Out-of-Print Children's Fiction Books - pg. 6 including St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks - Volume XII - November 1884 to October 1885by: Mary Mapes Dodge (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1884-85, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 12 issues bound in one volume, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 958 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. This volume contains the original serialization of Davy and the Goblin by Charles Carryl, a "delightful Victorian story of how Davy. who didn't believe in fairies, was taken for a Believing Voyage by a coal-eating goblin in a grandfather clock." These issues include stories about tennis, futuristic tricycles and choosing an occupation; also biographies of classical composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Wagner by Agatha Tunis. Includes writings by Frank R. Stockton, Marion Satterlee, George J. Manson and many others. Clean copy, no library marks. Front hinge cracked.

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. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 12 issues bound in one volume, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 1070 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Hinge crack at rear of volume.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering, light scuffing. 1,072 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in two volumes, black calf spines with gilt lettering, pebbled cloth over boards . 1056 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Includes Chuggins, the Youngest Hero with the Army by H. Irving Hancock; Goops by Gelett Burgess (a few parts); The Sole Survivors by George A. Henty (6 parts); much more. Clean copy, no library marks. Hinges cracked. Light scuffing to top and bottom of leather spines. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 9 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1944 but a later reprint. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 3 in The Smiling Pool Series (per the number on the spine). 206 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1926 but a later reprint. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 20 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1947 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 18 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 189 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1946 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 2 in The Smiling Pool Series (per the number on the spine). 198 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1925 but a later reprint. Dust jacket with sort edge tears. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes. 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering. 960 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. These issues include stories about tennis, futuristic tricycles and choosing an occupation; also biographies of classical composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Wagner by Agatha Tunis. Includes writings by Frank R. Stockton, Marion Satterlee, George J. Manson and many others. Also the original serialization of Davy and the Goblin by Charles Carryl, a "delightful Victorian story of how Davy. who didn't believe in fairies, was taken for a Believing Voyage by a coal-eating goblin in a grandfather clock." Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 261 pages. Brown top edge. Yellowing to dust jacket, chipping to top of spine; in Brodart. Essays about children's literature selected from 25 years of the 'Horn Book Magazine'; 1924 - 1958. Introduction by Bertha Mahony Miller. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, unclipped dust jacket, 154 pages. Novel for young readers about a boy who needs to asserts himself to his older, bossy brothers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 191 pages, b&w illustrations by Charles Robinson. Sometimes Robbie wishes his family were just a little more normal. With the toddler twins, life is happy, wild, and a big mess, but when the teacher is invited to dinner, Robbie worries about how to explain them and his stay-at-home father. Clean copy.

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. NY, Rinehart & Company, 2nd pr., 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in very worn, chipped dust jacket with tape repairs, 241 pages, frontispiece by Edward Shenton. Novel based on the historic 1780 Indian raid on Royalton, in the White River Valley of Vermont. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. First published in 1928, The Missing Chums is the fourth book in the Hardy Boys series. This appears to be a 1950s reprint. Follow Frank and Joe Hardy as they grapple with the unexplained disappearance of their closest friends, Chet and Biff, during a motorboat trip. The stakes are high, as Baldy Turk's gang think they've kidnapped Frank and Joe and, in a letter received by the Hardy Boys' Aunt Gertrude, are demanding ransom for their return. An investigation leads them to the mysterious Blacksnake Island, where they, too, are captured by the gang of criminals. Not only is the local bank robbed, but two of the Hardy boys' pals mysteriously disappear after a masquerade party. Are the events related? How the Hardy boys use all their courage and skill to outwit the criminals provides an exciting climax to one of the most baffling mysteries the young detectives have ever encountered. Clean copy, paper tanning.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. First published in 1940, The Disappearing Floor is the 19th book in the Hardy Boys series. This appears to be a 1950s reprint. Once again Frank and Joe Hardy take on a puzzling case when their famous detective father asks the boys to assist him in tracking down a notorious jewel thief and his accomplices. The trail leads to the outskirts of the Hardys' home town and to a weirdly guarded mansion on the old Perth estate. With their pal Chet Morton, the brothers must tackle the mystery of the mansion heir's sudden death. Clean copy, paper tanning.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Company, reprint, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth covers with a pastedown of a white & brown dog on the front cover. Color frontis (matches cover), 130 pages. Child's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light wear. 95 pages with b&w illustrations by Haris Petie. A charming tale set on the Virgin Island of St. John. Fairly clean ex-lib with stamping to endpapers.

Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, reprint, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated paper covered boards. Brown cloth spine. Color frontispiece. Illustrations in color and black and white in text. This is a reprint, the first printing had 6 color plates. Frances Trego Montgomery (February 18, 1858 - April 5, 1925) was a prolific writer of children's stories during the early twentieth century. She is best known for her popular "Billy Whiskers" series, which were about the misadventures of a mischievous but somewhat short-tempered goat. Many children loved the books--twenty-five in all--and couldn't get enough of them. Fair condition only, front and rear hinges cracked.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 184 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front fly leaf, in addition the there is a handwritten greeting card from Losure. The author presents this enthralling true story as a fanciful narrative featuring the original Cottingley fairy photos and previously unpublished drawings and images from the family archives. A delight for everyone with a fondness for fairies, and for anyone who has ever started something that spun out of control. Back matter includes source notes, a bibliography, and an index. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with a pictorial label on the front cover, 146 pages. B&w and 2-color illustrations by Neely McCoy. Rose, Dick and Jim Dandy run away on an adventure, wishing that they were at the circus. Dick just doesn't want to go to the photographer! Instead, they find an apple tree elevator, where they find a fairy who will take them away to the land of Up.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co./Junior Literary Guild, BC Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, orange-yellow cloth with black stamping, in a very worn, torn dust jacket. 278 pages with line drawings by Ruth Holbrook. After two weeks of camping in a tent by the lake, Emily finds an arrowhead and becomes a real heroine when danger threatens. Endpapers map in green by Holbrook. 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. London, J M Dent and Sons, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 191 pages, color frontis, endpaper map and b&w drawings by Marcia Lane Foster. Some charming and ordinary youngsters visit an aunt in Beirut, where the general mystery of the Middle East is heightened by ghost music, defective servants, hostile villagers, and a few unsavory characters. Hinges cracked, name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dustjacket 320 pages. With almost 5 million copies sold in the 60 years since it was published, generations of readers have journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic.This richly annotated edition includes bonus material from acclaimed children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus. Enriched by Jules Feiffer's splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster's offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. The expansive annotations include interviews with the author and illustrator, illuminating excerpts from Juster's notes and drafts, cultural and literary commentary, and Marcus's own insights on the book. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 103 pages illustrated in b&w and color by Victor Ambrus. Geraldine McCaughrean retells the story for young adults of the crazed Captain Ahab and his relentless hunt for the great white whale. Clean copy.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. Color illustrations by Chris Conover.

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, Viking Press, 10th pr., 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, ex-lib with worn dust jacket. Normal stamping, residue to endpapers. Interior clean. b&w drawings by Angelo. Growing up in a well-to-do family with strict rules and routines can be tough for a ten-year-old girl who only wants to roller skate. But when Lucinda Wyman's parents go overseas on a trip to Italy and leave her behind in the care of Miss Peters and Miss Nettie in New York City, she suddenly gets all the freedom she wants! Lucinda zips around New York on her roller skates, meeting tons of new friends and having new adventures every day. But Lucinda has no idea what new experiences the city will show her.... Some of which will change her life forever.

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with silver lettering, 217 pages with b&w illustrations by Hodges. Endpapers map in blue. Previous owner's bookplate and name. Otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. A Jewish folk tale set in the Sinai. Mild shelf wear.

Hardcover. NY, Lodestar / E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Drusie Valentini feels she is trapped on a merry-go-round, going nowhere. She doesn't fit in with the rest of her arty family: her extravagant puppeteer father, his gypsylike assistant Fey who moved in when her mother left; even her pesky brother Punch. At a party a boyfriend talked her into giving ends in disaster-and in getting sent to a strict boarding school. In a year where it seems that everyone is pulling her strings, Drusie is forced to come to terms with her life with the people she loves best-and with the person she is, and hopes to be. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. There is some light scribbling on cover of book (hidden by the dust jacket) and rear bottom of dj. Otherwise clean.

NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 186 pages.

Hardcover. NY, Trumpet Club, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, 179 pages, b&w illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run. And because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 194 pages. One-color and full-color illustrations by Fred Marcellino. Dust jacket spine has a tear, price stamp on flap. Clean copy. While other young weasels dance under the pines, Bagley thinks about Bridget, the mesmerizing fish who lives in a pond down the brook from his den. Only a true hero can save Bridget from the gruesome death that awaits her.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace & World, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a spine label, 192 pages, b&w drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Ex-lib with stamping, mild residue to endpapers.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 201 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 96 pages, b&w illustrations. A memoir by the children's book author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, rose-color 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, fading to spine.

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, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. The award-winning young adult author gives us his personal story. 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. NY, Dodd Mead, BC Ed., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 89 pages. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 121 pages. Clean copy.

Softcover. Syracuse NY, Syracuse University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 270 pages. Originally published in 1975. The classic tale of a young man attempts to claim ownership of an old barn rumored to contain a hidden treasure. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 2nd pr., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 173 pages, b&w illustrations by John Schoenherr. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, reprint, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with a green and black decoration to the front cover. 4 b&w plates by George Varian. Light shelf wear. Clean copy.