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Roald Dahl: A BiographyTreglown, Jeremy
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Roald Dahl: A Biography


Treglown, Jeremy

Hardcover. US, Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 3rd printing, 1994-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages. Minor sun-fade and shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461782


Price: $13.00 

 

Sambo Sahib: The Story of Helen Bannerman author of 'Little Black Sambo'


Hay, Elizabeth

Hardcover. Totowa, NJ, Barnes & Noble, reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Biography of the life of Helen Bannerman and her controversial books about "Little Black Sambo." 194 pages. In very good condition, clean and well-bound. Some rubbing to dust jacket. Includes b&w illustrations.

Record # 807633


Price: $35.00 

San Francisco Childhood, Memories of a Great City Seen Through the Eyes of Its ChildrenZee, John van der (Author, Editor)
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San Francisco Childhood, Memories of a Great City Seen Through the Eyes of Its Children


Zee, John van der (Author, Editor)

Softcover. Kensington, Calif., Grizzly Peak Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages, b&w illustrations. Minor tearing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460089


Price: $15.00 

 

Secret Life of The Lonely Doll - The Search for Dare Wright, The


Nathan, Jean

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear to dust jacket edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611653


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

 

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 

 

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, Volume XX


Dodge, Mary Mapes

Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 960 pages, b&w illustrations. Edge wear, chipping, tears to covers; hinges cracked. Light edge wear to pages; else pages clean and crisp.

Record # 808943


Price: $30.00 

 

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks


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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 

 

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 

 

Telling Line, The: Essays on Fifteen Book Illustrators


Martin, Douglas

Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Press, 1st U.S.A, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket spine lightly yellowed from shelf wear. Otherwise very clean inside and out. From the font flap: "The art of book illustration is too often overlooked, rarely getting the attention that it deserves. Art historians, students of children's literature, librarians, teachers, and general readers will be pleased to find that Douglas Martin helps to fill this void. In The Telling Line, he focuses on fifteen significant modern illustrators: their backgrounds, influences, and techniques."

Record # 30480


Price: $15.00 

 

Thornton W. Burgess, Harrison Cady : a book, magazine, and newspaper bibliography


Dowhan, Michael W.

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., Carlton Press, rep, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460529


Price: $38.00 

 

Through the Looking Glass: Further Adventures & Misadventures in the Realm of Children's Literature


Lanes, Selma G.

Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. A critical analysis on children's literature. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471145


Price: $23.00 

 

Tough Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood


Yolen, Jane

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket with small previous owner's inscription on front, short closed tear otherwise VG.

Record # 12963


Price: $9.00 

 

Travelogue Storybook of the Nineteenth Century, The


Haviland, Virginia

Hardcover. Boston, The Horn Book, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 70 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851541


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 

Victorian childhood : themes and variationsJordan, Thomas Edward
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Victorian childhood : themes and variations


Jordan, Thomas Edward

Hardcover. Albany, State University of New York Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 391 pages. Light shelf-wear to maroon laminated boards, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460559


Price: $19.00 

 

World of the Nursery, The


White, Colin

Hardcover. London, Herbert Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, English nurseries from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century, lavishly illustrated in b&w and color, slight edgewear, very clean, tight copy.

Record # 801547


Price: $13.00 

 

Yankee Doodle's Literary Sampler of Prose, Poetry, & Pictures: Being an Anthology of Diverse Works Published for the Edification and/or Entertainment of Young Readers in America Before 1900


Haviland, Virginia and Margaret N. Coughla

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages w/ index. Red cloth w/ embossed picture of a boy on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Color pictorial dust jacket is protected in myler cover. One brown strip of discoloring runs the width of the dj, presumably from tape. Clean, unmarked, tight copy of the collection of stories selected form the Rare Book Collections of the Library of Congress.

Record # 804037


Price: $51.00 

 

Young Ardizzone, The: An Autobiographical Fragment


Ardizzone, Edward , Illust. by: Edward Ardizzone

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 144 pages. Contains black & white and color illustrations by Ardizzone. Remainder dot on top edge. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Record # 508432


Price: $38.00 

Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri
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Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri

Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 375 pages, a collection of lectures on children's literature and publishing. Blue cloth covers, clean and tight. Record # 405846
Price: $12.00 

Isaac Bashevis Singer - Children's Stories and Childhood Memoirs by: Allison, Alida
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Isaac Bashevis Singer - Children's Stories and Childhood Memoirs by: Allison, Alida

Hardcover. NY, Twayne, 1st , 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Twaynes U.S. Authors Series #661. Record # 57245
Price: $12.00 

Mazel and Shlimazel/ Or the Milk of a Lioness by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Margot Zemach
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Mazel and Shlimazel/ Or the Milk of a Lioness by: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illust. by: Margot Zemach

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, rep, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A children's book from the winner of 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. 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. Classic tale about the conflict between Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, and Schlimazel, the wicked old spirit of bad luck. Record # 12830
Price: $30.00 

Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett
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Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 460632
Price: $12.00 

Shoemaker's Son, The - The Life of Hans Christian Anderson by: Burnett, Constance Buel
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Shoemaker's Son, The - The Life of Hans Christian Anderson by: Burnett, Constance Buel

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, black & white plates, decoration by Fritz Kredel, 313 pgs. Slight fading to spine, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 108528
Price: $12.00 


  
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