Children's Fiction

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday Page & Co., reprint, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages, dark green cloth with black decoration, b&w drawings by Kipling. Top and bottom of spine cloth with light fraying. Otherwise clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Buzza Company, 5th pr., 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages illustrated throughout by Knight in color and b&w, color endpaper illustration. In a bright, lightly chipped dust jacket. Light musty odor.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Bros, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Hanrahan A39., Several pages w/ watercolor spatter. Dust jacket price clipped, w/ soil (watercolor spatter) & edgewear, chips.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 171 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with art by Charles Lilly.

Hardcover. New York, Criterion Books, 1st US, 1957 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Translated by Gwen Marsh. 170 pages, illustrated in B&W by Felix Hoffmann. Spine faded, dust jacket with light edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 3rd, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 217 pages. Library edition sticker shadow on dust jacket spine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 637 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w by the author. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, reprint, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 283 pages, 5 color plates and endpapers drawing by George Avison. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, J.B. Lippincott Company, 2nd pr., 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Mary Shepard. Moderate wear to edges.

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black lettering, 310 pages. B&w illustrations by Norman Price.

Hardcover. New York , Lippincott /Junior Literary Guild, 1st Ed., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 307 pages. Hardcover with dust jaccket. illustrated in B&W by Marguerite de Angeli. Small chip on dust jacket, creases, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green boards with red cloth spine, pictorial label on front. 63 pages with 10 lovely color plates, not credited. Covers with edgewear, spine edge fraying. Interior very good, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 185 pages. Hardcover. Pages and edges have tanning from age. Doesn't affect text or illustrations. Orange endpapers. Binding tight. Spine straight. Decorated cover boards, still bright, have some age wear. Illustrated by Hamilton Greene. This is the 6th book in the series.

Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages. Hardcover. Sepia Illustrations throughout. Pages and edges have a bit of tanning from age. Doesn't affect text or illustrations. Orange endpapers. Binding tight. Spine straight. Decorated cover boards, still bright, have some agewear (see image), no tears. In very good condition. $5000 has gone missing and Brains Benton and his friend, Jimmy are on the case, but before they can solve the crime, they are plunged into a whirlwind of excitement and suspense, climaxed by a wild chase in a racing car.

Hardcover. Cleveland, World Publishing Co., 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 223 pages. B&w illustrations by W.T. Mars. Dust jacket with edgewear, big chunk gone from rear panel. Excellent young adult mystery novel about two boys stranded on the moors who find a partly destroyed statue. It won a Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association for outstanding children's book of the year in 1965 in Britain.

Hardcover. New York , Knopf, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages, yellow cloth covers with red and green design. End paper drawing and b&w illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Light wear but clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages, with b&w illustrations by Lewis Parker. Dust jacket price clipped and minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Denny Meech is accustomed to being teased at school, especially during hunting season. There was a time many years ago when the Meeches were unruly mountainmen who lived off the land and ignored the game laws. But that was long ago. Now Denny finds himself in the middle of a mystery. Where are those silent flashes of light coming from in the middle of the night? What is Boot, his dog, barking at when Denny can see and hear nothing? Denny must get to the bottom of this. But how? He convinces Uncle Frank and his cousin Bert to help him, and together they solve the mystery and capture the deer poachers.

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations. by Ray Prather. Ex-lib with marking, residue to rear end papers, cover. Award winning-Hamilton's second "Jahdu" book of tales, in which Mama Luka who introduced young Lee Edward to the magical stories, must leave her tight little place in Harlem because her building is being torn down. The boy is sad but he knows that she will move where he can visit and grab a new Jahdu story for him out of the air.

New York, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 128 pages. Black & white decorations by Antony Maitland. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Dust jacket with tear, library label on spine.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books , 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, library binding. Illustrated in b&w by Antony Maitland. An atmospheric and chilling thriller set in 19th century London. Bartholomew Dorking finds himself inexplicably tied to the murdering villain Black Jack, who should have hung from the gallows - but who has now, it seems, come back from the dead!. Leon Garfield was one of the most celebrated children's authors of the twentieth century, and won the Guardian Award, The Whitbread Award, and the Carnegie Medal. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&W illustrations by Michael Sporn. Small nick & white paper wheresticker lifted-off on dust jacket otherwise very good, clean copy.

Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 60 pages. Black & white illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Dust jacket with edgewear, fading to spine. A story that takes place during the Sanfrancisco earthquake. Price clipped.

Surrey, UK, World's Work, 1st UK, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers, gilt tile on spine. B&W illustrations by Alan H. Crane. 89 pages. Spiritual tale of a blind boy in Mexico and the miracle that happens to him. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, red cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine, 237 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover. Mild soil to edges, covers. Historical fiction for young adults based on the life of Roland, warrior of France, nephew of Emperor Charlemagne. Clean copy.

New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 127 pages, b&w illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher. A ten-year-old Danish boy goes on a whaling hunt. Drawn from the author's life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 106 pages, illustrations by Donald A. Mackay throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and minor tear on top edge. Clean and bright pages and tight binding. Story of a young boy who feels out of place in his own family. Gus Oliver lives with his several siblings and parents in rural upstate New York. He is nicknamed "the stone face boy." Gus is a strange and awkward boy but likable. When a stray dog is befriended by his sister, he doesn't take an immediate like to him. When the dog goes missing one night, it appears only Gus can find him before the dog is hunted or trapped in the cold winter night.

NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 200 pages, light scuffing to edges of cloth. Bright dust jacket. Priscilla's vagabond family finds an unexpected home in Massachusetts but not until Priscilla accepts herself and her unusual family does she find contentment.

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 315 pages. Collection of 12 stories previously published in separate volumes. Gutter split from hinge at title-page. Dust jacket price clipped.

Philadelphia , John Winston, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. Clean copy in a nice dust jacket, pages tanning. Caleb Willows, a 16-year-old slave, makes a break for freedom and later is a student at Fisk University in Tennessee. He becomes one of the Jubilee Singers, eleven young African Americans who tour the United States and England singing spirituals in order to raise money for the school.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 79 pages. Black & white illustrations by Sherman C. Hoeflich. Green illustrated endpapers. Soiling to endpapers, covers. Spine wear. Charming story with wonderful b/w line drawings about a tadpole who becomes a toad and has many adventures. Written with a factual understanding of the toad, not a fanciful one.

Hardcover. London, Thomas Nelson, 1st , no date (1949), Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with mild soil, gilt lettering on spine. INSCRIBED BY BOWEN and dated September 1954 on front fly leaf. Color frontis, B&W drawings by L. R. Brightwell. The adventures of a large angora rabbit named Sultan when he escapes from his life in "Show" business.

NY, Thomas Nelson, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in white with titles and drawing of a cow's head on front cover. iBlack & white illustrations by Hans Kreis. A Story for young adults about raising diary cattle. Light wear, spine slanted.

Springfield, MA, Milton Bradley, 1st , 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with yellow lettering. Previous owner's inscription on prelim page. Chipping to lettering on spine otherwise very good. Color frontis, b&w plates. Colorful map of West Indies on endpapers.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Pess, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 79 pages. A children's chapter book following the story of a Turkish girl. Author McDonald was a pioneering journalist. Charming detailed full color and black and white illustrations by Weda Yap. Light soiling to covers.

Softcover. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1st, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, illustrated by Gordon Browne. Illustrated cardboard covers, worn and chipped at edges. Fragile book with tender hinges. Ewing's last work, first serialized Aunt Judy's Magazine 1883-84. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Boston, Little Brown , reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 284 pages, b&w line illustrations. Red cloth with white and greenfloral decoration. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. London, George Bell, reprint, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 8 color plates by M. V. Wheelhouse. 176 pages, tan cloth with lettering and decoration in white. Spine lettering worn, front bright.Top edge gilt, ribbon marker, clean tight copy.

Hardcover. London, George Bell and Sons, reprint, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with lettering and decoration in white. 8 color plates by M. V. Wheelhouse. 315 pages plus publisher's ads. Spine lettering worn, front bright.Top edge gilt, ribbon marker, clean tight copy. Classic adventure novel for boys.

Hardcover. London, George Bell, reprint, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with lettering and decoration in white. 8 color plates by M. V. Wheelhouse. 223 pages. Spine lettering faded, front bright.Top edge gilt, ribbon marker, clean tight copy. A lovely book of stories for children by this famed English author.

NY/Philadelphia, Jr. Lit. Guild/Macrae-Smith Co., 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 235 pages. Black & white illustrations by Robbie. Dust jacket with closed tear, small chunks gone top edge, spine edges. A post WW2 look at the exciting world of radio announcing told through a the eyes of aspiring young broadcaster.

NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, Nd , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations by Grace Huxtable. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket. Translated by Rose Fyleman. Originally published in Switzerland under the title Muck: Lebenstage eines Alpenhasen. Clean copy.

NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Joseph A. Smith. Newly orphaned, young Annyrose escapes from the villainous O.O. Mary and falls under the protection of a proud and fearless Mexican bandit, regarded as the Robin Hood of the California Gold Rush. Annyrose wants only to search for her older brother who had run off to the gold diggings, but she finds herself galloping beside the celebrated outlaw in his own quest. He is hunting down the last of a band of "Yankee" riffraff who wronged him, an event that turned the innocent young Mexican into an avenging terror of the roads.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 250 pages, b&w illustrations by Ray Abel. Bright, unclipped dust jacket with some light chipping to top edge. Was Wales, North Dakota, really a wicked little village? Lucy was worried not only because she loved Wales, but also because that summer she was going to drive to Minneapolis with her parents to meet cousins she had never seen before. Would they think Wales was a terrible place too? Yet there were good things, like the county fair and the Stone Age Girls Club that met in the little stone house in Lucy's backyard.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 221 pages, b&w illustrations by Alexy Pendle. A tale set in pre-WW1 England. A generous impulse prompts Pansy to change clothes with a girl from the workhouse, beginning a series of strange adventures which involve Pansy being mistaken for a workhouse child, being chased hither and thither, being locked in a butcher's cellar, and being forced to hide on top of a haystack at night terrified that she is being hunted down by dogs.

Hardcover. Philadelphia , J. B Lippincott Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 360 pages, 4 color illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood. Green cloth binding with pictorial cover stamped in red, black and gilt. Minor edgewear, internally very good.

Hardcover. New York, The Viking Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 203 pages. Black & white illustrations by Louis S. Glanzman. Straight, tight binding. Orange cloth cover slightly faded at spine, with minor edgewear to corners and top spine. A nice copy. "Patriotic Tim Griffith, of Stonebury, wants to do something for the Army, and with the help of a mule rescued from the town bully, he and a young friend get a chance to join the local boys' troop as mule skinners."--Kirkus.

Hardcover. NY, Appleton-Century Company, 1st, 1940, Hardcover, light tan cloth stamped with drawing of three cowboys and lettering in red. 260 pages, b&w illustrations by James McKell. Cloth covers with light soil. Spotting to spine. A western tale for young adults. No markings.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth covers. 231 pages, 5 b&w plates by Ida Waugh. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Cupples & Leon, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Decorative end papers with "This is my Book" free of any names. A ghostly figure wheeling and pirouetting in the sunken garden of an old estate, a wrongly-filed law suit, and a case of mistaken identity- How Brantwood's teenage detective extricates herself in this exciting case provides an unforgettable story of courage, adventure and mystery. Presumed reprint as the last title on flap is Double Disguise (#16).