Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 303 pages. Facsimile of a book first published by Reilly & Lee in 1921. Original illustrations by John R. Neill, 12 full-page glossy color plates, other b&w throughout. The Scarecrow decides to search for his family tree and winds up discovering that he is the long-lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Along the way, he meets such colorful characters as the A-B-Sea Serpent, the lumpy mud men, Sir Hokus of Pokes, and others.
Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1st, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, mustard cloth with brown stamped decoration, 288 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Dark gray endpapers, b&w illustrations. The 5th and last volume in the Katy Did Series. Light soil and shelf wear, white smudge to rear cover, previous owner's signature on blank prelim page.
Hardcover. NY, Appleton, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 230 pages, b&w frontispiece. Green cloth with red lettering. Small stain to bottom front corner otherwise very good. Uncommon.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Edward Stern, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated cover boards. Author wrote "The Roosevelt Bears", 7 color plates by C. Twelvetrees. An adventure told in verse about a little boy, Prince Domino. He and his siamese cat, who is very smart indeed, travel to far-off lands where they are helped by a little black and a little Japanese boy (the depictions of whom are slightly stereotypical). Moderate wear to front and rear cover. Loose binding. Light soil. Rear hinge torn half way up from bottom.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Dust jacket art and b&w drawings by Marvin Friedman. A young girl's difficulties with her family and her religion result in a consciousness-raising trip to Israel. Joanne reads the Torah to escape from her nonreligious Jewish family,who prefer her younger sister's company. She decides to go to Israel for a year and is waylaid by a horrible terrorist incident, which helps her to see her life freshly. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. National book award winner, no award medal on dustjacket. Book is in unread condition. Stated first edition with all numbers 1-10.
Hardcover. Chicago, Wilcox and Follett, reprint , 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. A reprint of the 1929 edition in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front pastedown.
Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 201 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE by author. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros., 1st , 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color frontis, black & white illust. by Erick Berry. Dj edgeworn, chipped, with chunk missong at spine.
Hardcover. Santa Barbara CA, Wallace Hebberd, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with a white label pastedown on front cover. B&w drawings by Jack Rader, 39 pages. Some tanning to inside covers from old paste used in production, Otherwise a clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st thus, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 171 pages. Black & white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Dust jacket price clipped and lightly soiled. Dust jacket chipping at spine.
Hardcover. NY, Orchard Books, 5th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Newbery Honor Book sticker on front. Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy... and is put on trial for murder! Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in publisher's grey - blue cloth, with image of two little confederates peeking around a bush at enemy cavalry. 156 pages + ads in rear : plates. 1898 reprint of the 1888 edition. This unforgettable tale by one of the South's greatest 19th-century storytellers has been a favorite of children since its original publication. Two little boys, Willie and Frank, are trapped between Union and Confederate lines in war-torn Virginia. The secrets they must keep and the dangers they confront make for an exciting story.
Hardcover. Philadelphia , John C. Winston Co., reprint, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 438 pages, light blue cloth with color decoration, 4 b&w plates. Previous owner's signature in pencil on reverse of frontispiece, otherwise, a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace and Co., reprint, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 281 pages, illustrated in b&w by James MacDonald. Black cloth with yellow lettering and design. A tale of stagecoachs and highwaymen in New Hampshire. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 241 pages. An historical novel of China's 1930's struggle with Japan. B&W illustrations by Margaret Ayer. Dust jacket with light edgewear, small hole in rear panel. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.
Softcover. New york, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 518 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Includes CD reading by Pullman.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st thus, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 148 pages illutrated in b&w and 2-colors by Cooke. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Wesley Dennis. With "A" on the copyright page, first thus. 154 pages. Stamp with inscription on half-title page. Otherwise clean. George Washington meets his match in a wily fox in this legendary hunting tale from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry. Cinnabar is a fox. He lives in a den with his family, Vicky and four little cubs. He's a hardworking fox who does everything he can to ensure that his family has what they need. But during fox hunting season, he likes to have a little fun: Every hunt day, promptly at one o'clock, Cinnabar shows up and runs until nightfall. Can the huntsmen ever catch this clever fox? Based on an old legend about fox hunting in the area around Mount Vernon.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with black stamping. 221 pages. Black & white illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping.
NY, Hyperion, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like-new in colorful dust jacket. When the new owners of the bed and breakfast arrive, they soon realize they're not the only ones who are interested in the place. The guests start arriving, one by one, and soon they're all trying to solve the mystery of who's behind the haunting.
Hardcover. Boston, J.E.Tilton & Co., Rep., 1863, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. (C) page states 1869. 261 pages. Red cloth with gilt illustration on spine. NIce copy.
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 82 pages. Black & white illustrations by David Palladini. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Dust jacket with mild edgewear.
Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 128 pages. B&w illustrations by Robert Patterson. Book store stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York , David White Company, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 117 pages, black & white illustrations by Paul Giovanopoulos. Spine faded, library binding with sticker, dust jacket price clipped, otherwise in good condition.
Hardcover. New York, William Morrow and Company, 2nd Pr., 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Full color frontis. Light abrasion to page edges 233-248. Faint circular damp stain on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with minor wear, 94 pages, illustrated in b&w by Symeon Shimin. A young boy's adventures growing up in a Caribbean fishing village.
Hardcover. New York , Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY MACDOUGALL on front fly leaf. One-color illustrations by Pat Cummings. Some light sunning to edges, spine of dust jacket, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 194 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth covers with titles and cover illustration in orange. With a frontispiece by Frank M. Rines. Light wear to cover edges and corners. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Cupples and Leon Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 210 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate wear to pages, and covers. Dust jacket has small chunk missing on top spine.
Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry, 1st U.S., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, minor wear to edges. Dust jacket has light wear to edges of spine. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Color illustrations throughout. A bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 137 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with only minor rubbing to dust jacket top.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by Rick Schreiter. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Random House , reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 207 pages, maroon boards with beige cloth spine, illustrated with 10 b&w drawings by Joseph Cellini. Light edgewear, chipping to dust jacket, price clipped. Otherwise a bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st US, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by Alan E. Cober. 141 pages. In a lightly soiled, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. Honesdale PA, Boyds Mills Press, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages, b&w illustrations by Edward Gorey. A reissue of a 1970 edition with a new preface by Paula Danziger.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover. "An I Can Read Book". Color illustrations by Bernard Wiseman. Lists 17 titles on back cover - starting with "Little Bear" and ends with "David and the Giant". Some minor foxing to preliminary pages. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Frederick Warne, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 150 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Black & white illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Foxing to edges. Dust jacket worn with foxing, short closed tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. NY, Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 181 pages, illustrated in b&w by E. Harper Johnson. Dust jacket very good, price-clipped.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Hardcover. Orange cloth with light wear along edges. Previous owners inscription at bottom of preliminary page. Features 4 color illustrations by Edith F. Butler.
Hardcover. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1st thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in dark blue cloth with ornate gilt decorations on cover and spine. Color pastedown on front cover features Tom with little blonde girl. Very uncommon. Retold by Edith Robarts for the Stories for Children series. 8 Color Plates including cover (not credited); 4 1/2" x 6"; 91 pages. No date but circa 1912. One color plate loose (at page 56) but all there. Nice clean copy of a rare edition.
Hardcover. NY, Hurst Co., reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. Two stories in one volume. 6 color plates along with many b&w line illustrations. Light water stain pg. 134-160. Light green cloth with black and blue design, gilt on spine. Back hinge cracked. Humorous episodes of a red headed boy playing practical jokes on his Uncle Ike.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Twenty tales recounting the antics of the West Indian trickster ANANCY and his companions- Bro Monkey, Bro Dog and bro Tiger. Bold b/w illus. by Nigerian artist Joseph Olubo. Clean.
Hardcover. NY, Scholastic, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "Those shackles didn't rob us of being black, son, they robbed us of being human."This is the story of one family. A family whose history saw its first ancestor captured, shackled, and brought to this country from Africa. A family who can still see remnants of the shackles that held some of its members captive -- even today. It is a story of pride, determination, struggle, and love. And of the piece of the land that holds them together throughout it all. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Comapny, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 213 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has moderate chipping and tears. Clean and tight internally. Illustrated by Marc Simont. A story of 1939 New York, climaxing with a race between a steam engine and a team of horses, with appearances by Walt Whitman, Horace Greeley, Peter Cooper, Samuel Morse, and other luminaries of the age.
Hardcover. NY, HARPER & BROTHERS, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 120 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w by Vera Bock. Light edgewear, rubbing to price clipped dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.