Vintage Children's Non-Fiction Books

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ronald Himler. This picture-book biography focuses mainly on the War of 1812, but also mentions Madison's contributions to the Constitution and the creation of the three branches of government. Although this is a biography of the couple, there is more specific information on James Madison than on Dolley. Still, readers do learn some interesting facts about her, such as how she rescued a portrait of George Washington while the Executive Mansion burned. Adler's writing is clear yet not oversimplified, and is without fictionalization.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 215 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 2nd pr., 1939, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth covers with red stamping, 191 pages illustrated with b+w drawings throughout, color title pages, lacks dj. Yellow cloth boards with red titles and ornament soiled, top edge clothworn. Interior clean.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 93 pages plus index. Two-color illustrations throughout by Manning Lee. Blurb on the front board and dust jacket from Amy Vanderbilt, "You can't begin manners training too young if you do it right." Wonderful mid-20th century etiquette book for children. Clean copy.

NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 51 pages. Black & white photos by Patricia Agre. Behind the scenes of a small family owned restaurant in New York City. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton , 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 40 pages. Green cloth cover, light wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket has wear to edges, heavy in one corner. Color illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Color photos by the author. "With understanding and attention to detail, Ms. Krementz introduces us to Josh and his activties, capturing his energy and enthusiasm in full-color photographs, while Josh's own words tell us about learning to play the trumpet, and why he enjoys it so much." Clean copy.

Hardcover. North Pomfret VT, David & Charles, Inc, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 152 pages, many photographic plates in colour and b/w. A history of puppets, puppetry and puppet theatre, including glove puppets, shadow puppets, rod puppets, marionettes.

Hardcover. Chicago, self-published, 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with white lettering and design on front cover and spine. 270 pages. Andrea Hofer Proudfoot's classic work on parenting and family life is as relevant today as it was when it was first published over a century ago. Drawing on her experiences as a kindergarten teacher and mother, Proudfoot offers practical advice and insight into the challenges and joys of raising young children. This is the original first printing, dated 1897 on copyright page. Name on front fly leaf, light pencil marking on about a dozen pages.

Hardcover. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a black cloth spine. Part of the Little People, Big Dreams series, the author tells the inspiring story of the Swedish author and creator of Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren. Color illustrations by Linzie Hunter. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, T. Nelson and Sons, reprint, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth stamped with black and gilt design, 235 pages, engraved frontispiece and numerous other plates and in-text drawings. Light shelfwear, previous owner's inscription, signatures on front endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BOOKPLATE WITH SIGNATURES OF BILL LITTLEFIELD AND BERNIE FUCHS. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, McLoughlin Bros, unknown ed., n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 6 color chromolith plates. Decorated blue cloth, gilt lettering. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Decatur IL, A. E. Staley Mfg., 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Square format paperback in color, 24 pages. Color illustrated covers; saddle stapled binding. A charmingly illustrated entertainment and party book for children's holiday parties and events. Two page facing spreads devoted to the major holidays, each illustrated with warm festive color illustrations of children at play. Several pages of games and recipes appear at rear. Light handling wear to edges and dust soiling to wraps.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with a pastedown plate on front. illustrations by Morgan Dennis; foreword by Morris Frank. 65 pages; b&w plates and text illustrations throughout + 8 b&w photographic plates in rear. The story of a blind person and his "seeing eye" guide dog, written shortly after the first guide dog was brought to America from Switzerland. Spine label faded, mild soil to covers otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 192 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Philsdelphia, John C. Winston, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray-green cloth stamped with dark green design on the front cover. Color frontis, b&w animal illustrations by Edward Herbert Miner. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , T. Y. Crowell, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages, illustrated in b&w by Margot Tomes and with photographs. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Grand Rapids, The Fideler Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 128 pages, endpapers map. Illustrated with black & white photographs.Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Jr. Literary Guild/J.B. Lippincott, Book Club Ed, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 359 pages, 348 b&w drawings and photographs by the authors. Scarce in the bright orange dust jacket, light edgewear and chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. Illustrated in b&w by Marion Kohs. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 190 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, The Pilgrim Press, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with 3-color decoration to front cover, gilt lettering on spine. 156 pages Illustrated with b&w photos of a boy's life in the north. Light shelf wear, mild residue to rear inside cover.

Hardcover. Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 80 pages in color. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Lourie skillfully describes the delicate three-way relationship that exists among the Inupiat of Alaska, the bowhead whales, and the scientists who are there to collect data and study the animals. The Inupiat have hunted bowheads for thousands of years and their very existence depends upon the harvesting of the leviathans. The scientists are there to determine whether the whaling done by these communities is sustainable and not decimating the bowhead population. Using a day-in-the-life format, Lourie follows one particular scientist, John Craighead George, as he goes about collecting the necessary data. The biologist is careful not to disturb the integrity of the harvest and, in fact, works closely with the Inupiat to do what he needs to do. Interwoven throughout this daylong saga are historical information, scientific facts, and cultural tradition. Crisp color photographs on every page provide a lush complement to the engaging, informative text. Young readers will come away with a stronger appreciation of the bowhead whales, the people who both hunt and respect them, and the scientists who straddle the traditional and modern worlds to gather important information. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Roy Publishers, 1st US, n.d. (1963), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&w illustrations by William Randell. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

NY, Clarion Books, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 48 pages. Color photos and illustrations. Illustrated end papers. More than 130 full-color photographs adorn this handsome re-creation of daily life in a Plains Indian village in 1868. Readers will meet Real Bird and his family, part of a Northern Cheyenne tribe in southeastern Montana. Each member has an important role: Men prepare to become warriors and hunters, while women learn to raise crops and build a home-a tipi-from poles and buffalo hides. The clothes the family wears, from elaborate ceremonial headdresses to colorful beaded moccasins; the foods they eat; the games they play; the crafts and jewelry they make; and the spiritual rituals they perform are among the many topics included. This large-format book, with clear text and informative sidebars, provides a detailed pictorial account of the Plains Indian life more than a century ago. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with pale lettering to spine and front cover, with color portrait of Lawrence. No dustwrapper. First printing with no other printings indicated. 293 pages with eight illustrations including frontispiece photo-portrait of Lawrence. A reworking of the material Thomas had published earlier in With Lawrence in Arabia in 1924, adapted for a semi-juvenile audience, during the height of Lawrence's fame. Small notation on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Faber And Faber , 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 91 pages. B&w drawings by Michael Lyne. The story of the developing friendship between the author and a little orphaned vixen. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Childrens Press, revised ed., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 48 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Describes in simple text how the Indians of the sea coast, plains, deserts, swamps, and woodlands lived and how their way of life was influenced by the environment. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Ward Lock and Co., 8th Ed., Circa 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with color label on cover, 256 pages. illustrated with 8 color, 250 b&w illustrations. Light soil to covers, previous owner inscription in pencil dated 1944. No date on copyright.

Hardcover. New York, Beginner Books, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 133 pages. Hardcover. Dictionary of French and English for young readers. Full color illustrations by P. D. Eastman. Damp odor. Price clipped dust jacket with closed tears along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Reflections on being raised by pack of sled dogs. Color illusrations. by Ruth Wright Paulsen.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages illustrated with b&w photographs by the author. The story of a little Arab girl. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. Portland OR, Binfords & Mort, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket. 191 pages, b&w illustrations by Parker McAllister. A general survey of the history of the region told through the exciting anecdotal history of those who published primary accounts of their early reconnaissance in the region, starting with Barkley and thence to Gray, Ebey, Hancock, Sylvester, et al. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 191 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, BC Ed., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 32 pages with lovely bird illustrations in color by Leonard Weisgard.

Hardcover. New York , Orchard Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs and sketches by Lewin. A memoir of his brief stint as a professional wrestler.

NY, P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 190 pages. B&W illustrations by William Wilson. In a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page.

Hardcover. New York, Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 263 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Orange covers with black stamped decorations and gilt panel on spine. Gutter cracked throughout. Rear hinge starting. Captain John Hardy, Retired, a weather-beaten, somewhat eccentric old sea dog of 59 recounts the exciting, sometimes amusing tale of his running away from home at eighteen to become a sailor/mate on a ship bound for the Arctic seas to hunt seals to harvest their valuable pelts.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated and designed by Don Bolognese and Elaine Raphael. Ex-library with light marking, residue to endpapers. An epistolary narrative of the musical prodigy's first year in Italy, composed from his detail-laden letters to his younger sister Nannerl. Although the letters themselves are fictional they are based on detailed research and on the hundreds of letters which Mozart and his father both wrote home during their trip. A map of the trip is also included as well as a little biography on some of the main characters.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 215 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 101 pages. Oversized, no dust jacket issued. B&W and color Illustrations by Sawyers and Reusswig.

Hardcover. London, B.T. Batsford, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacekt. illustrated with drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Blue cloth covers with light fading to spine

Hardcover. NY, F. A. Stokes, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated red cloth cover with a yawning hippo and bright gilt lettering on front, spine lettering faded. Slight cock to spine. 12 photography plates by Elwin R. Sanborn, Official Photographer for the New York Zoological Society. 72 b&w drawings by the author. INSCRIBED BY BREARLEY on front fly leaf. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Eight two-color illustrations plus dust jacket art in color by Thomas (Hart) Benton. True account of a young school teacher in the Tennessee mountains. With a bright, unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear. Scarce in this condition.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow & Co., 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth covers stamped in black. 126 pages, b&w illustrations by author.14 games such as guessing game, tross ball, toss and catch, Indian rattles, Hopi Kachinas. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black. Lavishly illustrated with black & white photographs by Louise Birt Baynes and Ernest Harold Baynes. 145 pages. Super condition, bookmark of former Governor of Vermont (Redfield Proctor) on inside front cover. Otherwise bright and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade Books, 2nd pr, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 180 pages. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Here are the extraordinary lives of Abraham and Mary, from their disparate childhoods and tumultuous courtship, through the agony of the Civil War, to the loss of three of their children, and finally their own tragic deaths. Readers can find Mary's recipe for Abraham's 'favorite cake' and bake it themselves; hear what Abraham looked like as a toddler; see a photo of the Lincoln's dog; discover that the Lincoln children kept goats at the White House; see the Emancipation Proclamation written in Lincoln's own hand. Perfect for reluctant readers as well as history lovers, The Lincolns provides a living breathing portrait of a man, a woman, and a country. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 256 pages, b&w illustrations by Jack Russell. What space travel was going to be like (from the perspective of 1961). Requirements for astronauts, spaceships and capsules, space pioneers. Book has small red star stamp to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good. Dust jacket with chipping, light tape repair.

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Reprint, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covers with gilt titles. Gilt top edge. Light pencil markings to a few pages. Clean, tight copy.