children fiction

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee Co., 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 283 pages. Hardcover. Red brick colored cloth. Full color pastedown on cover. Previous owners name in pencil on dedication page. 12 full color plates. Front endpaper has been mostly removed. 1.5" closed cut to foredge of first 6 pages - at approximately mid-page. Covers shown light/moderate wear. Clean, unmarked copy. 'AS-IS'

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday , 6th pr., 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated cloth boards, 185 pages. Color and b&w illustrations by the author. Light soil to covers. No dust jacket. Edgewear, chipping, and covers a bit bumped. Illustrated end papers. Previous owner's signatuture on prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Golden Press, 2nd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, known as the Brothers Hildebrandt. They were American twin brothers who worked collaboratively as fantasy and science fiction artists for many years, produced illustrations for comic books, movie posters, children's books, posters, novels, calendars, advertisements, and trading cards. Light edgewear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 133 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. An unusual fantasy featuring underwater adventures, giant robots, talking animals, poison gas and death rays. Color frontispiece and b&w Illustrations by Frank Boyd. Abrasion on top cover edge.

Hardcover. New York, Derrydale Books, reprint , 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 88 pages. Retold from the stories of Joel Chandler Harris. Color illustrations by Harry Rountree and Rene Bull. Soiling, scratching to covers. Corners rubbed. Spine a little bumped.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 5th pr, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light soil and edgewear. 144 pages. Black & white cartoon illustrations by William Steig.

Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 112 pages, illustrated in b&w by Brian Ajhar. When grownups are mean to children, they get a visit from the mischievous Gigglers--elfin creatures who punish wayward adults--in a delightfully rude, laugh-out-loud adventure. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages with drawings by Estes. This is an early reprint issued after the author won the 1952 Newbery Medal for excellence with the foil sticker on the cover. $2.50 on dj flap, no other printing on copyright page. When the Pye family's puppy, Ginger, disappears on Thanksgiving Day, the children are convinced that he has been abducted by a stranger in a yellow hat. In lovely condition.

hardcover. NY, Morrow, Book Club, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. States First Edition but no price on flap. Black & white illustrations. An autobiography by the popular children's author. Tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Junior Guild/Lippincott, Book Club Ed., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 267 pages, color frontispiece and b&w illustrations by Dorothy Bayley. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Tight, bright copy with a very good dust jacket, light fading to blue lettering on spine. A juvenile mystery set in Newfoundland

NY, Putnam, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket.Black & white illustrations by Charles Robinson. As the first Woman's Rights Convention, in Seneca Falls, New York, draws near, hired girl Josie Dexter, initially uninterested in the convention, takes an eventful steamboat ride on Seneca Lake.

Hardcover. NY, Appleton-Century Company, 1st, 1940, Hardcover, light tan cloth stamped with drawing of three cowboys and lettering in red. 260 pages, b&w illustrations by James McKell. Cloth covers with light soil. Spotting to spine. A western tale for young adults. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, illustrated in b&w by Fermin Rocker. Children's story about Nial Wren, a 13 year-old goat herder who lived in the early 1800"s near Brooklyn. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white pictures by Huck Scarry.

Hardcover. London, Bodley Head, Reprint, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 199 pages. Illustrated with four full color plates by Lois Lenski. Light wear to covers with minor fading to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover with very good pictorial dust jacket in mylar. Clean, tight copy.

NY, Golden Press, 37th p.r, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards, 94 pages. Mild edgewear to covers. Color illustrations by Gertrude Eliott. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 227 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Lynd Ward. Dust jacket with edgewear, chunk gone from bottom of spine. Previous owner's heavy pencil markings still visable on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 273 pages. Illustrated with brown woodcuts by Angelo. Lightly soiled endpapers. Stain to top of book cover. Spine a bit cocked. Pink top edge. Recounts the experiences of an Italian immigrant boy living in California. The sequel to Angelo's Nino with delightful, simple illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. Boston, The Pilgrim Press, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 154 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by H. Boylston Dummer. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips.

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 151 pages. Black & white illustrations by Robert Lawson. Green cloth cover. Tear to top back cover edge. Light water damage to first pages, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by David Gentleman. Dust jacket shows some minor wear, chunk gone from top of spine, rear panel.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages, illustrated in color by Trina Schart Hyman. SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY HYMAN pasted on front fly leaf. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st thus, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 264 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 5 color illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. Dj w/ soil, edgewear. Light rubbing to cover boards. tight copy.