Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 59 pages. Story of a little girl and her pet pig set in Maine. B&w drawings by Paul Kennedy. Inscription on front fly leaf, 0therwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped, worn dust jacket, 93 pages illustrated in b&w by Richard Erdoes. Written By the well-known raconteur who was often seen on Jack Paar's Tonight Show. The tale is narrated by Pinky Whiskereeno, a laboratory mouse who's suddenly lured into the wild open world. Large child's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, Dark brown leatherette, stamped in orange on front and spine. Dust jacket is bright with light chipping. B&w illustrations by Henry E. Vallely. Short worm holes to several pages at top margin, not affecting text. Paper tanning, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An intricately woven tapestry of friendship and love follows Zazoo, who lives with her adoptive grandfather in his village in France, as she learns about the history of World War II and Vietnam through her Grand-Pierre and, with the help of Marius, the bicycle boy, and the local pharmacist, makes a startling discovery that forces her to face the past. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with color cover label, 209 pages. First published in 1921, this a 30s reprint with a F-B code on the copyright page. With 13 full-page illustrated plates-some black-and-white, some color, including frontispiece. Black-and-white tipped in illustration at beginning of Chapter 1. Other drawings scattered throughout. CLEAN COPY.
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1885-86, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 12 issues bound in one volume, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 960 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. The premier children's magazine in America at this time, offering a mix of fiction (some of it fantastic), articles, humor and lavish illustrations. Contributors include Palmer Cox, Laura E. Richards, E. P. Roe, J. T. Trowbridge, Alice May, Edward Eggleston, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Daniel C. Beard, and many others. Includes the debut of Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy," which appeared for the first time in St. Nicholas. Clean copy, no library marks. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. Boston, Ginn & Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with design of boy and girl on merry-go-round ride, 200 pages, illustrated in 3-colors by Margaret and Florence Hoopes. Front fly leaf missing, name on title page, otherwise clean, sound copy of this 30s school primer.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Burton. An attractive reprint of a book first published in 1941. Clean copy.
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.
Hardcover. Philadelphia/NY, J.B. Lippincott, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black with a color illustrated label on front cover. 342 pages, color frontis, endpapers and b&w drawings by Lofting. Copyright page states 11th impression. Name on half-title pages. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 3rd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 681 pages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 2nd Ed., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Trina Schart Hyman. This retelling of a favorite fairy tale, illustrated by award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman in an edition Publishers Weekly called "spellbinding," has been lovingly restored. Digital technology brings back the clarity and brightness of Hyman's original watercolor paintings to illuminate the terrifying woods, handsome prince, and Rapunzel's lustrous hair, as Hyman originally painted them. Originally published in 1982
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.
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 128 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear at spine top.
Hardcover. New York, Dover Publications, Inc, Reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers in slipcase. Color and b/w illustrations and color frontispieces by W.W. Denslow. A slight musty odor from being packed away. Smudges on some of the pages, otherwise clean. Bindings tight. Spines straight. Some foxing to edges. The Wonderful Wizard of OZ: 267 pages. Red spine, which is faded with a touch of foxing. The Marvelous Land of OZ: 287 pages. Blue spine which is faded with a touch of foxing.
Hardcover. New York, Wise-Parslow Company, reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light chipping to cover edges. Corners frayed. Previous owner's markings on front end paper. Color illustrations by author. Light soil.
Hardcover. Chicago, Monarch Book Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 166 pages. Sixteen color plates by Louis Betts. Yellow cloth cover with title and illustration on front. Spine very slightly darkened. Private library sticker on inner front cover, no other markings. First published by Herbert Stone in 1900, this edition undated but appears to be soon after as quality color plates appear to be from that printing. Clean.
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 96 pages illustrated in b&w by John Kaufmann. The story is beautifully written by an author who knows and understands the habits and life of Canada geese. The illustrations are absolutely lovely with careful detail for each goose pictured. Light spottig to edge of text block, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Grand Rapids MI, Zondervan, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in dark green, 94 pages. "The story of a Scottish lassie who went to the west coast of Africa and tamed the savage tribes ..." Color frontis., Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 86 pages. Adam Joshua can't understand why his parents want to move. He certainly doesn't! Who will his best friend Peter get to collect ants with, or to play star commander and Frankenstein if he's gone? Moving. Muck! But moving is just the beginning of a whole series of new events for Adam Joshua. There's also a new baby sister, monsters in the night, loose teeth, new friends, dinners with his Great-Aunt Emily, and lots more. Janice Lee Smith humorously chronicles the ups and downs in the life of a small boy, and Dick Gackenbach perfectly captures Adam Joshua's spunk and spirit in his delightful drawings.
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. 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.
Hardcover. Racine WI, Whitman Publishing, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. Story based on the popular radio series, Captain Midnight. World War II adventure novel for young adults, set on a hidden air force base in the South Pacific. Paper tanning, name on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Boston, The Horn Book, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, six issues of the bi-monthly bound in tan cloth. Clean. Articles by and about Geoffrey Trease, Eric Kimmel, Children's Bookstores, Alvin Schwartz, M.E. Kerr, The Dillons, Mildred D. Taylor, Paula Fox, John Tunis, many more. Dozens of book reviews, ads.
Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, original gold Holt Library Edition sticker to spine, 290 pages. After being jilted by her fiance, a young girl persuades her father to let her enter the business world rather than a convent. A young Renaissance woman defies tradition and wins independence in the world of commerce. Edith Martha Almedingen (1898-1971), was an Anglo Russian novelist, biographer, children's author and member of the Royal Society of Literature. Published originally in England in 1956. Bookplate on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with black lettering, 231 pages. B&w illustrations by Erick Berry.
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, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 16 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1942 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 13th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. light gray cloth with red stamping, 239 pages. Color frontis and b&w illustrations by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. With 10/7 Thirteenth Edition D-V on copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate, mild residue on front endpapers, otherwise clean. Nice early reprint of this classic.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a worn, torn dust jacket with chunk gone from front panel. 175 pages, 7 lovely color plates by Maginel Wright Barney. Ex-lib with stamping and residue, envelope to rear endpapers.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 134 pages, b&w art by Matt Phelan. Newbery Medal sticker on front cover.
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. 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.
Softcover. Boston, The Horn Book, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled, b&w illustrations. Reviews of current children's book, articles on their creators, publisher's ads. Articles include: What Is a Juvenile Book by John Tunis, Mystery by Edward Fenton, Ian Serraillier and the Golden World (about Robin Hood), A Romance of the Round Table by Priscilla Moulton. 111 pages. Light stamp to cover, interior bright and clean.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound in green cloth with dark blue design and lettering, 308 pages. Black & white illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Light soiling to endpapers, covers. Blue top edge. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Peterborough NH, Noone House/Richard Smith, 1st illust. thus, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 194 pages. B&w drawings by Tasha Tudor. First published in 1902, a fictional account of an 11-year old growing up in Exeter, New Hampshire. His "diry", complete with mis-spellings, newly illustrated by Tudor. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations before each story by Richard Egieski. Light edge wear.
Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton-Century Company, reprint, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with white illustration on cover, white lettering on spine. 226 pages, b&w drawings by Peggy Bacon. Charming story of the little girl, Miss Boo, and her adventures. Reviews on rear of dust jacket suggest this is a reprint.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. embossed blue cloth in a lightly worn dust jacket, unclipped. Mild fading to spine. B&w illustrations by Rick Schreiter. Ex-lib with stamping, residue to endpapers, otherwise clean. Wonderful whimscal traditional short stories that detail how various animals got their name. It all starts in God's workshop where he fashions shapes out of clay and breathes life into them. What is interesting is that Hughes gives the animals free will to choose themselves - both in terms of what they will eat, how they will live, what they will do and what their name will be.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 64 pages. Black & white lithographs by Zhenya Gay. Covers with mild soil, rubbing. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 1st printing of this reissue, square 8vo, cloth backed boards, twelve tales illustrated in line by Nonny Hogrogian. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan covers stamped with a black and green design. 283 pages plus 4-page catalog in back. 21 b&w line illustrations by W.A. Rogers. No date on title page, copyright page states 1882. No other printings. Clean copy.
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