Children's Fiction

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green covers with gold and red decoration. 437 pages. Black & white illustrations and frontispiece with tissue-guard by Jessie McDermott. Spine a bit loose. Green covers with gold and red decoration. Wear to corners, spine.

New York, W. W. Norto, 2nd pr., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 145 pages. Black & white illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Dust jacket with edgewear, price clipped. A mystery for young people set on a desolate island off the Tasmanian coast.

Hardcover. London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, torquoise cloth covers with 2-color plus gilt design. 48 b&w engravings of animals.159 pages. Previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page. Corners lightly bumped.

Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1st US, 1879, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 247 pages plus publisher's ads. B&W illustrations in text and full-page plates with tissue guards. Green cloth with black and gilt design. Binding a little shaken but solid, light wear to cloth edges. Small tear to spine cloth. Scarce.

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth stamped in black and red. James' story of a boy and a horse, born on the same day, who together grow "Big-Enough for most anything" --a delightful tale for readers of all ages. "A" on copyright page. Cloth is soiled and worn, frayed at edges. Owner's name on front fly leaf. some waviness to pages in rear. Binding tight.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribners Sons, 2nd pr., 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 346 pages, 48 b&w drawings by James. Classic piece of Western literature, recalling life on the fictional Seven X ranch, presenting a realistic depiction of cowboys, their work and the land in which they live. Date on title page and copyright page match, publisher's seal present but no "A", so assumed 2nd printing.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with black titles. 312 pages, color frontis and b&w drawings by James. Letter "A" on the copyright page. Mild shelf wear. Previous owner's bookplate on the front leaf otherwise clean.

Philadelphia, John Winston, 3rd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, color frontis, b&w drawings and end paper illustration by Hamilton Greene. A story of a young boy spending the summer logging in Seattle.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth, 260 pages with 5 b&w illustrations by Henry J. Peck. Previous owners inscription on front fly. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st illust. thus., 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with a pictorial label on front cover.403 pages with color illustrations and numerous pen & ink vignettes by John Rae. Internally and externally very good. Masterman Ready, (1841), was one of the first historical adventures written for young readers. Clean copy.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Lit. Guild, BC Ed., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 166 pages. B&W illustrations by Nicholas Panesis. Dust jacket with chipping, chunks gone from rear panel. Teresita Matinez moves from her small village to Denver and adjusts to a new life.

NY, Delacorte, 1st US, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 166 pages.An Indian girl and a blacksmith's son are separated from their Northwoods Colonial community in the early spring, and they struggle in the wilderness to survive and return. The story is symbolized by the boy's beautiful knife; the girl is scornful of its dullness, but when she uses it to save their lives, returning it razor-sharp but bloody and chipped, he is equally disgusted. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co., 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, gray coth covers stamped with blue decoration. Black & white illustrations by Berry. Illustrated endpapers. Soiled covers. Mild waterstains to cloth,. corners bumped.

New York , Crowell, 2nd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Multi-color woodcut illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. A small African boy helps his father locate the right tree to make a new canoe to replace the one broken by an alligator. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dorling Kinderstey, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Norman Messenger. Hob now has his own full length novel, in which he behaves in his usual brave and quirky way to guard the inhabitants of his house. Yet now there are not just Plastercracks to defeat and kettles to keep singing: dark shapes threaten to overwhelm all. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Joyce does not mind living near a garbage dump, except for the incessant teasing from the kids at school, but being different does not bother Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian, who turns out to be the one person who understands what it is like to be an outsider. Clean copy.

NY, Delacorte Press, 3rd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Joyce does not mind living near a garbage dump, except for the incessant teasing from the kids at school, but being different does not bother Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian, who turns out to be the one person who understands what it is like to be an outsider. Previously published in 1980 under the title "Mrs. Fish, Ape, and Me, The Dump Queen". Clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bagram Ibatoulline, honors the enduring power of love. Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown a true miracle -- that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.

Hardcover. NY, Liveright, Inc./Junior Literary Guild, Book Club Ed., 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 313 pages, black cloth, yellow lettering, Decorative endpapers. B&w illustrations By Raphael Doktor. An illustrated history of Jesuit missions in North America starting in 1632. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st illust thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with color pastedown on front cover, white lettering.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black. 211 pages, black & white illustrations, endpapers art by Le Roy Appleton. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 224 pages, b&w illustrations by Harold Berson. A charming and absorbing story for young readers set in rural Kansas in 1913 about a family of children, their grandmother, and a nest of orphaned newly-hatched bluejays. Inscription on front fly leaf otherwise bight and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Longmans Green and Co., 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-colored cloth stamped in black, 270 pages illustrated in b&w by Pelagie Doane. A mystery for young readers. Alice Ware spends a summer vacation away from home with the Frasier family and their daughter, Theodora. Adventures follow. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in black. 211 pages, black & white illustrations, endpapers art by Le Roy Appleton. Mild soil to covers. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild/Doubleday Doran , BC Ed., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped with blue design and lettering. Two-color frontis, b&w drawings by Erick Berry. This story, written for young adults, is about three children who have lost their parents, living in the Tennessee mountains and trying to keep life and limb together. Clean, bright copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, striped pictorial cloth, 288 pages. 13 b&w illustrations plus endpapers drawing by F. Luis Mora. Spine label faded, owner's name on verso of frontis, top of spine with light fraying. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Page Company, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original cream cloth stamped with multi-color design with an Indian watching Old Faithful geyser erupt. 346 pages, six b&w plates by Walter S. Rogers. Spine lettering faded otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st US, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt lettering and black drawing on cover. 160 pages. Eight color plates by Marion Mildred Oldham. Spine a little faded, otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. Boston, David Godine, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Barry Moser. A narrative poem about The Canadian Mounties being overwhelmed in a snow storm. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia/NY, Lippincott , 1st, 1977, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The summer after his high school graduation, Ted meets a young woman who helps him make some decisions about his immediate future. Remainder dot on bottom edge, o

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st US, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In the 1930's eleven-year-old Julia goes to spend the summer with her playwright father and finds that he has abandoned her to the care of her pre-occupied stepmother who seems unaware of the strange voices that haunt Julia every night. Slowly Julia begins to put names with the voices and finally unravels the 300-year-old mystery surrounding the Harkin family. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with minor wear, 56 pages, illustrated with drawings by Stan Skardinski. Set in Holland during the siege of Leiden in 1573. Thousands died of starvation during the months-long revolt against colonial rule. Trudel helps her family deal with hardship. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Kestrel, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. A collection of stories by the celebrated young adults author woven around the theme of bedtime, and superbly illustrated by the Polish artist Pienkowski. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, W.J. Holland, reprint, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with gilt decorated cover. 160 pages, all edges gilt. Many b&w engravings. Vignettes of child life 150 years ago. Gutter crack at title page otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped with gilt lettering and design. 370 pages, color frontis and 3 b&w plates by the Kinneys.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth covers stamped in blue, 294 pages. Endpapers art and b&w illustrations by Eva A. Watson. A story based on the formation of the Coat-Rolls. New England women were asked to make coats for their men fighting in the War of Independence. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray/green boards with a castle on the front board, gilt lettering. 378 pages, historical novel by the American author. Illustrated with five monochrome plates by Anna Whelen Betts. Mild fading to spine otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, D. Appleton and Company, reprint, 1901, Book: Good, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with red and black lettering and illustrations on front cover and spine. Six b&w plates by B. West Clinedinst. Title page dated 1901, copyright page dated 1899. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A collection of 5 folk tales from various countries about the feelings buried deep within us. Tales include title story + "The Wolf In Disguise", "Savitri and the Lord of the Dead","The Mad Priest", etc. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. A collection of 5 folk tales from various countries about the feelings buried deep within us. Tales include title story + "The Wolf In Disguise", "Savitri and the Lord of the Dead","The Mad Priest", etc. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Wise-Parslow Company, Reprint, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations by Alexander Key. Pages 15-51 with shallow bump to top right corner of pages. Front cover with 2 quarter size stains, standard wear. Clean, tight copy.

NY, McGraw- Hill, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A few cryptic phrases in a notebook and a bullet found among his grandfather's effects in Paris after his death start a 17-year-old on a quest that leads to the French Alps. Clean copy.

Oxford , Oxford University Press , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 159 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title-page. Dust jacket price clipped, price sticker on front flap. Paul Daines is in low spirits after a move from London.Things are very different in his new school. Clean copy.

New York, W. W. Norton & Co, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 191 pages. Illustrated with halftone drawings by Carse. Light edgewear. Dust jacket with chipping, edgewear, light soiling. Clear plastic protective cover.

hardcover. NY, Appleton-Century, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 166 pages. Black & white illust. by Reginald Birch. Dust jacket worn, large chunk gone from front panel. Previous owner's bookplate on half-title page.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.In Japan during the 16th century two unemploed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 6th pr., 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with black lettering to front cover and spine. B&w illustrations by Kate Seredy. A nice vintage copy (published November 1936) of this Newbery-winning classic. Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors. Caddie is brave, and her story is special because it's based on the life and memories of Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, the real Caddie Woodlawn. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years. Clean copy with a mild slant to spine.

Hardcover. New York , Oxford University Press, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 122 pages. Hardcover. B&w illust. by Eloise Wilkin. Small 1" tear at gutter of frontpiece, light fraying to bottom of cloth spine.

Hardcover. London, W. & R. Chambers , 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages, hardcover. Illustrated by Horace Gaffron. Stamped and illustrated boards. Children's book on the Royal Scots in Gallipoli during WWI. Fading to spine. Staining to rear panel. Corners bumped. Heavy age toning and foxing to text block edges. Frontispiece intact. Scarce. A bright copy.