Children's Fiction

Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Berthe Amoss. Ex-lib with light stamp on front and rear fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 162 pages illustrated in color by Michael Hague. INSCRIBED BY HAGUE WITH AN INK SKETCH OF A FAIRY SITTING ON A TOADSTOOL on the title page. Minor wear to dust jacket, yellowing a bit at edges.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Novel written in poetic form (like her Newbery Medal winning "Out of the Dust"), and telling an historically accurate story in 11 voices. In 1924 Vermont, a small town falls under the influence of the Ku Klux Klan; two girls, Leanora Sutter and Esther Hirsh, one black and the other Jewish, are among those who are no longer welcome in their community. An intricately woven story of prejudice, poverty and hope, and ultimately of the beginning of understanding. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 3rd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 102 pages. Illustrated in line by Catherine Stock. A pampered child is transformed into a cat, with her beloved pet as a guide. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black, 181 pages. B&w illustrations by Harve Stein. A young adult adventure set in the Canadian wilderness. Light chip to cloth on front cover, "Review Copy" stamped on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop Publishing, 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers stamped in black and gilt. 339 pages, b&w frontis. Bright copy with name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 124 pages illustrated in b& w and color by Jon Klassen. Badger is a quiet, solitary geologist intent on his important rock work. Skunk is an outgoing, friendly, unwelcome new roommate. They have nothing in common. Aunt Lula must have been crazy to suggest it-this is never going to work out. But, the more time they spend together, the more they learn about each other. Maybe they have more in common than they realized, and maybe being roommates is just what they both needed. And who knew chickens were such conversationalists and story lovers? In a classic odd-couple pairing, Badger and Skunk show how opposites attract and that making friends means opening yourself up to possibilities.

Hardcover. London, Harrap, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 221 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 142 pages; color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black and white illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert. 19 folk tales from across the world. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Aladdin Books, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 174 pages. Black & white illustrations by Frederick T. Chapman. Short tears to rear fly leaf. Previous owner's signature and stamp front endpaper. Light soil to covers. Green top edge. Corners bumped. Two boys' adventures trying to obtain the bicycles they dream about.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton's Children's Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 271 pages. Wrap-around jacket art by Trina Schart Hyman. Lucian, a young man of ancient Greece's Arkadia, embarks on a classical quest of danger, daring, and romance and encounters a remarkable cast of heroes, poets, seamen, horsemen, wise women, kings, and peasants. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 271 page, blue cloth covers with white lettering on spine. SIGNED BY BEST on the front fly leaf. Stated first printing. A novel set in upstate New York in the days of land grants and frontier hardship. And the story of a beautiful young woman so swaggering-proud of herself and uncertain of her desire to grow to womanhood. Minor shelf wear, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st , 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 211 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Deckled edges. Blue cloth cover boards, white title on spine and design on front cover. Dust jacket has extensive agewear, wrapped in clear plastic mylar for protection. Tanning from age to pages and edges, doesn't affect text or illustrations.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth boards decorated in darker green and gilt on cover and gilt on spine, top edges gilt, 105 pages. Forty-five children's tales from the prolific Boston author. Light residue to inside rear cover otherwise bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine. 75 pages with monotone illustrations throughout from the engravings of Thomas Bewick .".an allegorical tale based on the old tradition that on Christmas night the animals in the stable -- the ass, the cow, the sheep and the dove --have the power of human speech and thus are able to tell one another of the gifts they have given to the Child." By the author of the Mary Poppins books. Clean copy.

Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with yellow lettering. 286 pages illustrated in b&w by Gordon Grant. Follows the popular The Half Deck, which he wrote in 1933. The Monarch, under Capt. McFarlane, leaves the Firth of Clyde for Africa, the Barbadoes, New Orleans, and back. War is declared while in Africa, and the ship tries to outrun a submarine. Small name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, Brodarted dust jacket whose flaps have been glued to the covers. B&w illustrations by Fermin Rocker. Ex-lib with pocket in rear. Interior clean.

Hardcover. London, Thomas Nelson, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with gilt lettering, design on spine. 216 pages plus publisher's catalog in rear. Color frontis. and 11 b&w illustrations by Rowland Hilder. Previous owner's inscription to front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Mild wear to spine cloth. This is the more elusive first printing with the color plate in front, no dust jacket.

New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly chipped dust jacket. 64 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Margot Tomes. A tale of the King's birthday & the marzipan shop on the narrowest lane in England.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman, 1st thus, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards with Julie Andrews on the cover. This is an altered version of the famous series by P.L. Travers based on the Disney motion picture. Illustrate in b&w, 4 color spreads. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, W.A. Wilde Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt titles, 299 pages, color frontis by Harold Cue. Spine gilt faded, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering, light scuffing. 1,072 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co./Junior Literary Guild, BC Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, orange-yellow cloth with black stamping, in a very worn, torn dust jacket. 278 pages with line drawings by Ruth Holbrook. After two weeks of camping in a tent by the lake, Emily finds an arrowhead and becomes a real heroine when danger threatens. Endpapers map in green by Holbrook. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with art by Barry Moser. Book Club Edition, clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, 11th pr., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a Coretta Scott King Award sticker on front. Illustrated in b&w and color by Jerry Pinkney.

Hardcover. NY, C.S. Francis & Co., 1st, 1850, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed tan cloth with the publisher's Little Library motif on the cover, 160 pages, two illustrated title pages, several b&w line drawings throughout, not credited. Title page dated 1850. Inscription on blank prelim page, otherwise clean with only mild foxing.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st thus, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. black cloth with color illustration on cover label. 347 pages. 10 color plates by Peter Hurd, including the illustrated title page. Front hinge cracked, bookplate on half-title page. Otherwise clean.

Softcover. Syracuse NY, Syracuse University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 270 pages. Originally published in 1975. The classic tale of a young man attempts to claim ownership of an old barn rumored to contain a hidden treasure. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Hardcover, pastel peach cloth stamped in dark blue. 175 pages, illustrated with charming b&w drawings by Flavia Gag. Evans' first story about white folks full of the spirit of a vanished era. 12 yr old Emma Belle is in a small Tennessee town in 1881 As the undisputed leader of her two younger sisters she must figure out how to get to Kinfolks Meeting which their mother has opposed. Spine has a small 3/4" tear, otherwise sound, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 3rd pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Lawson. The hard winter that Analdas, the old Rabbit, prophesies comes to pass in more ways than one for the dwellers of Rabbit Hill when the "Folk" go away and leave a neglectful Caretaker with a mean Dog in charge. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Oliver & Boyd, 1st UK, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 232 pages, illustrated in b&w by Robert Hales, translated by Evelyn Ramsden. Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was a Swedish children's book author and the author of the Pippi Longstocking series. Seacrow Island was published in Sweden in 1964. This volume from 1968 is the stated first English edition by Oliver & Boyd Ltd., London, published before the Viking American edition (Copyright page is at the back of the book). Light yellow cloth binding with illustration of a boy holding a dog on front board and printing on spine. Dust jacket with light edgewear, price-clipped. Binding is tight, square, clean and bright.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Company, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with bright blue, green and gilt design to front cover and spine. Romance of America's History series. Stated First Edition. Includes 8 color plates by N.C. Wyeth, Frank E. Schoonover, Stanley Arthurs and Charles Hargens. Many b&w drawings in text by various artists. Includes chapters by Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Jack London, J.F. Cooper, et al. Woodcut engraved endpapers, color frontis, 506 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, S.G. Phillips, 1st US, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 94 pages, illustrated with drawings by Moyra Leatham. Clean copy, dj price-clipped.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st illustrated thus, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 365 pages. Edited by Virginia Kirkus. Black & white illustrations and color frontispiece by Henry C. Pitz. Corners bumped. Spine and corners rubbed. Spine faded. Soiling to covers. Gutter cracked on pg 177 and 272.

Hardcover. NY, Baker & Taylor Company, 2nd pr., 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Decorated olive cloth covers with titles in black in ruled border. Titles on spine in orange. 396 pages. Five black & white illustrations plus frontispiece with tissue guard by F.R. Gruger. Bookseller's label on front end paper. Rubbing to corners and spine. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 121 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan boards with a black cloth spine and a color illustration paste-down on front cover. K-E code on copyright page. 247 pages. Color and black and white illustrated plates throughout, all present as called for. A collection of tales, interweaving historical information, on various pirates and other notorious figures in the Spanish Main (Caribbean). Includes chapters on Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and others. Mild edgewear to covers, light water stain to rear board, gilt lettering on spine faded, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine, decoration on cover. 121 pages, illustrated by De Angeli in b&w. Clean copy.

New York, Dodd Mead , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 109 pages. Black & white illustrations by Ted Lewin. Dust jacket with edgewear, light soiling. Conrad, the boy who gave Annie a willow whistle, improves her father's opinion of him when he helps save his classmates stranded in the schoolhouse by an early blizzard.

Hardcover. London, J.M. Dent and Sons, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 246 pages, 4 color plates, b&w drawings by H. Baumhauer.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 3rd pr., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped with blue decoration, 427 pages. B&w drawings by Helene Carter. "The intrepid Swallows (explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker) and fearsome Amazon pirates (Nancy and Peggy Blackett) sail the high seas, outwitting a pirate and his cutthroat crew, sharks, and the ravenous creatures of Crab Island in search of buried treasure." Hinges tender, pencil notation on dedication page otherwise clean. Mild shelf wear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 150 pages. A young adult mystery. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with cover label, gilt lettering and design faded. This is a American Indian legend called Lost Indian Magic, a mystery story of the Red Man as he lived before the White Man came, Eight color plates by Carl Moon, the one opposite page 70 is loose and laid in. Covers worn, hinges cracked, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 issues bound in one volume, black pebbled cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. 526 pages, b&w illustrations. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Porter and Coates, 1st, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with beveled edges, ornate black and gilt stamped design on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. 315 pages, 44 b&w engravings, most full-page. A tale told from a dog's point of view. Front and rear hinges cracked, front endpaper missing, wear to spine extremities. Interior is clean and bright. Margaret Thomson Janvier was an American poet and author of children's literature who published under the pseudonym Margaret Vandegrift. Scarce title.

Hardcover. Boston , Little Brown, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated in color and b&w by Nonny Hogrogian. Ex-lib with small spine label and envelope reside on rear endpapers. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, nd, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 306 pages. B&w drawings throughout, not credited. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. 80 pages, b&w drawings by Arvis Stewart. Bold name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. An I CAN READ Mystery. When Mama Cluck loses Arthur, her baby chick, the owl detective fights a fox, harasses a pack rat, and finally finds the best clue, a colored Easter Egg. Clean copy.