Children's Fiction

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st thust, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 210 pages, 60 color designs by Walter Crane. Beige cloth with torquoise and dark brown decoration by Crane. Green decorated end papers. Spine rubbed, light scratches otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York , Coward McCann, Inc., 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 159 pages, illustrated in B&W by Forrest Orr. Dust jacket with edgewear, light chipping, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages, b&w illustrations, color frontispiece by Maud and Miska Petersham. Blue cloth covers w/ yellow lettering and design. Light edgewear, rubbing to covers. Hinges cracked. Else pages clean and tight.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson's Books for Young People, 1st, unkn., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by C. Gifford Ambler. Dust jacket shows minor wear, covers good. Internally, previous owner's name on front fly leaf. tight copy.

Hardcover. Philsadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Hardcover with yellow cover boards. No dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Armstrong Sperry. Tight copy with only minor soil to pages.

Hardcover. New York, William R. Scott , 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED & INSCRIBED on front fly leaf. Tight copy. Illustrated with black line drawings by Mary D. Shipman.

Hardcover. New York, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 236 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Front fly leaf missing. Illustrated by Harry H. Lees. Dust jacket shows light wear.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket, 210 pages, b&w illustrations by Lloyd Coe. The legend of John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) told especially for young people. Small ownership stamp to front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1st, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated paper covered boards with green cloth backstrip. Cover illustration of a baby waving the branch of mistletoe. 412 pages, color litho frontis. of girl with a puppy, tissue guard. Many b&w engraved illustrations throughout. Chipping to paper along edge of boards, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with soil, major chipping, tape repair. 128 pages. Frontispiece illustrated by Lee Haynes. Many illustrations in b/w, a few indicate B. Stevenson as artist, the rest are not specifically identified. Illustrated end papers. Seventeen chapters telling of the growth and experiences of a young American Indian boy.- his adventures are closely interwoven with the habits, customs and beliefs of his people.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with minor soil, tape repair. Frontispiece illustrated by Lee Haynes. Many illustrations in b/w, a few indicate B. Stevenson as artist, the rest are not specifically identified. Illustrated end papers. The story of the life of an Indian boy- his adventures are closely interwoven with the habits, customs and beliefs of his people.

hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st , 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by John Floherty, Jr. 141 pages. Young adult fiction, the story of a boy's first year in the big leagues.

New York, Harper & Row , 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 305 pages plus a reading list at the back of the book. Minor edgewear to dust jacket, light discoloration at top of rear flap. Sequel to Go Saddle the Sea and Bridle the Wind. A tale for young adults set against the revolutionaey backgroung of 1820s Spain.Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 2nd pr., 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound in light blue cloth, 184 pages. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Illustrated endpapers. Soiled covers and endpapers. Spine and corners a bit bumped. Tale of young Lance Chapelle and his horse Cherry set in 1870s Vermont.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with minor edgewear. When 15-year-old Angeleno Shanny Adler comes to spend the summer on aged Aunt Adabelle's ranch in the boondocks of Idaho, she brings along a purple punk hair-do, a drum set, a collection of esoteric trivia and a standard YA protagonist's pressing need to "find herself." By the end of the book she has found not only herself (and turned out to be a Pretty, Talented, Caring and Generally Worthwhile Person) but also the love of talented, caring "superhunk" Thor. She also drives the local theatrical enterprise from failure to smashing success, inspires old Adabelle not to give up her ranch, resuscitates a newborn kitten and generally turns everything she touches to gold. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, P.F. Volland Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 96 pages. Color illustrations by John Rae. In super clean, tight condition.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color photos by author of dogs starring in the fairy tale. Clean, tight copy.

NY, Hyperion, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer's house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined. Along with a host of new doll friends, they also encounter Mean Mimi, the wickedest doll of all. Mean Mimi is mean-really mean-and she's determined to rule all of Dollkind or else destroy it. Will the world ever be safe for dolls again? In this masterfully plotted sequel, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with the help of Brian Selznick's ingenious black-and-white illustrations, take the reader on another nonstop adventure from a doll's eye view!

Hardcover. London, Gardner, Darton and Co., 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a light blue pictorial binding. 379 pages with 68 b&w illustrations by Gordon Browne. Top edge gilt. 20 pages of publisher's ads in rear. Front hinge cracked, creasing to front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy. The story of two brothers; a young boy's fantasy life, rich with humor and creativity amidst a world of annoying adults and their societal expectations.

Makato, MN, Creative Editions, 1st w/ illustrations thus, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 62 pages. Color illustrations by Gary Kelley. Washington Irving's 1820 classic tale is brought to life for new generations with the illustrations of Gary Kelley, who thoroughly researched the Revolutionary-era Dutch settlements of the Hudson River Valley in NY in which the story is set to add a realistic, yet "dreamlike, Gothic perspective." Clean copy.

NY, Pantheon , 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. B&W Illustrations by Antony Maitland, 186 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket.Remainder line to fore-edge. 'As far as the eye can see, scarlet men are marching . . . A rich and splendid company, but none more so than the drummer boy.' But a moment later, the sound of Charlie Samson's drum was swallowed in a wild thunder. The glorious scarlet troops had been ambushed. Men were dead and dying all around, and all the beauty was gone. All that was left was himself and his drum, and a few shady nightwalkers - cowards who came crawling from the ditches and knaves who scoured the dead for wealth . . .

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Brace and Co., 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with dark brown decoration and titles, 244 pages, b&w illustrations by Lee Townsend. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise clean interior. Vintage children's book about a young orphan who works with harness racing horses.

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.