentice, Jeffrey and Bettina Bird

NY, Henry Holt , 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Light edgewear to dust jacket. Color and Black & white illustrations and photos.

Record # 201572


Price: $28.00 

 

Let's Go To The Brook


Huntington, Harriet F.

NY, Doubleday, 1st , 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 89 pages. Black & white photos by Huntington. Dust jacket with large chunk gone from back top, closed tears, chips to bottom edges.

Record # 501252


Price: $25.00 

 

Cosmo's Restaurant


Sobol, Harriet Langsam , Illust. by: Patricia Agre

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 51 pages. Black & white photos by Patricia Agre. Behind the scenes of a small family owned restaurant in New York City. Light wear to top edge.

Record # 501245


Price: $15.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: January - February 1994


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'My Father' by Yuriko Say, 'Lois Lowry' by Walter Lorraine, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604717


Price: $8.00 


 

Alice in Jungleland


Bradley, Mary Hastings, Illust. by: Mary Hastings Bradley

Hardcover. NY , Appleton, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated with b&w photos, line drawings, map endpapers by the author. Nice, clean copy in decorated green cloth.

Record # 501389


Price: $188.00 

 

True Stories of American Blue Jackets


Morris, LL.D., Charles

Hardcover. Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co., 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Red cloth cover with color illustration. Cloth is faded on spine, edges and corners bumped and worn. Previous owner's inscription on front endpage. One hundred b&w illustrations and color plates, every page illustrates with b&w emblematic design. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852693


Price: $12.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: November/December 1991


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'The Artist at Work: Card Tables and Collage' by Lois Ehlert, 'An Extraordinary Vision' by Dilys Evans, 'The Outside Child' by Nina Bawden, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604701


Price: $8.00 


 

Printer Boy, The - Or How Ben Franklin Made His Mark - An Example for Youth


NA

Hardcover. Boston, J.E.Tilton & Co., Rep., 1863, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations.

Price: $50.00 

 

Children's Book of Hymns, The


NA

Hardcover. London, Blackie & Son Limited, reprint, No date, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, No pub. date stated, but estimated ca 1950. Color illustrations by Cicely M. Barker. Wear, rubbing and tape repair to price clipped dust jacket with chunks missing from rear cover and lower front cover. Protected by mylar cover. Faint foxing to end papers and on a handful pages and plates.

Record # 856850


Price: $35.00 

 

Grain of Wheat, A - A Writer Begins


Bulla, Clyde Robert

Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 49 pages, b&w photos.

Record # 602036


Price: $35.00 

 

All Aboard for Asia and Africa


Eddy, Rev. D. C.

Softcover. Chicago , Donohue, Unknown, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages Juvenile travel book with many nice B&W engravings. Cardboard covers with color paper, label chipped, peeling.Edges of cardboard covers with gouge at bottom edge. Internally very good.

Record # 302534


Price: $18.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: July/August 1991


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Creative Reading: Young Adults and Paperback Books' by Susan Moran, 'Jerry Spinelli' by John Keller, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604702


Price: $8.00 


 

At the Dry Cleaners


Dean, Lucille Dennhardt, Illust. by: Glenn W. Schroeder

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Melmont Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Ex-library copy. Photographic essay for kids about working in a drycleaning shop. Photographs by Glenn W. Schroeder. Tan cloth pictoral boards lightly soiled.

Record # 600108


Price: $12.00 

 

John LaFarge - Gentle Jesuit


Strousse, Flora, Illust. by: Salem Tamer

NY, P.J. Kenedy, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 188 pages, in a nice dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Salem Tamer. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page.

Record # 600968


Price: $20.00 

 

Children's Gardens


Howard, Edwin L., Illust. by: Edwin L. Howard

Hardcover. New York, Studio, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 64 pages. Small book in red cloth cover. Includes black & white diagrams of gardening by Howard. Front hinge cracked. Covers lightly soiled. Wear at spine, corners.

Record # 500833


Price: $18.00 

 

True Stories of Renowned Men and Women


Walker, Evelyn H.

Hardcover. Toronto, William Briggs, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 320 pages, many b&w illustrations but most notable for the 8 bright color lithographs of famous American heroes. Paper covering covers is chipped, hinges tender. Aside from cover chipping, very good.

Record # 603027


Price: $44.00 

 

Helicopters - How They Work


Lewellen, John, Illust. by: A. W. Revell

Eau Clair WI, Hale-Cadmus, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 138 pages, b&w illustrations by A. W. Revell. Ex-lib but only minor residue to front end papers, stamp to top edge.

Record # 601287


Price: $23.00 

 

Every Boy's Book of Handicraft, Sports and Amusements


Fraser, Chelsea Curtis

Hardcover. Boston, The Page Company, 3rd, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 706 pages. Hardcover. Features over 700 black & white illustrations. Red cloth covers with attractive titles and decorations. Light wear. A nice copy.

Record # 611219


Price: $38.00 

 

Abstract Alphabet - A Book of Animals


Cox, Paul

San Francisco, Chronicle, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 50 pages. Color illustrations by author.

Record # 204834


Price: $15.00 

 

Love & Superstition - Arabian Story Masterpieces


Salah, Said

Saudi Arabia, I.P.A. Dhahran Airport, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 62 pages. Color illustrated paper covered boards. Color, black & white photos, drawings.

Record # 509092


Price: $15.00 

 

Indians Of Yesterday


Gridley, Marion E.

Chicago, M.A. Donohue and Co., 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Lone Wolf. Map on end papers. Edgewear rubbing and soil to covers.

Record # 201532


Price: $30.00 

 

Boy and His Gang, The


Puffer, J. Adams

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages, b&w photos. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and rules. End papers soil, internally very good.

Record # 602461


Price: $15.00 

 

Hudson of Hudson's Bay


Scott, J. M. , Illust. by: Astrid Walford

Hardcover. New York , Henry Schuman, 1st U.S., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , 176 pages, B&W illustrations by Astrid Walford. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 305497


Price: $15.00 

 

Pleasure Path to the Piano, A - For the Pre-School Child


Perry, Josephine Hovey

Softcover. Boston, Oliver Ditson, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. 68 pages in illustrated light green wrappers. B&w illustrations.

Record # 501139


Price: $31.00 

 

In Calico and Crinoline: True Stories of American Women 1608-1865


Sickels, Eleanor, Illust. by: Ilse Bischoff

Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, with illustrations by Ilse Bischoff. Decorative red stain on top edge. Very slight dust jacket edgewear and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852868


Price: $12.00 

 

Peter Parley's Own Story


Goodrich, Samuel G.

Hardcover. New York, Sheldon & Co. , 2nd, 1864, Green cloth. Original embossed cloth. Gilt title and art on spine Illustrated. 1st. ed., 2nd state. Six full-page printed engraved illustrations. 320 pgs. Small 8vo. "From the Personal narrative of the Late Samuel G. Goodrich, ("Peter Parley.") Cover corners worn, top of spine frayed. Front & back hinges repaired. Sm sticker on front end paper.

Record # 186008


Price: $35.00 

 

Book of Stars, The


Collins, A. Frederick

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Being a simple explanation of the stars & their uses to Boy Life. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Scarce dust jacket w/chips.

Record # 11633


Price: $66.00 

 

Watching Europe Grow


N/A

Hardcover. New York, The Junior Literary Guild Inc., 2nd, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 489 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A unique travel history of Europe. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Red toning to top text block. Heavy chipping and rubbing to dust jacket. Mild rubbing to boards. Profusely illustrated. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951767


Price: $19.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: April 1965


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 113 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'The Flat-Heeled Muse' by Lloyd Alexander, 'The Common Ground' by Ann Petry, 'Teaching by Delight' by Mary Nash, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604722


Price: $8.00 


 

Athens at War


Warner, Rex

London, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Rerold by Rex Warner from "History of the Peloponnesian War" of Thucydides. 174 pages, illustrations in black & white by William Stobbs. Very good condition except for fading of spine.

Record # 175837


Price: $28.00 

 

Sugaring Time


Lasky, Kathryn, Christopher G. Knight (Photographs)

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Green cover boards, white title on spine. Previous owner's address label on front flyleaf. Just a touch of tanning to dj. In very good condition. Follow the Lacey family as they spend their spring engaging in the sweet task of Sugaring Time, or collecting maple sap to make delicious syrup.

Record # 31882


Price: $25.00 

 

Barnum Presents General Tom Thumb


Desmond, Alice Curtis

New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 236 pages. INSCRIBED BY DESMOND ON BOOKPLATE on front fly leaf.B&W photos.

Record # 304300


Price: $18.00 

 

Little Wide-Awake: An Anthology of Victorian Children's Books and Periodicals


De Vries, Leonard

Hardcover. Cleveland New York, World Publishing Co., 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages with color and b&w period illustrations. Bright dust jacket in very good condition.

Record # 401312


Price: $20.00 

 

Milk and Honey - Travails With a Donkey


Stanton, Paul

New York, Mill-Morrow, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Record # 207428


Price: $12.00 

 

Bibliophile in the Nursery - A Bookman's Treasury of Collector's Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books.


Targ, William

Cleveland NY, World Publishing, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 503 pages, b&w illustrations. Nice copy in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 602432


Price: $26.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: April 1977


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 9 articles about children's bookshops, 'A Second Look: The Glass Slipper' by Sheryl B. Andrews, 'Early Spring Booklist', and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604698


Price: $8.00 


 

Talent Is Not Enough - Mollie Hunter On Writing For Children


Hunter, Mollie

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 59831


Price: $20.00 

 

Ronnie


Rosenbaum, Eileen

Hardcover. New York , Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages with b&w photos by Gloir Kitt Lindauer and Carmel Roth.Clean, bright copy with unclipped dust jacket, $3.95. Mild soil to jacket.

Record # 406186


Price: $25.00 

 

Boys Book of Border Battles


Sabin, Edwin L.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs, 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 349 Pages. Black & white illustrations. Front hinge cracked with cloth holding. Gilt titles on cover and spine still bright with full color paste down intact. Majority of dust jacket sealed within a clear plastic Brodart cover. Text clean, and unmarked.

Record # 608748


Price: $35.00 

The Boy MagicianDixie, Raymond

The Boy Magician


Dixie, Raymond

Boston, Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1st, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Black & white illustrations. Cover has edgewear. Previous owner's sticker on inside of front cover.

Record # 206909


Price: $50.00 

 

Winner, The


Smith, Gene

NY, Cowles Book Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in 2-colors by Richard Cuffari. The story of the champion race horse Top Gallant. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 602330


Price: $20.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: October 1978


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'On Writing for Children: Some wasps in the Marmalade. Part I' by Jane Gardam, 'Books for a Very Special School' by Norma Fryatt, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604704


Price: $8.00 


 

Friar and the Knight, The - Padre Olmedo and Cortez


Strousse, Flora, Illust. by: William Wilson

NY, P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W illustrations by William Wilson. In a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page.

Record # 600969


Price: $20.00 

 

To Hold this Ground - A Desperate Battle in Gettysburg


Beller, Susan Provost

Hard Back . New York, McElderry , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY BELLER on title-page. Black & white photos and illustrations. 95 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 201028


Price: $20.00 

 

Stories Selected From the History of Spain


Ramble, Robert

Hardcover. Philadelphia, R.W. Pomeroy, 1st, 1839, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 160 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawing. Foxing to pages. Hinges cracked at page 18-19. Brown bindings with gold decorated on front cover, lettering. Heavy spine fade. Edgewear to spine edges, corners bumped.

Record # 509282


Price: $63.00 

 

Uphill and Downhill


Schwartz, Julius, Illust. by: William McCaffery

NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages, illustrated in b&w and 2-colors by William McCaffery. Ex-lib with light stamping, residue.

Record # 601280


Price: $19.00 

 

All About Elephants


Edwards, Dorothy Lee

Hardcover. New York , E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs, gray cloth covers with black lettering. Review slip laid in. Mark from paper clip no longer present. Otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 406014


Price: $250.00 

 

Young Mary Queen of Scots, The


Plaidy, Jean, Illust. by: William Randell

NY, Roy Publishers, 1st US, n.d. (1963), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&w illustrations by William Randell. In a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Record # 501272


Price: $75.00 

 

Magnificent Deception, The - Arabian Story Masterpieces


Salah, Said

Saudi Arabia, I.P.A. Dhahran Airport, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 71 pages. Color illustrated paper covered boards. Color, black & white photos, drawings.

Record # 509093


Price: $15.00 

 

Homes and Habits of Wild Animals


Schmidt, Karl Patterson

Chicago, M. A. Donohue and Co., 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color and Black & white illustrations by Walter Alois Weber. Dust jacket with edgewear and chipping and soil also price clipped. Illustrated end papers.

Record # 201537


Price: $25.00 

 

Home Handicraft for Girls: Interesting Things to Make and Do


Hall, Ruth M. and A. Neely Hall

Hardcover. New York , Jr. Literary Guild/J.B. Lippincott, Book Club Ed, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 359 pages, 348 b&w drawings and photographs by the authors. Scarce in the bright orange dust jacket, light edgewear and chipping.

Record # 403205


Price: $40.00 

 

Florence Nightingale - Nurse to the World


Wyndham, Lee, Illust. by: Richard Cuffari

NY, World Pub. Co., 1969, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Black & white illustrations by Richard Cuffari. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 502555


Price: $12.00 

 

Second Year of the Look About Club


Bamford, Mary E.

Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings. Slight warp to right edge of pages 161 through 178. Minor foxing to cloth covers. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 607597


Price: $25.00 

 

Boys' Guide to Fishing


Morton, Katherine and E. E.

NY , Greenberg, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Color, B&W illust. by the authors. Ex-lib. with library binding, stamping, residue to end papers.

Record # 300850


Price: $12.00 

 

Fire! My Parents'Story


Haas, Jessie

hardcover. NY, Green Willow, 1st , 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos.

Record # 64712


Price: $15.00 

 

The Young Nimrods in North America - A Book for Boys


Knox, Thomas W.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages plus 4 pages of "interesting books for boys." Copious black & white illustrations. Blue cloth cover, back scuffed and discolored. Front: gilt title laid over brown design. Spine slightly faded but gilt still bright.

Record # 501579


Price: $44.00 

 

World War II Resistance Stories (SIGNED)


Prager, Arthur and Emily Prager, Illust. by: Steve Assel

Hardcover. New York, Franklin Watts, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 90 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front flyleaf. Illustrated by Steve Assel. Small tear to dust jacket at top edge. Minor rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket as well. Mild age toning to top text block edge. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951799


Price: $19.00 

 

Play Ball!


Dunn, Bert

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, unknown, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Intro. by Joe Cronin. Instructional tips by Ted Williams, Dave Ferris, Ty Cobb. No 1st ed. indicated. Black & white photos. $2.50 on flap. Dj with chunks gone, creases.

Record # 61488


Price: $20.00 

 

Little Book of Prayers, A


Johnson, Emily Fendall , Illust. by: Maud and Miska Petersham

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 6th Printing, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Unpaginated; B&W illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham throughout. Gray cover embellished with illustrations of birds and flowers in crimson. Title on spine. Edgewear with some discoloration from water damage. Dust jacket heavily chipped with large chunks missing from the top edge; significant water damage and staining. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATORS.

Record # 401569


Price: $20.00 

 

Little Busybodies - The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies


Marks, Jeannette and Julia Moody

NY, Harper & Bros., 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages. Color frontis, B&W illust. Ex-lib with light markings, residue to end papers. Light wear to top of spine, small spine label.

Record # 300910


Price: $15.00 

 

Puffin Island


Graham, Jr., Ada & Frank, Illust. by: Les Line

New York , Cowles Book Co., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 140 pages, B&W photos by Les Line.

Record # 304329


Price: $15.00 

 

NEW WORLD BUILDERS. THRILLING DAYS WITH LEWIS AND CLARK


Moorehead, Blanche Woods, Illust. by: Armstrong Sperry

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages. Illustrated by Armstrong Sperry with 10 b/w plates and a color frontispiece of Sacagawea with one of the explorers. Black, orange, and white color pictorial end papers of Indian totems, tepees, buffalo, more. Double page color map. Introduction by Christopher B. Coleman. Four page glossary of Indian and French names at pages 225 to 228. 8vo. Orange pictorial cloth with black lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Minor marking and smudging to cover. Light edgewear. Very Good.

Record # 219852


Price: $10.00 

 

Children's Books in Print 1983-1984 - Author Index - Title Index - Illustrator Index


NA

Hardcover. New York, R. R. Bowker Co., 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 895 pages. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Small label on front cover. White residue top edge at spine. Light edgewear. Bump to rear bottom edge. Yellowing to page edges.

Record # 500834


Price: $6.00 

 

After the Dinosaurs - The Story of Prehistoric Mammals and Man


Shooter, James C.

New York , Golden Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages, illustrated in color by Peter Barrett.

Record # 175941


Price: $12.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: December 1978


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Writing the Source: In Other Words' by Virginia Hamilton, 'Characters and Other Clues' by Ellen Raskin, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604711


Price: $8.00 


 

Special Collections in Children's Literature


Field, Carolyn W.

Hardcover. Chicago, American Library Assoc., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A guide to important collections of juvenile material in U.S. Libraries. 257 pages.

Record # 59832


Price: $10.00 

 

Always Dream


Kristi, Yamaguchi

Hardcover. US, Taylor Trade Publishing, 1st, 1998-04-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear to dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463532


Price: $38.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: August 1978


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'If You Can Read. Part II' by Mollie Hunter, 'Katherine Paterson' by Virginia Buckley, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604703


Price: $8.00 


 

Little House Christmas, A - Holiday Stories from the Little House Books


Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Illust. by: Garth Williams

NY, Harper Collins Publishers, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 89 pages, color illustrations by Garth Williams.

Record # 175867


Price: $25.00 

 

Wood - Song


Paulsen, Gary

Hardcover. NY, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 177874


Price: $18.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: October 1972


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'On Writing for Children: Some Wasps in the Marmalade. Part I' by Jane Gardam, 'Books for a Very Special School' by Norma Fryatt, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604706


Price: $8.00 


 

Little Wonder Library of 20 Books for Boys and Girls


Charles E. Merrill Books

Softcover. Columbus, OH, Charles E. Merrill Books, 1st, 1946, Dust Jacket: None, 20 booklets in an illustrated cardboard slipcase. Booklets include #s 301, 406, 407, 309, 308, 307, 305, 304, 303, 302, 415, 306, 403, 402, 401, 313, 311, 310, 405 and 404. Booklets have B/W photographs and are in excellent condition with some fading on edges. The slipcase is made of cardboard and its edges are cracking. There are some stains on the back of the case and some tears on the bottom. Very good quality overall.

Record # 802769


Price: $32.00 

 

My Ballet Book


Castle, Kate

London, Kindersley, 1st UK, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages. Color photography.

Record # 207212


Price: $12.00 

 

There Was a Time: The Story of Evolution.


Morrow, Suzanne Stark, Illust. by: Enrico Arno

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 40 pages. Green cloth cover, light wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket has wear to edges, heavy in one corner. Color illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 853122


Price: $15.00 

 

Manners to Grow On


Lee, Tina, Illust. by: Manning Lee

NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 94 pages, illustrated throughout in red and black by Manning Lee. Ex-library with only light stamping, residue to rear end papers. Nice dust jacket, book appears unread.

Record # 601279


Price: $19.00 

 

Le Vilain Chat/ The Mischievous Cat


Trez, Denise and Alain

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bilingual edition, same story in French and English. Two-color illustrations by authors.

Record # 406030


Price: $11.00 

 

Things we Need: Wood


Clair, ed., Colin

London, Bruce Publishing Co., Ltd., N/D, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 64 pages, b & w illustrations, clean, tight copy, front and back end paper wrinkling, small chunks out of front and back of dust jacket, sun fading on spine of dust jacket.

Record # 800504


Price: $12.00 

 

Let's Make Soup


Lyons Johnson, Hannah

Hardcover. 1st, Lothrap, Lee & Shepard Company, New York, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Photographs by Daniel Dorn. Dust jacket soiled. Interior clean.

Record # 802013


Price: $10.00 

 

Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico


Montgomery, Rachel

London, Paul Hamlyn, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Gabriele Santini. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 201579


Price: $18.00 

 

Strange Stories of 1812


Henderson, Walter J./James Barnes, Francis Sterne Palmer & S. G. W. Benjamin

Hardcover. New York, NY, Harper & Brothers Publishers, First Edition, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with navy, orange & blue printed illustration, orange printed titles to cover. Light soiling to spine. IBlue dyed top edge. Interior is clean with black & white illustrations throughout. Light toning to edges. Tight binding.

Record # 6670060


Price: $38.00 

 

Arctic and the Antarctic, The - What Lives there


Huntington, Lee Pennock, Illust. by: Murray Tinkelman

NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 2nd, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 47 pages. Black & white illustrations by Murray Tinkelman. Dust jacket with spine fade, light edgewear, closed tears.

Record # 502568


Price: $15.00 

 

Passage to the Golden Gate - A History of the Chinese in America to 1910


Chu, Daniel and Samuel Chu, Illust. by: Earl Thollander

Paperback. New York, Doubleday, 1st wraps, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 117 pages. Paperback. Black & white illustrations by Earl Thollander. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.

Record # 207828


Price: $15.00 

 

And Long Remember - Some Great Americans Who Have Helped Me


Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

NY, Whittlesey House, 1st , 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , B&W illust.by Ezra Jack Keats. Light edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 300856


Price: $12.00 

 

Breaking Tradition - The Story of Louise Nevelson


Bober, Natalie S.

hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st , 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 166 pages. Written for young adults.

Record # 64713


Price: $15.00 

 

Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, The


Opie, Iona & Peter

Hardcover. New York , Oxford University Press , 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Dust jacket is worn, torn and sun-faded, protected by a mylar cover. Book itself is in lovely condition.

Record # 855989


Price: $44.00 

Wonder Book of Aircraft, TheGolding (Ed.), Harry

Wonder Book of Aircraft, The


Golding (Ed.), Harry

Hardcover. London, Ward Lock and Co., 8th Ed., nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with color label on cover, 256 pages. illustrated with 8 color, 250 b&w illustrations. Light soil to covers,

Record # 413877


Price: $25.00 

 

Our New Land


Barker, Eugene C./Frances Cavanah & Walter P. Webb

Hardcover. Evanston, IL, Row, Peterson and Company, Reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover. Red boards with ocean & ship vignette to cover & off-white titles. Features illustrators, Earle Kirkbride, Donald Mills, Herbert Rudeen, Frederick Seyfarth & William Mark Young. Profusely illustrated in full color and b/w throughout. Light tone to edges. TIght binding, tight signatures, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670067


Price: $15.00 

 

First Journeys in Music Land


Jesse, Mary Ruth, Illust. by: Harold Sichel

Softcover. New York, The University Society, Inc., Unknown, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 81 pages; B&W illustrations by Harold Sichel throughout. Collection of various simple children's songs, with musical notation. Edgewear, foxing, some water stains.

Record # 401571


Price: $12.00 

 

Bibliophile in the Nursery - A Bookman's Treasury of Collector's Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books.


Targ, William

Cleveland NY, World Publishing, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 503 pages, b&w illustrations. Nice copy in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 220989


Price: $50.00 

 

We The People: The Constitution of the United States of America


Spier, Peter

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st Edition, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear (see image). Decorated endpapers. Decorated cover boards, some chipping on edges. Pages clean. A colorful, artistic celebration of the entire Constitution, including the Bill of Rights and all the amendments.

Record # 32373


Price: $19.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: June 1971


NA

Paperback. New York, The Horn Book, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'An Adventure in Translation' by Elizabeth Shub, 'The New Realism' by Robert Burch, 'Within the Margins of a Picture Book' by Uri Shulevitz and more. Light marking or library stamp on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604610


Price: $8.00 


 

Sun, The


Simon, Seymour

Hardcover. NY, Mulberry Books, Rep., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color photos. No dust jacket.

Record # 63135


Price: $8.00 

 

Land of Pluck, The: Stories and Sketches for Young Folk


Dodge, Mary Mapes

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, with illustrations throughout. Stories and sketches about Holland and the Dutch. Gilt decorated cover and top edge. Moderate foxing throughout and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise, bright and tight copy.

Record # 853268


Price: $18.00 

 

Horn Book Magazine: February 1965


NA

Paperback. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 87 pages. Reference of books and reading for children and young people. Featuring: 'Our Dreams are Tales' by Rosemary Manning, 'Watch Your Language - You're Writing for Young People!" by John and Patricia Beatty, and more. Light marking or library stamp/subscription label on cover. Black & white illustrations. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 604721


Price: $8.00 


North Star to FreedomGorrell, Gena K.

North Star to Freedom


Gorrell, Gena K.

Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1st Am, January 1, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. (3)

Record # 454522


Price: $8.00 

 

Tree House Book, The


Stiles, David

Softcover. New York, Avon Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Spiral bound softcover. Designs and illustrations by David Stiles. Fading and moderate wear to covers. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 612628


Price: $63.00 

Monroe Street Books